ch , ▁making ▁cig ars . ▁Though ▁born ▁of ▁strictly ▁Orth odox ▁Jewish ▁parents , ▁they ▁like ▁most ▁Jews ▁who ▁attend ▁the ▁syn agog ue ▁were ▁Ros h ▁Hash an ah ▁and ▁Y om ▁K ipp ur ▁Jews . ▁Thus , ▁my ▁father ▁and ▁mother , ▁during ▁my ▁boy hood ▁days , ▁attended ▁syn agog ue ▁services ▁on ▁those ▁two ▁leading ▁Jewish ▁hol id ays , ▁" if ▁only ▁for ▁the ▁children ' s ▁sake ," ▁as ▁Jewish ▁f athers ▁and ▁moth ers ▁often ▁say . ▁ ▁Social ist ▁Gold stein ▁quit ▁school ▁at ▁eleven ▁years , ▁and ▁began ▁to ▁work ▁as ▁a ▁to b acco ▁stri pper . ▁His ▁real ▁education ▁began ▁here , ▁from ▁his ▁fellow - work ers , ▁to ▁people ▁such ▁as ▁Samuel ▁G om pers ▁and ▁Henry ▁George , ▁who ▁the ▁young ▁Gold stein ▁supported ▁in ▁his ▁run ▁for ▁Mayor ▁of ▁New ▁York ▁City ▁in ▁ 1 8 8 6 . ▁G om pers ▁would ▁remain ▁an ▁influence ▁throughout ▁his ▁life . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 8 8 8 , ▁Gold stein ' s ▁family ▁moved ▁to ▁Boston , ▁Massachusetts , ▁where , ▁inspired ▁by ▁Edward ▁Bell amy ' s ▁Looking ▁Back ward , ▁he ▁decided ▁to ▁work ▁in ▁organized ▁labor . ▁At ▁his ▁union ▁local , ▁Gold stein ▁first ▁encountered ▁Marx ism , ▁which ▁attract ed ▁him ▁greatly . ▁In ▁ 1 8 9 5 , ▁Gold stein ' s ▁parents ▁were ▁hor r ified ▁when ▁he ▁joined ▁the ▁Social ist ▁Labor ▁Party ▁of ▁America . ▁However