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Pinchas Goldhar (14 June 1901 – 25 January 1947) was a Polish-Australian Yiddish essayist, novelist, translator, and editor. He was born and brought up in Łódź, Poland. At the age of 25, he immigrated to Australia from Poland. He published numerous short stories in Yiddish exploring the life of Jewish migrants in Australia.

Life and work
Pinchas Goldhar was the son of Jacon Goldhar, a dyer, and Rachael (née Hirshkowitz). He was the eldest son of four siblings and recieved a Jewish upbringing.

After graduating from the University of Warsaw, where he studied German and French language and literature, he translated several German and French stories into Yiddish in Warsaw and Lodz. In 1922 he worked for a Jewish newspaper, Lodzer Tageblatt (The Lodz Daily). Yiddish literature in Poland went through a minor renaissance period during this time and Goldhar was able to establish a reputation for himself. Among his translations, The Weavers, by German dramatist Gerhart Hauptmann, became a favorite on Yiddish stage. However, antisemitism was increasing in Poland and with family connections in Australia, Goldhar and his family arrived in Melbourne in 1926. His father set up a a small dyeing business in Carlton which Goldhar initially joined.

In 1928 Goldhar became the first editor of a Yiddish newspaper in Australia, Australier Leben (Australian Life). Much of his works explored the fate of Polish Jewish immigrants and their adjustments to their new life. By 1937 he helped contribute to the first Yiddish book published in Australia, the Australian Jewish Almanac. He also published Stories from Australia in 1939, the second Yiddish book to be published in Australia. It received a favorable critique from Isaac Bashevis Singer. Some of the stories were translated into English such as "The Funeral" which Vance Palmer included in Coast to Coast. In admiration of the quality of Australian literature, Goldhar translated Yiddish stories of Vance Palmer, Henry Lawson, Frank Dalby Davison, and Alan Marshall. Goldhar married Ida Shlezynger and had one son and twin daughters. He died of coronary thrombosis at Belgrave in 1947 and was laid to rest at Fawkner cemetery.

In Yiddish

 * Goldhar, P., Dertseilungen fun Oistralie. Tales from Australia. Melbourne, 1939.
 * Goldhar, P., Gezamelte Shriften Collected Works. Melbourne, Friends of Yiddish Literature, 1949.