Breaking Home Ties is a 1922 American silent drama film directed by George K. Rolands and Frank N. Seltzer and starring Lee Kohlmar, Rebecca Weintraub and Jane Thomas.

[3] Director Frank N. Seltzer was motivated to direct a film to counter rising levels of antisemitism fuelled by Henry Ford and the Ku Klux Klan.

The film has Jews as central characters, and they are presented in a normative way, with their faith and practice respectfully depicted.

He arrives in New York City on the Lower East Side,[2] where his university education in St. Petersburg enables him to become a successful lawyer.

[2] David's parents and younger sister, who immigrate separately to New York from Russia, face more hardships.