My family were Conservative Jews. My parents were both born in this country, but my father grew up on the Lower East Side, and my mother was born and raised in Harlem when there was a large Jewish 'colony' there. Eventually, they moved to Jersey City to get away from New York.

Norman Lloyd

Away Born Both City Colony Conservative Country East East Side Eventually Family Father Get Grew Harlem Jersey Jewish Jews Large Lower Mother Moved New New York Parents Raised Side Up Were York

Related Quotes

I'm a black lady from the Lower East Side of New York. Not a lot intimidates me.

— Ursula Burns

BlackEastEast Side

That's what's interesting about the Lower East Side: It's New York, but it's also edgy. It's not as stuffy as Tribeca or Soho.

— Daniel Boulud

I was born in New York City, but I was raised in New Jersey, part of the great Jewish emigration of 1963.

— Jon Stewart

BornCityEmigration

I was born in New York City but grew up across the Hudson River in Alpine, New Jersey.

— Eric Maskin

My grandparents used to tell me stories about their trip to Ellis Island from Russia and life on the Lower East Side of New York.

AboutEastEast Side