The Yiddish Book Center's
Wexler Oral History Project
A growing collection of in-depth interviews with people of all ages and backgrounds, whose stories about the legacy and changing nature of Yiddish language and culture offer a rich and complex chronicle of Jewish identity.
Communists vs. Bundists: Political Struggle in the Secular Yiddish-Speaking Jewish Community of Melbourne
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Michael Zylberman, current president of the Jewish Labor Bund in Melbourne, describes how involved he has been in running local Jewish organizations. He explains the struggle between Bundism and Communism within the Jewish Community Council.
This is an excerpt from an oral history with Michael Zylberman.
This excerpt is in Yiddish.
Michael Zylberman was born in Melbourne, Australia in 1955.
