Who is Jews from A Walker in the City and what is their importance?

One of the primary thematic and narrative elements of the book is the author's experience of being Jewish (see "Themes"). It could be argued that many aspects of the book's portrayal of Jews are stereotypical (overwrought emotion, clannishness, dominating mothers). The point must be made, however, that the author is himself Jewish, his work giving the clear sense that he is both writing about what he has experienced and placing his contemplations within an awareness of stereotype (see "Quotes", p. 39, for an example).