FDR'S GREAT-GRANDSON STUDYING TO BE A RABBI

Roosevelts and the quirks of destiny
The jaw is pure Roosevelt, thrust out with the kind of patrician confidence that shepherded America through the Great Depression and World War II. But in at least one surprising way Joshua Boettiger, the great-grandson of Franklin and Eleanor, is not a Roosevelt in the classic aristocratic mold: He's studying to be a rabbi. (New York Times)