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.

Ricki Greenblatt's Oral History

Ricki Greenblatt, former Camp Kinderland counselor and chorus singer, was interviewed by Christa Whitney on February 10th, 2020 in Boynton Beach, Florida.

This interview was conducted in English.

Ricki Greenblatt was born in 1924.

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Video highlights from this oral history

"The Characters Were My Family": Living with Yiddish Writer Chaver Paver in New York

1 min 51 sec

"I Was There Before I Was Born": Ricki Greenblatt's Many Memories of Camp Kinderland

3 min 40 sec

Trading Factory Life for Farm Life: Ricki Greenblatt Describes Her Father's Poultry Farm

2 min 2 sec

Artifacts related to this oral history

Ricki's Brother

Molek on a Tricycle 1

Molek on a Tricycle 2

Molek on a Tricycle 3

Molek on a Tricycle 4

Molek on a Tricycle 5

Ricki Greenblatt's Parents

Molek on a Tricycle 6

Ricki Greenblatt's Father

Ricki Greenblatt's Mother with a Friend

Ricki Greenblatt's Father with a Friend

Ricki's Father with Chaver Paver

Umpartayishe Tsu Zavenfor

Little Ricki

Ricki's Pregnant Mother at Camp Kinderland

Ricki's Father Giving a Speech

Ricki Playing the Bugle

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