A list of all of Doc Werlin’s writings pertaining to his family.
Introduction This essay is dedicated to my parents, Dr. Joseph and Rosella Werlin. My father died in 1964 and my mother in 1985. During the ceremony in which we created the Joseph Werlin Faculty Award, [...]
I want to thank all of you for participating in this celebration of life. I have enjoyed a wonderful life. I am living in the promised land. To be surrounded by friends [...]
I find it difficult to realize that I started writing “Doc’s Prescription” in March 2008. During the subsequent decade, both our economy and I reached rock bottom and pinnacles. My first column dealt with [...]
Rambling Round with Rosella by Vickie Vogel Texas Jewish Historical Society - May 2015 Rosella in Galveston, c. 1928. Photo courtesy of Joella Werlin. Young Rosella Horowitz lacked confidence because she believed she [...]
CAUSEWAY PARK: Beneath Ringling bridge, it’s a renaming and dedication Causeway Park was renamed Friday after the late wife of a Sarasota man who donated playground equipment and other amenities to improve it. Members [...]
I want to thank Dr. Ken Stein for taking time out from his busy schedule to share with us his perspective on the historical ups and downs of the relationship between Israel and the United [...]
SARASOTA — In October, the city will receive an engineer's report detailing the deterioration of Hart's Landing and suggesting the possible cost of repairing it. The bait-and-tackle shop near the foot of the John [...]
CAUSEWAY: Local man donating playground equipment and more Causeway Park may be renamed after the late wife of a Sarasota man who is donating playground equipment and other amenities to improve it. The park, [...]
Summary: The Galveston Movement operated between 1907 and 1914. Its intent was to divert Jews fleeing Russia and Eastern Europe away from crowded East Coast cities to America’s West. Faced with poverty and death, millions [...]
Remembering my mother, Rosella Werlin Let me say at the outset, I owe so much to my mother, that I cannot separate my life from hers. She was not only an indispensible partner [...]
Grandmother Werlin: Life in Rural Texas before Electricity Sarah Werlin. Photo courtesy of Ernest Werlin I have thought very little about Grandmother Werlin over the years. She died when I was [...]
Jacob Werlin. Photo courtesy of Ernest Werlin My grandfather, Jacob Werlin, represented a significant group of self-taught Jewish intellectuals bred in the poverty and virulent anti-Semitism of Eastern Europe. These men spent [...]
About a decade ago, I was intrigued by the prospect of somebody writing a play about Truman’s decision to recognize Israel. Over the years, I have reflected repeatedly about the strange sequence of events that [...]
In 1928, my father, Dr. Joseph Werlin, studied in Berlin and Moscow. He was obtaining data for his doctoral thesis, Russian Social Democracy, 1898-1905. He investigated the foundations of the Russian socialist experiment, and was [...]
Berlin, Monday, February 20, 1928 Excerpts from the Diary of Dr. Joseph S. Werlin The following written comments derive from the diary of my father, written when he was conducting research for his PhD in [...]
I wish I could sing the words to the musical Oklahoma, “oh what a beautiful morning, oh what a wonderful day.” Both of my parents would have been immensely pleased to see all of [...]
1900–1964 The Joseph S. Werlin Scholar in Latin American/Hispanic Research Endowment in Sociology honors Professor Joseph Werlin (1900-1964), a founding faculty member of the Department of Sociology at the University of Houston from [...]
Our family enjoyed a lovely vacation in France, starting in Provence, the French Riviera, and then traveling on one of Europe’s fastest trains to Paris, where we spent six days. Currently, the United States and [...]
Eloise and I are going to try to highlight our wonderful trip to Hamburg, Berlin, Prague, and Budapest. Our intention is to record our thoughts more in an ad hoc fashion rather than from a [...]
