In this episode, the focus is on the role of Yiddish-speaking immigrants in the American garment industry and their efforts to fight for workers' rights.

The author reminisces about their childhood summers in a bungalow colony in the Catskills, where their grandmother would make forshmak, a minced herring dish.

"One Foot in America" by Yuri Suhl, a recently reissued immigrant novel, portrays the journey of Sol Kenner, an optimistic and determined immigrant navigating his way through 1920s America.