In rapidly changing New York of the 1980s, a Russian Jewish teenager wrestles with his identity, faith, and sexuality, all of which seem irreconcilable until he befriends two closeted men in his grandfather's senior housing complex. Minyan is a...

Set in 1951, the story follows Marcus Messner, the idealistic son of a humble kosher butcher from Newark, NJ. Marcus leaves for Ohio to study at a small, conservative college, where he finds himself at odds with the administration...