I can usually remember TV shows and film titles but this US one eludes me

It was set in New York and opening credits had a high school kid (about 17 or 1 with glasses and curly hair riding on the subway and thinking to himself and smiling. Theme song was Randy Newman's 'Falling in Love' as this scene played

Seem to remember he was jewish and the title may have had his name in it- and it might have begun with A ?!??

then again it might not