Complex sentence: Two young Jewish boys, named "Gideon the Genius" (older brother) and "Dave the Daredevil" (younger brother) by their father, grow up in New York during the 1920s.
Split into simpler sentences: Two young Jewish boys, named "Gideon the Genius" (older brother) and "Dave the Daredevil" (younger brother) are raised by their father. They grow up in New York during the 1920s.