Hester Street

Synopsis

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.

Where to watch (US)

Cast

Steven Keats

Jake

Carol Kane

Gitl

MH

Mel Howard

Bernstein

DK

Dorrie Kavanaugh

Mamie

Doris Roberts

Mrs. Kavarsky

Stephen Strimpell

Joe Peltner

LF

Lauren Friedman

Fanny

PF

Paul Freedman

Joey

Martin Garner

Boss

LL

Leib Lensky

Peddler

ZL

Zane Lasky

Greenhorn

Zvee Scooler

Rabbi

Eda Reiss Merin

Rabbi's Wife

Robert Lesser

Lawyer