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.
“I See a Minyan Made up of the People I Buried Here”: The Keeper of the Birobidzhan Synagogue Reflects
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Valeriya Bulkina, keeper of a Birobidzhan synagogue, describes the uniqueness of Birobidzhaners and of the synagogue community she's been responsible for. She explains how after their rabbi recounted a dream to her, she began to see a minyan made up of those who had left even when those that remained numbered less than ten.
This is an excerpt from an oral history with Valeriya Bulkina.
This excerpt is in Russian.
Valeriya Bulkina was born in Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia.
