ייִדיש מעלבורן Yiddish Melbourne
ייִדיש מעלבורן Yiddish Melbourne
This website is part of a major project undertaken within the Australian Centre for Jewish Civilisation, Monash University, to document and record a comprehensive history of the way of life and institutions of the Yiddish speaking immigrants who settled in Melbourne, and the values and outlook of their descendants.
A culmination of this research is the 2018 publication of A Second Chance: The Making of Yiddish Melbourne. To find out more about this exciting new book and how to buy a copy, go to Monash University Publishing.
Discover Yiddish Melbourne
Community Service
Organisations in which Yiddish speakers were prominent
Education
Yiddish in Sunday schools, day schools and tertiary institutions
Youth Group
SKIF
Media and Creative Writing
Newspapers, journals and radio, poetry and prose
Culture
Theatre and music
International Visitors
Yiddish academics, actors, directors, singers and writers
Launch of Website
Professor Andrew Markus, Professor Louis Waller and Danielle Charak
Play a Song for Me in Yiddish
Selected verses performed by Freydi Mrocki and accompanied by Tomi Kalinski