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The Rise of David Levinsky
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A novel following David Levinsky, a poor Jewish immigrant from Russia who builds wealth in New York's garment industry while confronting the personal and spiritual emptiness that accompanies his success. Suited to readers interested in the immigrant experience, Jewish-American literature, and early twentieth-century fiction.
Abraham Cahan
Abraham "Abe" Cahan was a Lithuanian-born Jewish-American socialist newspaper editor, novelist, and politician. Cahan was one of the founders of The Forward, an American Yiddish publication, and was its editor-in-chief for 43 years. During his stewardship of the Forward, it became a prominent voice in the Jewish community and in the Socialist Party of America, voicing a relatively moderate stance within the realm of American socialist politics.
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