Corpus of Spoken Yiddish in Europe

Esther Burekhovich

Esther Burekhovich (thumbnail photo)
Interview # 1227
Gender Female
Age 74
Date of Birth April 28, 1920
Date of Interview February 19, 1995
Interviewer Hershey Felder
Duration
Number of Tapes 3
Transcript Status 2 tapes have been transcribed, and 2 transcripts have been reviewed. Please check back soon for the latest updates.
Comments The final tape is an interview with family members in English.

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Place of BirthBoronyava (באָראָניעװ)

Place of InterviewBrooklyn, New York, USA

Tapes

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Transcripts

Tape Speaker Content
קאַסעט רעדער אינהאַלט

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  • Bleaman, Isaac L., and Chaya R. Nove. 2025. The Corpus of Spoken Yiddish in Europe: Goals, Methods, and Applications. Language Documentation & Conservation 19: 142–157. https://hdl.handle.net/10125/74812.
  • Burekhovich, Esther. 1995. Interview 1227. USC Shoah Foundation Visual History Archive. USC Shoah Foundation. Accessed . 
  • @Article{Bleaman_Nove-2025,
    author     = {Isaac L. Bleaman and Chaya R. Nove},
    journal    = {Language Documentation \& Conservation},
    pages      = {142--157},
    title      = {The {Corpus} of {Spoken} {Yiddish} in {Europe}: Goals, Methods, and Applications},
    url        = {https://hdl.handle.net/10125/74812},
    volume     = {19},
    year       = {2025}
}

@Misc{Burekhovich-1995,
    author     = {Esther Burekhovich},
    note       = {USC Shoah Foundation Visual History Archive},
    publisher  = {USC Shoah Foundation},
    title      = {Interview 1227},
    urldate    = {},
    year       = {1995}
}

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