Rebecca Margolis

Rebecca Margolis is Pratt Foundation Chair of Jewish Civilisation at Monash University's Australian Centre for Jewish Civilisation. She researches Yiddish cultural production, language transmission, and Holocaust representation through literature, film, and new media.

Her work examines Yiddish continuity in education, organizational life, and digital spaces. Current projects analyze cinematic representations of Yiddish supernatural elements and revitalization of secular Yiddish culture.

She received multiple awards including the Canadian Jewish Literary Award and Helen and Stan Vine Canadian Jewish Book Award. Publication analysis shows strong focus on diaspora language maintenance, transgenerational trauma, and cultural representation in film.

Margolis serves as Yiddish translator for theater productions like 'Yentl' and 'A Very Jewish Christmas Carol.' She directs research on Holocaust memory in Australian literature and Yiddish rap music in Melbourne.