Veronica Belling
Biographic Data
| ID | 6716296 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Veronica Belling |
| GIVEN NAMES | Veronica |
| FAMILY NAME | Belling |
| SIGNATURE | BELLING V |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Cape Town |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The making of a South African Jewish activist
This article explores the contents of a Yiddish diary, written in 1927 in Latvia by Jewish Communist and trade unionist Ray Alexander Simons, which accompanied her on her immigration to South Africa in 1929, to avoid arrest on account of her activities in an underground Communist cell in Riga. In the context of her autobiography, ‘All My Life and All My Strength’, written when she was in her eighties, and completed by various hands, the examinati…
When Rivke Left Home
According to the popular Yiddish song, ‘Yoshke fort avek’ (‘Yoshke is leaving’). This essay, however, will examine the lesser known journey of Rivke, his wife, daughter, sister, or mother, the woman who was often forced to remain behind in eastern Europe until her male relatives had managed to save up enough money to send for her. Based on archival material, oral interviews, as well as previously untapped, predominantly male-authored South Africa…
Yiddish Writing in South Africa
Leibl Feldman's Yiddish history of the Jews in Johannesburg to 1910, Yidn in Yohanesburg biz Yunyen, 31 May 1910, published in 1956 by the South African Yiddish Cultural Federation in Johannesburg, is part of the body of Yiddish literature produced in South Africa after the Second World War. It is a Marxist Yiddishist polemic that describes the establishment of Johannesburg and its Jewish community from the point of view of the thousands of easte…
A Slice of Eastern Europe in Johannesburg’
This article explores how location influenced attitudes to the preservation of Yiddish language and culture and hence the construction of historical memory. Between 1929 and 1949 the Johannesburg Jewish Workers' Club had a thriving Dramatic Section which produced Yiddish theatre with a leftist slant. It was situated in Doornfontein, the suburb east of Johannesburg, that from the early 1930s was the focus of the Eastern European immigration. Based…
‘Ahavat yehonatan’
The making of a South African Jewish activist
This article explores the contents of a Yiddish diary, written in 1927 in Latvia by Jewish Communist and trade unionist Ray Alexander Simons, which accompanied her on her immigration to South Africa in 1929, to avoid arrest on account of her activities in an underground Communist cell in Riga. In the context of her autobiography, ‘All My Life and All My Strength’, written when she was in her eighties, and completed by various hands, the examinati…
‘Ahavat yehonatan’
Yiddish Writing in South Africa
Leibl Feldman's Yiddish history of the Jews in Johannesburg to 1910, Yidn in Yohanesburg biz Yunyen, 31 May 1910, published in 1956 by the South African Yiddish Cultural Federation in Johannesburg, is part of the body of Yiddish literature produced in South Africa after the Second World War. It is a Marxist Yiddishist polemic that describes the establishment of Johannesburg and its Jewish community from the point of view of the thousands of easte…
A Slice of Eastern Europe in Johannesburg’
This article explores how location influenced attitudes to the preservation of Yiddish language and culture and hence the construction of historical memory. Between 1929 and 1949 the Johannesburg Jewish Workers' Club had a thriving Dramatic Section which produced Yiddish theatre with a leftist slant. It was situated in Doornfontein, the suburb east of Johannesburg, that from the early 1930s was the focus of the Eastern European immigration. Based…
When Rivke Left Home
According to the popular Yiddish song, ‘Yoshke fort avek’ (‘Yoshke is leaving’). This essay, however, will examine the lesser known journey of Rivke, his wife, daughter, sister, or mother, the woman who was often forced to remain behind in eastern Europe until her male relatives had managed to save up enough money to send for her. Based on archival material, oral interviews, as well as previously untapped, predominantly male-authored South Africa…
The making of a South African Jewish activist
This article explores the contents of a Yiddish diary, written in 1927 in Latvia by Jewish Communist and trade unionist Ray Alexander Simons, which accompanied her on her immigration to South Africa in 1929, to avoid arrest on account of her activities in an underground Communist cell in Riga. In the context of her autobiography, ‘All My Life and All My Strength’, written when she was in her eighties, and completed by various hands, the examinati…
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