Pinchas Goldhar arrived in Melbourne from Lodz in 1928, bringing with him a unique Eastern European Jewish sensibility in observing the lives and concerns of Jewish existence. Utilising his background in journalism, his stories encapsulated the anxieties of displacement, along with a keen understanding of the looming dangers of rising anti-Semitism. His impassioned writing and chilling foresight have made him one of the most important Yiddish writers in Jewish and Australian literature. 'This new collection will ensure that this wonderful writer is not forgotten.' -Serge Liberman 'Goldhar's position as an observer of Jewish and Australian society and as a participant in their overlapping cultural and political movements placed him in a fascinating situation whose analysis throws new light on some lesser-known features of Australian social and cultural life in the 1930s and 40s.' -Pam Mclean