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In this New York special, Michael Freedland looks at the world’s largest diaspora Jewish community. He talks to Yiddish maven Leo Rosten and to garment workers with memories of the sweatshops of the past. He speaks to Manhattan publicist Sheri Safran about young New York Jews’ drive to achieve, and to an El Al steward about the peculiar foibles of US Jewish passengers. Patricia Kershaw reflects on the difference between Jewish New Yorkers and Jewish Londoners. This is a programme from the Â鶹Éç archive, originally broadcast on Â鶹Éç Radio in the 1980s. Aspects of the programme reflect the time when it was made, the sound quality is at times poor and due to rights considerations, the music may be shorter than in the original programme.