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Here I was studying the Talmud which teaches "He who even looks at
the little finger of a woman is as guilty as though he looked
at a woman totally naked." So I bought a ship's ticket and I came to America
the little finger of a woman is as guilty as though he looked
at a woman totally naked." So I bought a ship's ticket and I came to America
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Here I was studying the Talmud
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which teaches
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"He who even looks at
the little finger of a woman
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is as guilty as though he looked
at a woman totally naked."
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So I bought a ship's ticket
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and I came to America.
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Movie Summary
In 1896, a Russian Jewish woman immigrates to New York's Lower East Side to reunite with her Americanized husband, but has difficulty assimilating.