Description 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, newspapers were lau.
Monash University Publishing A second chance: the making of yiddish melbourne, paperback/margaret taft
