Russian Jew Yankel Bogovnik, now known as Jake, has settled on New York City's Lower East Side and is working towards bringing his wife and son from Russia. Despite falling for dancer Mamie Fein, Jake is overjoyed when his family arrives, but his happiness is short-lived as he struggles to reconcile his wife's traditional looks and slow assimilation with his own desire for Americanization.
Hester Street
On New York's Lower East Side in 1896, a Russian Jewish woman navigates cultural differences as she starts anew, joining her Americanized husband, and confronts the challenges of adjusting to her unfamiliar surroundings.
