Emigration To The United States
Rubin came to the United States in 1948, settled in New York and worked first as a shoemaker and then as a butcher.
In 1949, he tried to enlist in the U.S. Army, for him a shortcut to citizenship and the chance to attend the U.S. Army’s butcher school in Chicago. Knowing little English, he failed the English language test, but tried again in 1950 and passed with some judicious help from two fellow test-takers.
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