01704cam a22003493u 4500 36715 UtSlPG 20260610133834.0 m cr n 260607r2011||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d 06021875 UtSlPG en iso639-1 PS Cahan, Abraham, 1860-1951 Yekl: A Tale of the New York Ghetto Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2011 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yekl:_A_Tale_of_the_New_York_Ghetto Release date is 2011-07-12 Suzanne Shell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "Yekl: A Tale of the New York Ghetto" by Abraham Cahan is a novella published in 1896. It follows Yekl, a Russian-Jewish immigrant who works in a sweatshop and eagerly embraces American culture. His new life unravels when his wife and son arrive from Russia, forcing him to confront the conflict between his Jewish roots and his American aspirations. Set in the vibrant world of New York's Jewish ghetto, the story explores the painful tensions of assimilation and identity among immigrants caught between two worlds. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Original publication data not identified New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction Jewish fiction Jews -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/36715 77555 77555