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.
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| Directing | Joan Micklin Silver | Director |
| Writing | Abraham Cahan | Writer |
| Writing | Joan Micklin Silver | Screenplay |
| Production | Raphael D. Silver | Producer |
| Art | Stuart Wurtzel | Production Design |
| Camera | Kenneth Van Sickle | Director of Photography |
| Production | David Appleton | Associate Producer |
| Editing | Katherine Wenning | Editor |
| Production | Jay Wolf | Casting |
| Art | Edward Haynes | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Robert Pusilo | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Steve Atha | Hairstylist |
| Production | David Appleton | Production Manager |
| Directing | Jack Baran | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Mik Cribben | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Bill Daly | Sound |
| Sound | Jack Fitzstephens | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Dick Vorisek | Sound Mixer |
