Join us for a joyful evening of theatre, music and storytelling, as performers and local personalities share the stories of Boston’s early Jewish pioneers. While Jews first arrived in America in the 17th century, they found Boston, with its Puritan heritage, an inhospitable place. It was only in the late 19th century that Jews began to settle in large numbers. What they found was a city with few institutions or resources to help, and yet these early immigrants prevailed and planted the seeds for a flourishing Jewish community. One of those pioneers was a precocious young woman named Mary Antin, who, one hundred years ago, wrote a book about her early life in the Russian Pale and her “second birth” in America. The Promised Land, which was serialized in the Atlantic Monthly, became the country’s most famous immigrant autobiography and a symbol of Jewish struggles and achievements. Come celebrate her story and those of the founders of the Boston Jewish community. Celebrity Narrators: Annette Miller, Ted Reinstein, Barbara Grossman, Mike Ross Presented in partnership with The Jewish Cemetery Association of Massachusetts Foundation and The American Jewish Historical Society, New England Archives