"I'm an American, I speak English... and by the way your Yiddish is terrible!": My Mother at 103

Helen Kurzban, Brooklyn-born native Yiddish speaker and former administrator in the New York City public schools, remembers how as a young girl she helped her mother with her English language skills. She relates the story of how her mother, at the age of 103, equated mastery of English with being a proud American.

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