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.

Joe (Yossl) Tigl's Oral History

Joe (Yossl) Tigl, son of Yiddish actor Shia Tigl, was interviewed by Christa Whitney on February 12, 2017, in Melbourne, Australia.

This interview was conducted in English.

Joe (Yossl) Tigl was born in Melbourne, Australia in 1960.

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Video highlights from this oral history

Stories From a Teenage Theater Usher

1 min 7 sec

Bundism, Judaism, and the Modern World in Melbourne, Australia

4 min 29 sec

Probes And Zitsungen

1 min 8 sec

The Golden Age Of The David Herman Theatre

3 min 1 sec

Artifacts related to this oral history

Shia Tigl

Shia & Genia Wedding

Yasha Shia Kopl

Shia Tigl Playing Piano

Shia Tigl and Friends

Shia Tigl 2

Shia Tigl at the Zelsheim Theatre

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