num_pages: 556
description: The Rise of David Levinsky , written by the legendary founder and editor of the Jewish Daily Forward , is an early Jewish-American classic. According to the scholar Sam B. Girgus, "The novel is more than an important literary work and cultural document. It forms part of the traditional ritual of renewal of the American Way."First published in 1917, Abraham Cahan's realistic novel tells the story of a young talmudic scholar who emigrates from a small town in Russia to the melting pot of turn-of-the-century New York City. As the Jewish "greenhorn" rises from the depths of poverty to become a millionaire garment merchant, he discovers the unbearably high price of assimilation.
language: English
title: The Rise of David Levinsky
titlecomplete: The Rise of David Levinsky (Modern Library Classics)
genres: Fiction, American, Jewish, Literature, Classics, Novels, New York, Historical Fiction, 20th Century, Judaism
ratings_count: 638
publisher: Random House Publishing Group