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From the Lower East Side to today, Jews in America seek to find a balance between tradition and modernity. The film Hester Street (1975) offers three perspectives on this question.

https://youtu.be/I3HYmjcOr5Q?si=OqyAjkC5hiz4tA70

CHAPTERS
0:00 – Hester Street
0:27 – Lower East Side
3:26 – Greenhorn
6:21 – Being a Yankee
8:52 – No Sheitels, No Tichels
12:33 – A Pox on Columbus
15:06 – Appearances
16:10 – Jake and Gittel’s Marriage
17:52 – Jews in America Today