A Shtetl In Ek Velt & Fun Himlen Blayene Tsu Bloye Teg (Two-Volume Set)

Author: Julie Meadows
Binding: Paperback
Published: Australian Centre for Jewish Civilisation Monash University, 2011

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Book: Very good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
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A Shtetl In Ek Velt & Fun Himlen Blayene Tsu Bloye Teg presents a two-volume biography chronicling the vibrant prewar Jewish enclave of Carlton, Melbourne. This nonfiction work reconstructs the lives, traditions, and social fabric of Yiddish-speaking immigrants who shaped the neighborhoods cultural identity. Meadows argues that Carlton functioned as a modern shtetl, where communal bonds, religious practice, and political activism flourished amid displacement and renewal. The narrative illustrates the rhythms of daily lifefamily, work, celebration, and strugglethrough archival research and personal testimony.