Historical information
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.
Physical description
Digital recording of an Oral History Interview with Alex Dafner
Subjects
- alex 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
