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.
Coming Out To My Bubbie
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Hinde Ena Burstin, feminist and writer, discusses the lack of Yiddish vocabulary for queer identities. She then shares how she came out as a lesbian to her grandmother and her grandmother's support and acceptance of her and her partner.
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.
