Harry Golden is a favorite of my dad, who used to own several of Golden's books. One of them was entitled "For 2c Plain." I read a few of Golden's books when I was in college 25 years ago, and enjoyed him; he was a good humorist and observer of life.
Looks like you were raised in a philo-Semitic household.
My parents also had a few of H Golden's books. "2¢ Plain" among them