As a kid, just graduated from Central Tech HS and waiting to become a freshman at Albany, I received a great gift. I cannot remember how it came to pass but I spent that summer and one or two more working with BG Rudolph (Rudolph Jewelers). He was in his 80s and we set about writing his book A History of the Early Jewish Settlers of Syracuse. I followed him from synagog to synagog, from cemetery to cemetery, from rabbi to rabbi. It was a great education. On the day the book was published, Mrs. Rudolph called me to say that Mr. BG had just died. His work was done.