Jack Robin, born Jakie Rabinowitz, has left his father’s Lower East Side home to become a star of jazz and the musical stage. On the eve of his Broadway opening, word comes that his father, a cantor, is gravely ill and cannot sing the Day of Atonement service, and Jack must choose between the theatre and his people.
The 1925 stage play behind the first feature-length talking picture, a key text of Jewish American culture. Download the free EPUB.