This beautiful book tells the nostalgic tale of how millions of Jewish immigrants entered America through the portal of the Lower East Side. There in New York City they struggled and ultimately flourished in a neighborhood that was the center of Jewish work, family, and culture. For more than fifty years, the Lower East Side spawned newly-mined Americans, including entertainment icons like George Burns and Ira Gershwin, gangsters like Meyer Lansky, and an extraordinary array of people who would go on to transform American society.
- ISBN10 0787986224
- ISBN13 9780787986223
- Publish Date 31 August 2007
- Publish Status Out of Stock
- Out of Print 15 June 2021
- Publish Country US
- Publisher John Wiley & Sons Inc
- Imprint Jossey-Bass Inc.,U.S.
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 320
- Language English