Mary Antin

The Promised Land

Read by Bridget Gaige

Mary Antin

Being a Jew in Russia at the end of the 19th century was not easy at all. Jews were persecuted because of their religion. So the Jews found …

From Plotzk to Boston

Read by Sue Anderson

Mary Antin

An intensely personal account of the immigration experience as related by a young Jewish girl from Plotzk (a town in the government of Viteb…

They Who Knock at Our Gates

Read by Maria Kasper

Mary Antin

In 1914, over one million immigrants arrived in the United States, following in the footsteps of approximately ten million others who had ar…

They Who Knock at Our Gates: A Complete Gospel of Immigration (Version 2)

Read by Zachary Katz-Stein

Mary Antin

In this extended essay, Mary Antin asks us to consider three questions:First: A question of principle: Have we any right to regulate immigra…