New York, Chinatown sprawled next to the Lower East Side, forming a bond between Jewish taste buds and Chinese stir-fry. Sundays? Christmas? The breaking of the fast after Yom Kippur? American Jews flocked to Chinese joints. They were always open and did not discriminate. Neither did Chinese clubs. Jewish performers Eddie Cantor and Isidore Baline, later known as Irving Berlin, both made their debuts in Chinatown.
