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.
My Father's SKIF Whistle
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Hinde Ena Burstin, Yiddish poet and scholar, talks about SKIF, what the organization was and what it stood for. She also talks about some of the activities she remembers doing while a member and shows the whistle her father used as a SKIF counselor.
This is an excerpt from an oral history with Hinde Ena Burstin.
This excerpt is in Yiddish.
This interview is part of the Yiddish in the Academy: scholars, language instructors, and students series.
