The Yiddish Book Center's

Wexler Oral History Project

A growing collection of in-depth interviews with people of all ages and backgrounds, whose stories about the legacy and changing nature of Yiddish language and culture offer a rich and complex chronicle of Jewish identity.

Felker Yontef (Festival of Nations) at Camp Boiberik, Yiddish Summer Camp

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Yechiel z"l and Chana Schachner are a camp-romance success story. Here, they explain the tradition unique to Camp Boiberik: the felker yontef (the festival of nations).

This is an excerpt from an oral history with Chana Schachner.

This excerpt is in English.

Chana Schachner was born in Bronx, New York in 1930. Chana died in 2021.

Other video highlights from this oral history

Felker Yontif

3 min 26 sec

The Golden Epoch For Jews

1 min

Singularity of Yiddish culture

1 min 38 sec

We're Still Alive and Kicking

3 min 21 sec

The Guest Side of Camp Boiberik

2 min 5 sec

Age Divisions at Camp Boiberik

58 sec

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