wˌɛn aɪ kˈeɪm, æɾ ˈeɪdʒ twˈɛnti wˈʌn, ˌɪntʊ ðə wˈɜːkmɛnz sˈɜːkəl ʃjˈuːl ɪn tɚɹˈɑːntoʊ, aɪ hæd sˈoʊ mˌʌtʃ ˈiːɡɚnəs, ˈɛnɚdʒi, ænd fˈeɪθ ɪn sˈoʊʃəlˌɪzəm ænd ɪn jˈɪdɪʃˌɪzəm.
When I came, at age 21, into the Workmen’s Circle shule in Toronto, I had so much eagerness, energy, and faith in socialism and in Yiddishism.