A compelling story set in New York's Lower East Side is seen through the eyes of a first-generation Jewish American boy who grows to sexual and social awareness from the 1930s to 1950s, as the people around him grapple with traditional values and the cultural enticements of their new land. Reprint.
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Leo Haber is editor of Midstream. His work has appeared in Commentary, Jewish Affairs, Southern Poetry Review, Red Rock Review, Voices West, Saturday Review, High Fidelity, and the New York Times.
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