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.

Doodie Ringelblum's Oral History

Doodie Ringelblum, a medical doctor and Yiddish activist based in Melbourne, was interviewed by Christa Whitney on August 8, 2014 at Yidish-Vokh in Reisterstown, Maryland.

This interview was conducted in Yiddish.

Doodie Ringelblum was born in Melbourne, Australia in 1963.

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Video highlights from this oral history

Melbourne Yiddish Youth Theatre

2 min 32 sec

What is the Bund? A Short Description

1 min 36 sec

Jacob Waislitz, Rachel Holzer and the Melbourne Yiddish Theater

2 min 18 sec

A Personal Definition of Doykayt (Bundist Tenant of "Hereness"): Living Demonstrably Jewishly

3 min 28 sec

Yiddish Radio in Australia

3 min 44 sec

Choosing Australia to Raise a Son in a Secular Yiddish-Speaking Way

2 min 6 sec

"You Lied! You Said You Didn't Understand English!": Being Raised in Yiddish in Melbourne

1 min 19 sec

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