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Good-Bye Russia, Hello America
Good-Bye Russia, Hello America
Good-Bye Russia, Hello America
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On February 3, in the frigid winter of 1923, the Lituania arrives in Boston without announcement or fanfare on the deck. Among the immigrants on board are brothers Jacov and Reuven Sidowitz and their mother, Ida.

With the help of older brothers Natan and Lable, Jacov and Reuven (now Jack and Rubin), secure jobs in the shoe industry. They embrace union politics and enjoy girls, burlesque, and bagels. Ida, on the other hand, has difficulty adjusting to life in the East Bronx and is constantly praying for the safety of her oldest son and his family who stayed behind in volatile Russia.

After a decade of romance, celebrations, and prosperity, the Depressionfollowed by World War IIchanges everything. Jack is drafted, trained to be an interpreter, and parachuted into Europe. Exposed to hundreds of maimed, hungry survivors and corpses, he continues searching for his brother in the former labor/concentration camps in Germany as he had promised Mama Ida.

When WWII ends, Jack is discharged, but he is discontent. A passionate reunion with his wife, running a business, his dream of going to college, even the joy of his young son all leave him unfulfilled. He joins the Jewish fleet, financed by the Mafia, and helps smuggle survivors into Palestine. Could Yehuda, the brother left behind, or one of his children, be one of those survivors?

LanguageEnglish
PublisheriUniverse
Release dateAug 14, 2015
ISBN9781491767672
Good-Bye Russia, Hello America
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Janet S. Kleinman

Janet S. Kleinman is a mother, grandmother, and the daughter of immigrants. She is also the author of Flirting with Disaster when Love and Nature Collide. In September 2013, she was given a lifetime achievement award from the Brooklyn College Alumni Association. She currently resides in Florida.

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