Flora est une jeune Américaine issue d'une famille juive d'Europe de l'Est. Son rêve le plus cher est d'épouser un médecin qui ferait d'elle une vraie New-yorkaise. Mais son père a d'autres plans. Rongé...

In the bustling streets of New York City, amidst the teeming masses of immigrants, a young man named David Levinsky embarks on an extraordinary journey. From humble beginnings as a penniless peddler,...

A young Hasidic Jew struggling to master the Talmud seeks his fortune amid the teeming streets of New York's Lower East Side. The energy formerly focused on his religious studies now turns in the direction...

His first novel, Yekl: A Tale of the New York Ghetto, was published in 1896. The graphic story of an Americanized Russo-Jewish immigrant, it attracted much attention and was favorably commented on by...