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ONLY IN AMERICA: Program 2. The Streets Were Paved with Gold: A Journey Through The Jewish Lower East Side of New York, Part 1

Series: ONLY IN AMERICA: 350 Years of the American Jewish Experience
From: The Radio Foundation, Inc.
Length: 00:58:57

Jewish immigrants found a harsh life and no gold on the Lower East Side. The program describes aspects of daily immigrant life including tenements, sweatshops, unions and families. Yiddish newspapers acculturated immigrants through letters seeking advice from the editor of the "Jewish Daily Forward," read by actors. Read the full description.
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Immigrant Jews who arrived in the Lower East Side of New York from Eastern Europe found harsh living conditions in crowded tenements. And no gold. America transformed the new immigrants. "Greenhorn" Jews adopted the language and culture of their new country as fast as they could. They chronicled their lives and sought advice through "Bintel Briefs," letters to the editor of the Jewish Daily Forward read by Jerry Stiller, Zero Mostel and Barbara Rosenblat. Narrated and produced by Larry Josephson.

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