He was married briefly to Manya Schrager, and then Marynn Ausubel till her death in 1980; they had one daughter, Ethel Ausubel Frimmet. His nephew
David P. Ausubel became a noted professor, educator, ethnographer, and a pioneer in cognitive educational psychology.
Bibliography
Ausubel is best known for his two books, A Treasury of Jewish Folklore, which went through over twenty editions, and Pictorial History Of The Jewish People. This included detailed descriptions of previously unknown
Lost Tribes of Israel, as well as information on the
Khazars.
A partial bibliography follows:
Superman; The Life Of Frederick The Great, I. Washburn, 1931.
A Treasury Of Jewish Folklore; Stories, Traditions, Legends, Humor, Wisdom And Folk Songs Of The Jewish People (originally published 1948), Crown Publishers, 1989
ISBN0-517-50293-3[3]
Jewish Culture in America: Weapon for Jewish Survival and Progress, New Century Publishers, 1948.
Pictorial History Of The Jewish People, From Bible Times To Our Own Day Throughout The World (originally published 1953), Crown Publishers, 1984.
ISBN0-517-55283-3
The Book of Jewish Knowledge;: An encyclopedia of Judaism and the Jewish people, covering all elements of Jewish life from Biblical times to the present, Crown Publishers, 1964.
ISBN0-517-09746-X[4]
A Treasury of Jewish Poetry, 1970.
A Treasury of Jewish Humor, (originally published 1951), M. Evans and Company, 1988.
ISBN0-87131-546-7[5]
Ausubel translated several works of
Yiddish literature, most notably Mother, by
Sholom Asch. He also co-edited the annual series Voices of History.