Yudel Krinsky Timeline and Summary

Yudel is imprisoned in Siberia.
Yudel is freed by the Aryeh and the Rabbi—a.k.a the Hasidic Secret Service.
Yudel moves to Brooklyn, where he gets a job in a grocery store and learns English. This is also where he first meets Asher.
As Yudel's English becomes more fluent, he quits his job in the grocery store and opens a stationery store.
Asher frequents Yudel's stationery store and at one point steals some charcoals from him.
Yudel remains close to Asher as Asher rises to stardom, but ultimately loses faith in him after the Brooklyn Crucifixion debacle.