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.
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.