Pinchas Goldhar

(1901-47), born Lodz, Poland, migrated to Australia in 1928. His book, Short Stories of Australia (1939), written in Yiddish, paints a pessimistic picture of the weakening of traditional Jewish family and religious ties in the Australian environment. 'Drummond Street' and 'Newcomers' were published as Two Short Stories in 1968. Among his other notable stories are 'The Pioneer', published in the First Jewish Almanac (1937), 'The Circumcision' and 'The Last Minyan', published in Short Stories of Australia, and 'The Funeral', published in Coast to Coast (1944). H. Brezniak published Pinchas Goldhar: The First Yiddish Writer in Australia: An Assessment (1968), which includes two short stories.

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