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A second chance : the making of Yiddish Melbourne / Margaret Taft and Andrew Markus.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Clayton, Victoria, Australia : Monash University Publishing, (c)2018.Edition: [CA & US versionDescription: 1 online resource (345 pages) : illustrations, portraitsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781925495874
  • 9781925495867
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • JV6201 .S436 2018
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
Contents:
Smugglers; Acknowledgements; Preface; Introduction; Contents; Images; Part One. A New Home; 1. Arrival; 2. Where Are We?; 3. Old World, New World; 4. Yiddish ­Under The Southern Cross; 5. Politics -- 'If Every­one Pulled In One Direction, The World Would Tip Over'; 6. Escape; Part Two. Redefinitions: The Holocaust and Israel; 7. 'In A Moment Of Crisis . . . ​Divisions Dis­appeared'; 8. Worst Fears Confirmed; 9. She'Erit Hapletach, The Surviving Remnant; 10. Australian Responses; 11. Nightmares
Earning A Living; 16. Zenith; 17. Signs of Change; 18. 'Yiddish has not Yet said its Last Word'; Bibliography; Index; About the Authors; Back Cover
Subject: "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. Hardship had taught these Jews to be resilient, fiercely independent and great institution builders. A community centre quickly became the beating heart of Yiddish Melbourne. The arts flourished, newspapers were launched and schools were established. But these immigrants also brought their competing political ideals, hotly contested notions of what it meant to be a Jew and how to live life in this furthest corner of the world. Their arrival in Melbourne was not always welcomed. The Australian authorities only grudgingly accepted them as immigrants, in restricted numbers and under the sponsorship of Jews already living here. Yiddish speakers, with their boisterous demeanour and high visibility challenged the authority of the established Jewish community, which traced its origins to the first settlement and which believed that 'blending in' was the antidote to antisemitism. Using the voices of the immigrants themselves and archival sources, the authors give a compelling account of how these Yiddish speakers came to shape, change and define an entire community"--Back cover.
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"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. Hardship had taught these Jews to be resilient, fiercely independent and great institution builders. A community centre quickly became the beating heart of Yiddish Melbourne. The arts flourished, newspapers were launched and schools were established. But these immigrants also brought their competing political ideals, hotly contested notions of what it meant to be a Jew and how to live life in this furthest corner of the world. Their arrival in Melbourne was not always welcomed. The Australian authorities only grudgingly accepted them as immigrants, in restricted numbers and under the sponsorship of Jews already living here. Yiddish speakers, with their boisterous demeanour and high visibility challenged the authority of the established Jewish community, which traced its origins to the first settlement and which believed that 'blending in' was the antidote to antisemitism. Using the voices of the immigrants themselves and archival sources, the authors give a compelling account of how these Yiddish speakers came to shape, change and define an entire community"--Back cover.

Front Cover; Front Matter; Title Page; Imprint and Copyright Information; Poem -- Smugglers; Acknowledgements; Preface; Introduction; Contents; Images; Part One. A New Home; 1. Arrival; 2. Where Are We?; 3. Old World, New World; 4. Yiddish ­Under The Southern Cross; 5. Politics -- 'If Every­one Pulled In One Direction, The World Would Tip Over'; 6. Escape; Part Two. Redefinitions: The Holocaust and Israel; 7. 'In A Moment Of Crisis . . . ​Divisions Dis­appeared'; 8. Worst Fears Confirmed; 9. She'Erit Hapletach, The Surviving Remnant; 10. Australian Responses; 11. Nightmares

12. Ties That Bind: Landsmanshaftn13. Israel: The Game-Changer; Part Three. Generations; 14. 'The Pursuit Of Happiness'; 15. Parnoseh -- Earning A Living; 16. Zenith; 17. Signs of Change; 18. 'Yiddish has not Yet said its Last Word'; Bibliography; Index; About the Authors; Back Cover

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