Jack Ruby: the Many Faces Oswald’s Assassin with Biographer Danny Fingeroth

11/14/23

Danny Fingeroth, an accomplished biographer and cultural historian/commentator, specializing in history at the intersection of Jewish and American cultures, joins us on the 60th Anniversary of the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy to discuss his new book, Jack Ruby: The Many Faces of Oswald’s Assassin. Jack Ruby changed history with one bold, violent action: killing accused presidential assassin Lee Harvey Oswald on live TV two days after the murder of JFK. But who was Jack Ruby—and how did he come to be in that spot on that day? There is evidence to paint him as at least two different people. Much of his life story points to him as bumbling, vain, violent, and neurotic; a product of the grinding poverty of Chicago’s Jewish ghetto. By the same token, evidence exists of Ruby as cagey and competent, perhaps not a mastermind, but someone capable of running numerous legal, illegal, and semi-legal enterprises. A virtual program perfect for book lovers, history buffs, or part-time super sleuths!