"Live and be Well", a Celebration of Yiddish Culture in America, is a must read for Jews and Non-Jews alike. Personally, I loved the book and recommend it highly for the following reasons: The alphabetical fashion in which the content is arranged makes it so easy to read and reminisce,particularly as an elderly person (85) who remembers seeing so many of these extraordinary people in vaudeville,on the theatre stage, on the screen, in community centers, and hearing some on the radio. Performers like Fanny Brice to Sophie Tucker, writers like Sholem Asch to Clifford Odets, Isaac Bashevis Singer, Social Workers like Lilian Wald,Editors like Abraham Cahan,and so on and so on, become more than famous persons of Jewish heritage. All of these people came to America struggled and contributed every conceivable talent to this country of opportunity. The writers Shepard and Levi, with their wonderful photographs, accurate facts,clarity of descriptions of people and events makes the reader feel proud of being an American!