When Pogroms in Eastern Europe force little Nora`s family to flee to America, they discover at the last moment that they haven`t enough funds to pay for everyone`s passage. One of them will have to stay behind. The decision is difficult and Nora is to be left with a family friend, a kind doll maker who offers to care for her until they can earn enough money to pay for her journey. Nora`s mother is beside herself, heartbroken about leaving her youngest - yet the devoted doll maker shows that good friends are priceless and that all obstacles can be overcome when there is a true desire to help another.