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.

The Biker Bris

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Henry Simkin describes his surprise upon arriving in southern New Hampshire to perform a brit milah and meeting the family's many biker friends.

This is an excerpt from an oral history with Henry Simkin.

This excerpt is in English.

Henry Simkin was born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts in 1955.