A Second Chance: The Making of Yiddish Melbourne

by Andrew Markus and Margaret Taft

They came from an old world to a new land. The Yiddish speakers from Eastern Europe brought few material possessions but clung to a language and a culture that defined who they were, a way of life that had endured pogroms, persecution, and a genocide that pushed them to the brink of extinction. Melbourne gave them a second chance at life, an opportunity to rebuild a secular Yiddish world that sat at the core of their existence. The arts flourished,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 192549585X
• ISBN13: 9781925495850
• Release Date: August 2018
• Publisher: Monash University Publishing
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 9.1"