Alex Dafner was interviewed about his involvement in the Kadimah from the 1970s through to the 2020s. Alex has been widely involved in Yiddish life in Melbourne. He served as a Kadimah board member (1970 – 2022) and President (1995-2015). He currently leads post-VCE Yiddish reading and conversation group. The interview was conducted by Jordy Silverstein in June 2021 for the Kadimah Jewish Cultural Centre and National Library.Digital recording of an Oral History Interview with Alex Dafneralex dafner, kadimah committee, president, melbourne yiddish youth theatre, dovid herman theatre, bund, lectures, mitvokh club, 100 year celebration, in one voice, kadimah chess club, sholem aleichem college, sender burstin, bono wiener, yasha sher, hershl bacharach, josef auerbach, moshe ajzenbud, pinchas ringelblum, nachman gryfenberg, lova friedman, yizhak khan, avrum cykiert, rachel levita, cesia goldberg, abram goldberg, yossl winkler, renata singer, joe tigel, eugene orenstein, avraham novershtern, dov noy, herschel klapfisch, adam gruzman, pinchas goldhar, herz bergner, leo fink, samuel wynn, simche burstin, varshavski

This MoA was prepared under the The Company Act 1961 and records the aims of the Kadimah in 1965 when the organisation changed its name from “National Library Kadimah” to “Jewish Cultural Centre and National Library Kadimah”.kadimah jewish cultural centre, kadimah committee

This file contains five items pertaining to plaques, memorials and monuments located in Glen Eira: 1/Three letters (1 page each) pertaining to a statue of Isabelle Webb adorning the Caulfield City Hall. The first letter, typewritten, dated 14/07/80, is addressed from J. Pollet, Honorary Secretary of the Caulfield Historical Society, to Mr. G. Calder, City Manager of Caulfield, and announces that the Society has identified the previously unidentified statue and wishes to provide a plaque for it. The second letter, handwritten, dated 20/09/1980, is addressed from Mr. R. Ballantyne of the Caulfield Historical Society to Calder, and laments that the Caulfield City Council has not responded to the first letter. The third letter, typewritten, dated 24/10/1980, is addressed from G. J. Walker, Deputy Manager-Administrator of the City of Caulfield, to Ballantyne, and notifies the latter of the Council’s acceptance of the Society’s offer to provide a plaque. Also included are the invoice and delivery docket for the plaque. 2/A typewritten letter (1 page), dated 26/06/1985, from Norma Polglase, secretary to mayor Brian Rudzki, inviting Mr. and Mrs. R. Ballantyne to an unveiling ceremony at Hopetoun Gardens. 3/A typewritten letter (1 page), dated 05/10/1986, from John Adams, Convenor of the Memorials Committee of the Royal Historical Society of Victoria, to Miss H. Bullock, thanking the latter for her contributions to the Society’s Memorials Project (which presumably consists of the recording of the location of all memorials located in Victoria), and confirming the acknowledgement of four memorials located in Caulfield. 4/A one page typewritten letter, with handwritten note, dated 07/05/1987, from Chilla Bulbeck, project coordinator of the National Register of the Australian Bicentennial Authority, to Mr. R. Ballantyne, thanking the latter for agreeing to act as a recorder for the Project. Attached are 12 pages extrapolating on the Project and a list (2 copies) of monuments thus far acknowledged, although none of this contains anything of relevance specifically to Glen Eira. 5/A typewritten letter, dated 29/11/1996, from Bob Ross, Senior Surveyor of the Geodetic Survey of the Office of the Surveyor General, to the Caulfield Historical Society, requesting the latter’s assistance in identifying any historic survey marks located within Glen Eira, as part of a greater project to identify all such survey marks located within Victoria. Also included is a leaflet extrapolating on the project and featuring a form for documenting survey marks, although this contains nothing of relevance specifically to Glen Eira.glen eira, caulfield, plaques, monuments and memorials, walker g. j., ballantyne r. mr., caulfield historical society, statues, webb isabelle, webb isabella, calder g, pollet j, city of caulfield, caulfield city council, city hall, hawthorn road, glen eira road, neville street, glenhuntly, thompson p. mr., arrow engraving & foundry co., rudzki brian j. p. cr., ballantyne mrs., cannons, festivals and celebrations, invitations, hopetoun gardens, mayors, glenhuntly road, glen huntly road, caulfield city hall, polglase norma, adams john, bullock h. miss, royal historical society of victoria, memorials committee, memorials project, ‘kadimah’, caulfield grammar school, rosstown railway, bambra park, elsternwick, begonia street, gardenvale, bulbeck chilla, australian bicentennial authority, national register of unusual monuments project, jowett memorial drinking fountain, ross bob, office of surveyor general, geodetic survey office of surveyor general

This file contains five items relating to the ‘Friends of the Elsternwick Classic Cinema’: 1/2 x ‘Notice of Motion to Amend the Statement of Purposes of Friends of the Elsternwick Classic Cinema’ documents and a copy of the ‘Friends of the Elsternwick Classic Cinema Rules’. Documents undated. 2/1 newsletter of the ‘Friends of the Elsternwick Classic Cinema’. Newsletter no. 1, 1994, detailing events and activities held by the FECC. Written by Chantale Bouthemy de Chavieres. 3/1 ‘Friends of the Elsternwick Classic Cinema’ membership renewal form, dated 01/03/1995. 4/1 notice of the ‘Friends of the Elsternwick Classic Cinema’ AGM, 07/05/1995, notifying the public of the agenda and schedule of the meeting. 5/1 ‘Friends of the Elsternwick Classic Cinema’ membership privilege card, 22/01/1995.elsternwick classic cinema, friends of the elsternwick classic cinema, gordon street, elsternwick, welsh heather, lovell lee, spencer frank, jewish national library, cultural centre kadimah, cinemas, films, film societies, committees of management, community groups