As a ship bearing hopeful immigrants steams toward Ellis Island, a lone passenger reflects on the life he has left behind ("I Remember"). Rebecca Hershkowitz, a Jewish woman, has fled Russia with her young son David, hoping to find her husband, Nathan, who left for America years before and never wrote back to his family.
As the ship bearing refugees approaches Ellis Island, a lone traveler recalls his past ("I Remember"). Rebecca Hershkowitz, a Jewish woman, has escaped Russia with her young son David in pursuit of her husband Nathan, who had departed years earlier for America but never maintained contact with their family.