Hester Street

Plot Summary

A Russian emigre prides himself on the way he's molded himself into a real Yankee in the USA, though the world he lives in, New York's Lower East Side in the late 19th century, is almost exclusively populated by other Jewish immigrants. When his wife finally arrives in the New World, however, she has a lot of assimilating to do.

Top Cast

Steven Keats Jake

Carol Kane Gitl

Mel Howard Bernstein

Dorrie Kavanaugh Mamie

Doris Roberts Mrs. Kavarsky