This beautiful book tells the nostalgic tale of how millions of Jewish immigrants entered <st1:country-region w:st="on">America</st1:country-region> through the portal of the <st1:place w:st="on">Lower East Side</st1:place>. There in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">New York City</st1:place></st1:City> they struggled and ultimately flourished in a neighborhood that was the center of Jewish work, family, and culture. For more than fifty years, the Lower East Side spawned newly-mined Americans, including entertainment icons like George Burns and Ira Gershwin, gangsters like Meyer Lansky, and an extraordinary array of people who would go on to transform American society. <p><b> </b><p>