The Yiddisher Boy is a 1909 film directed by Sigmund Lubin.
[1] The plot is about a boy called Moses who lives on the Lower East Side of New York City and helps support his family by selling papers.
When Ed is run down by a passing bicycle, Moses visits his friend in the hospital and uses his last pennies to help him.
Years later Moses is a successful merchant, and Ed, down on his luck, comes looking for a job.
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