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ysabetwordsmithThis poem came out of the August 1, 2023 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired and sponsored by librarygeek: "In honor of being accepted to graduate school, and in memory of librarygeek's mother." It also fills the "city" square in my 8-1-23 card for the New Adventures Bingo fest. This poem belongs to the series Polychrome Heroics.
"A City Founded on Sound Principles"
[1800s]
Philadelphia had been
a city of high ideals from
the very beginning, but
it became the lively capital
of a young and growing state.
It was a city that enjoyed
a good-enough shipping port,
central to the eastern coast,
filled with pragmatic Quakers,
experimental pharmacists,
and hardworking farmers.
Philadelphia wasn't perfect,
but certainly it was less plagued
by haughty aristocrats than Boston,
pleasure-fearing puritans than Hartford,
or troublesome self-minted feudal princes
than Williamsburg, which was something.
It was a city founded on sound principles
of religious tolerance, a free press, and
plenty of good public landscaping.
Guided by William Penn -- a man
who grew tree saplings in bathtubs and
imagined his metropolis as a great nursery
of both plants and ideas -- it flourished at
a time of great challenge and potential.
Into this fertile ground was born
Rebecca Gratz, who grew into
one of the great guiding lights
of Eastern Seaboard civilization.
In 1801, Rebecca set up a charity,
the Female Association for the Relief
of Women and Children in Reduced
Circumstances to care for those in need.
Observing the plight of other children, she
set up the Philadelphia Orphan Asylum in 1815.
Rebecca did much in the Jewish community
and enjoyed studying its faith and literature,
with an eye toward encourage others too.
In 1819, Rebecca helped to organize
the Female Hebrew Benevolent Society,
providing assistance to Jewish woman in need.
It functioned independently of any synagogue,
and aimed to counter the "charitable" efforts
of Christian groups that hoped to convert
Jewish woman by preying on their needs.
She set up other charities focusing on
more specific needs among the poor, like
United Hebrew Beneficent Fuel Society
and the Hebrew Ladies’ Sewing Society.
Rebecca never found a suitor who met
her standards, so she avoided marriage.
However, in 1823 her sister Rachel died,
leaving Rebecca to raise her nine children.
That proved so satisfying that Rachel
went on to adopt several more orphans,
including the girl Bina who learned to read
before she learned to walk and helped
Rebecca keep accounts for her charities.
Inspired by Christian efforts, she founded
the Hebrew Sunday School Society in 1838,
which inspired Jewish education throughout
the rest of the growing nation of America.
Rebecca encouraged prayer meetings
and study sessions, bringing together
many of the local Sephardic Jews
with the newer Ashkenazi immigrants.
Eventually Rebecca realized that neither
the orphanage nor individual foster families
could meet the needs of all the children,
as immigration, disease, and conflicts
left more and more orphans adrift.
Her friends in vaudeville and
the traveling circuses alerted her
to those with odd bodies, not all of
whom wanted to become performers.
So in 1855 Rebecca established
the Jewish Foster Home, which
cared for children in need who
were Jewish, disabled, or had
other differences that made it
difficult to find new families.
She also adopted a teen boy,
Betsalel, who could see in the dark
better than anyone else could, but
was still scorned by everyone else
for the unusual shine of his eyes.
Rebecca and her siblings worked
hard to balance the labor unionists
and the socialists, the citizens and
the politicians, all of whom clamored
with ideas on how best to develop
society (only some of which were
any good, but all of which were loud).
In addition to their responsibilities in
the synagogue, the Gratz family helped
to promote many institutions in Philadelphia
including the Athenaeum, Deaf and Dumb Home,
the Academy of Fine Arts, and several libraries.
By 1856, the Sunday school had grown into
the Hebrew Education Society of Philadelphia,
and Rebecca's brother Hyman joined with it
to fund a trust for a Hebrew teachers college.
Hyman Gratz died in 1857, leaving behind
an additional bequest to Gratz College, which
became a beacon of Jewish academic study.
Seeking strength in numbers and breadth of
education, Gratz College soon allied with
several other institutions of higher learning,
such as the University of Pennsylvania.
Another was Haverford College, founded
in 1833 as a men's college for members
of the Religious Society of Friends, but it
opened to women and non-Quakers in 1880.
Swarthmore College was founded in 1864
and opened for classes in 1869, another
school belonging to the Quakers, but
by 1906 it became more interfaith.
Rebecca Gratz passed away in 1869,
but her legacy lived on beyond her.
Bina had married a scientist, and
they invented many things together,
including a special paper that would
change color in the presence of leaven.
Betsalel had distinguished himself as
a scout during the War Between the States,
and eventually married an outrageous girl
from out west who was a sharpshooter.
Many of Rebecca's adopted children
and grandchildren continued to serve
in the many institutions she founded.
Bryn Mawr College came along
in 1885, another Quaker school
but this one devoted to women.
In 1899, Elizabethtown College
was founded by several members of
the Anabaptist Church of the Brethren,
and it also joined the association
of connected colleges so that
students could take classes
in any one or several of them.
By then, Gratz College was
known as much for interfaith work
as for Jewish studies, and professors
in its history department documented
the growth of civilization in America.
There were even scholars from
the native tribes, or the Orient, or
other cultures with their own wisdom
to contribute to the colleges' success.
By 1900, Philadelphia had become
a major feature not just in Pennsylvania,
but in the United States as a whole.
Over time, the cluster of colleges
grew in reknown, and while charities
shifted over time, the city's tradition
of charitable works remained consistent.
In 2015, a consortium of foster students
from the colleges came together and
commemorated the foundation of
the Philadelphia Orphan Asylum
by making a televion show about
the life and times of Rebecca Gratz
called The Menschah of Philadelphia.
Other cities may have grown bigger,
or richer, but when it came to civilization,
Philadelphia was the jewel of the East.
* * *
Notes:
“He had heard especially promising things about Philadelphia–the lively capital of that young nation. It was said to be a city with a good-enough shipping port, central to the eastern coast of the country, filled with pragmatic Quakers, pharmacists, and hardworking farmers. It was rumored to be a place without haughty aristocrats (unlike Boston), and without pleasure-fearing puritans (unlike Connecticut), and without troublesome self-minted feudal princes (unlike Virginia). The city had been founded on the sound principles of religious tolerance, a free press, and good landscaping, by William Penn–a man who grew tree saplings in bathtubs, and who had imagined his metropolis as a great nursery of both plants and ideas.”
– Elizabeth Gilbert
Hartford, Dutch trading house, "House of Hope," 1633; settled as Newtown in 1635; named 1637 from Hertford in Hertfordshire, Indian name, "Suckiag."
Williamsburg, 1632 (population 15,425)
Rebecca Gratz
March 4, 1781–1869
Note that references show considerable variety in details such as exact names or founding dates of organizations, numbers of children, etc. I simply selected some that worked together as Terramagne features. For others I could not find concrete details, so I extrapolated. You can also see where I expanded or added certain things to account for Terramagne in particular, such as adopting at least two children who were, if not overlooked soups, at least toward the high end of ordinary range in their respective abilities.
Gratz College is a famous institution in Philadelphia, founded by a prominent Jewish family and networked with other colleges in the area, as you can see in some course offerings.
Gratz was involved in establishing the Female Association for the Relief Women and Children in Reduced Circumstances (1801), Philadelphia Orphan Society (1814) and the Hebrew Sunday School Society (1838).
Founded Female Association (1801), the Philadelphia Orphan Asylum (1815), the Female Hebrew Benevolent Society (1819), the Hebrew Sunday School (1838), and the Jewish Foster Home (1855), all in Philadelphia.
Gratz was also heavily involved with Jewish charitable organizations. In 1819, she helped organize the Female Hebrew Benevolent Society, which is presently the oldest continuously operating Jewish charitable organization in the United States. The goal of this organization was to provide assistance to Jewish woman in need. This organization functioned independently of any synagogue, but also sought to counter similar work by Christian organizations seeking to convert Jewish woman in need. Her quest to help the poor would continue in 1855, when she helped establish the Jewish Foster Home and Orphan Asylum. This organization would go on to become a model for foster care in the United States. She was also involved with United Hebrew Beneficent Fuel Society and the Hebrew Ladies’ Sewing Society.
While she was involved with these charitable organizations, she also managed to raise the nine children of her sister, Rachel, who died in 1823.
In addition to prominent synagogue responsibilities and Gratz’s own organizations, the Gratz siblings together promoted the city’s Athenaeum, Deaf and Dumb Home, the Academy of Fine Arts, and various libraries.
Gratz College is a private Jewish college in Melrose Park, Pennsylvania. The college traces its origins to 1856 when banker, philanthropist, and communal leader Hyman Gratz and the Hebrew Education Society of Philadelphia (established in 1849 by Rebecca Gratz and Isaac Leeser) joined to establish a trust to create a Hebrew teachers college. Gratz is a private liberal arts college located in a suburban setting and is primarily a commuter campus with online courses.[1]
In addition to its undergraduate, graduate certificate, master's, and doctoral programs, Gratz also runs cultural programs, adult education offerings, a Jewish Community High School, and the Tuttleman Library for Jewish studies. Gratz also operates distance learning programs, including the first online Master of Arts in Holocaust and Genocide Studies.
Founded in 1899, Elizabethtown College is one of many higher learning institutions founded in the 19th century by churches or church members interested in the educational advancement of their denominational membership. The college was founded by interested members of the Anabaptist Church of the Brethren in response to an initiative by the Reverend Jacob G. Francis. Francis advocated for Elizabethtown because of the proximity to the railways. First classes for the new college were held on November 13, 1900, in the Heisey Building in downtown Elizabethtown. During its first two decades, the college operated as an academy, offering a limited curriculum centering on four-year teaching degrees and high school type classes.
The University of Pennsylvania, often abbreviated simply as Penn or UPenn, is a private Ivy League research university in Philadelphia. It was one of nine colonial colleges chartered prior to the U.S. Declaration of Independence when Benjamin Franklin, the university's founder and first president, advocated for an educational institution that trained leaders in academia, commerce, and public service. Penn identifies as the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States, though this representation is challenged by other universities. Benjamin Franklin and other Philadelphians established the university in 1749, which would make it the fifth-oldest institution of higher education.
(In T-America, Haverford admitted both non-Quakers and women in 1849, but only from allied institutions. It didn't open for general applications until 1880.)
Haverford College is a private liberal arts college in Haverford, Pennsylvania. It was founded as a men's college in 1833 by members of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). Haverford began accepting non-Quakers in 1849 and women in 1980.
The college offers Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degrees in 31 majors across humanities, social sciences and natural sciences disciplines. It is a member of the Tri-College Consortium, which includes Bryn Mawr and Swarthmore colleges, as well as the Quaker Consortium, which includes those schools as well as the University of Pennsylvania.
Swarthmore College is a private liberal arts college in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1864, with its first classes held in 1869, Swarthmore is one of the earliest coeducational colleges in the United States. It was established as a college under the Religious Society of Friends. By 1906, Swarthmore had dropped its religious affiliation and officially became non-sectarian.
Swarthmore is a member of the Tri-College Consortium, a cooperative academic arrangement with Bryn Mawr College and Haverford College. Swarthmore is also affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania through the Quaker Consortium, which allows for students to cross-register for classes at all four institutions. Swarthmore offers over 600 courses per year in more than 40 areas of study, including an ABET-accredited engineering program that culminates in a Bachelor of Science in engineering. Swarthmore has a variety of sporting teams with 22 Division III Intercollegiate sports teams, and it competes in the Centennial Conference, a group of private colleges in Pennsylvania and Maryland.
Bryn Mawr College is a women's liberal arts college in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. Founded as a Quaker institution in 1885, Bryn Mawr is one of the Seven Sister colleges, a group of historically women's colleges in the United States, and the Tri-College Consortium along with Haverford College and Swarthmore College. It is one of 15 Quaker colleges in the United States. The college has an enrollment of about 1,350 undergraduate students and 450 graduate students. It was the first women's college to offer graduate education through a PhD.
The Civil War has been given many names: the War Between the States, the War Against Northern Aggression, the Second American Revolution, the Lost Cause, the War of the Rebellion, the Brothers' War, and the Late Unpleasantness. Walt Whitman called it the War of Attempted Secession. Confederate General Joseph Johnston called it the War Against the States.
The Orient is an old term for the Middle East and/or Far East.
(Given this plethora of options, I picked "menschah" for this case, but other speakers may use different terms. I would bet on "menschita" in Sephardic use.)
In Hebrew, female nouns tend to end in “h” or “t,” so what about menschah or menschat? We could stay Yiddish and call ourselves menschke or menschilah. There’s also the French menschette, the Spanish menschita or the Jewish American menschess.
librarygeek: "In honor of being accepted to graduate school, and in memory of librarygeek's mother." It also fills the "city" square in my 8-1-23 card for the New Adventures Bingo fest. This poem belongs to the series Polychrome Heroics."A City Founded on Sound Principles"
[1800s]
Philadelphia had been
a city of high ideals from
the very beginning, but
it became the lively capital
of a young and growing state.
It was a city that enjoyed
a good-enough shipping port,
central to the eastern coast,
filled with pragmatic Quakers,
experimental pharmacists,
and hardworking farmers.
Philadelphia wasn't perfect,
but certainly it was less plagued
by haughty aristocrats than Boston,
pleasure-fearing puritans than Hartford,
or troublesome self-minted feudal princes
than Williamsburg, which was something.
It was a city founded on sound principles
of religious tolerance, a free press, and
plenty of good public landscaping.
Guided by William Penn -- a man
who grew tree saplings in bathtubs and
imagined his metropolis as a great nursery
of both plants and ideas -- it flourished at
a time of great challenge and potential.
Into this fertile ground was born
Rebecca Gratz, who grew into
one of the great guiding lights
of Eastern Seaboard civilization.
In 1801, Rebecca set up a charity,
the Female Association for the Relief
of Women and Children in Reduced
Circumstances to care for those in need.
Observing the plight of other children, she
set up the Philadelphia Orphan Asylum in 1815.
Rebecca did much in the Jewish community
and enjoyed studying its faith and literature,
with an eye toward encourage others too.
In 1819, Rebecca helped to organize
the Female Hebrew Benevolent Society,
providing assistance to Jewish woman in need.
It functioned independently of any synagogue,
and aimed to counter the "charitable" efforts
of Christian groups that hoped to convert
Jewish woman by preying on their needs.
She set up other charities focusing on
more specific needs among the poor, like
United Hebrew Beneficent Fuel Society
and the Hebrew Ladies’ Sewing Society.
Rebecca never found a suitor who met
her standards, so she avoided marriage.
However, in 1823 her sister Rachel died,
leaving Rebecca to raise her nine children.
That proved so satisfying that Rachel
went on to adopt several more orphans,
including the girl Bina who learned to read
before she learned to walk and helped
Rebecca keep accounts for her charities.
Inspired by Christian efforts, she founded
the Hebrew Sunday School Society in 1838,
which inspired Jewish education throughout
the rest of the growing nation of America.
Rebecca encouraged prayer meetings
and study sessions, bringing together
many of the local Sephardic Jews
with the newer Ashkenazi immigrants.
Eventually Rebecca realized that neither
the orphanage nor individual foster families
could meet the needs of all the children,
as immigration, disease, and conflicts
left more and more orphans adrift.
Her friends in vaudeville and
the traveling circuses alerted her
to those with odd bodies, not all of
whom wanted to become performers.
So in 1855 Rebecca established
the Jewish Foster Home, which
cared for children in need who
were Jewish, disabled, or had
other differences that made it
difficult to find new families.
She also adopted a teen boy,
Betsalel, who could see in the dark
better than anyone else could, but
was still scorned by everyone else
for the unusual shine of his eyes.
Rebecca and her siblings worked
hard to balance the labor unionists
and the socialists, the citizens and
the politicians, all of whom clamored
with ideas on how best to develop
society (only some of which were
any good, but all of which were loud).
In addition to their responsibilities in
the synagogue, the Gratz family helped
to promote many institutions in Philadelphia
including the Athenaeum, Deaf and Dumb Home,
the Academy of Fine Arts, and several libraries.
By 1856, the Sunday school had grown into
the Hebrew Education Society of Philadelphia,
and Rebecca's brother Hyman joined with it
to fund a trust for a Hebrew teachers college.
Hyman Gratz died in 1857, leaving behind
an additional bequest to Gratz College, which
became a beacon of Jewish academic study.
Seeking strength in numbers and breadth of
education, Gratz College soon allied with
several other institutions of higher learning,
such as the University of Pennsylvania.
Another was Haverford College, founded
in 1833 as a men's college for members
of the Religious Society of Friends, but it
opened to women and non-Quakers in 1880.
Swarthmore College was founded in 1864
and opened for classes in 1869, another
school belonging to the Quakers, but
by 1906 it became more interfaith.
Rebecca Gratz passed away in 1869,
but her legacy lived on beyond her.
Bina had married a scientist, and
they invented many things together,
including a special paper that would
change color in the presence of leaven.
Betsalel had distinguished himself as
a scout during the War Between the States,
and eventually married an outrageous girl
from out west who was a sharpshooter.
Many of Rebecca's adopted children
and grandchildren continued to serve
in the many institutions she founded.
Bryn Mawr College came along
in 1885, another Quaker school
but this one devoted to women.
In 1899, Elizabethtown College
was founded by several members of
the Anabaptist Church of the Brethren,
and it also joined the association
of connected colleges so that
students could take classes
in any one or several of them.
By then, Gratz College was
known as much for interfaith work
as for Jewish studies, and professors
in its history department documented
the growth of civilization in America.
There were even scholars from
the native tribes, or the Orient, or
other cultures with their own wisdom
to contribute to the colleges' success.
By 1900, Philadelphia had become
a major feature not just in Pennsylvania,
but in the United States as a whole.
Over time, the cluster of colleges
grew in reknown, and while charities
shifted over time, the city's tradition
of charitable works remained consistent.
In 2015, a consortium of foster students
from the colleges came together and
commemorated the foundation of
the Philadelphia Orphan Asylum
by making a televion show about
the life and times of Rebecca Gratz
called The Menschah of Philadelphia.
Other cities may have grown bigger,
or richer, but when it came to civilization,
Philadelphia was the jewel of the East.
* * *
Notes:
“He had heard especially promising things about Philadelphia–the lively capital of that young nation. It was said to be a city with a good-enough shipping port, central to the eastern coast of the country, filled with pragmatic Quakers, pharmacists, and hardworking farmers. It was rumored to be a place without haughty aristocrats (unlike Boston), and without pleasure-fearing puritans (unlike Connecticut), and without troublesome self-minted feudal princes (unlike Virginia). The city had been founded on the sound principles of religious tolerance, a free press, and good landscaping, by William Penn–a man who grew tree saplings in bathtubs, and who had imagined his metropolis as a great nursery of both plants and ideas.”
– Elizabeth Gilbert
Hartford, Dutch trading house, "House of Hope," 1633; settled as Newtown in 1635; named 1637 from Hertford in Hertfordshire, Indian name, "Suckiag."
Williamsburg, 1632 (population 15,425)
Rebecca Gratz
March 4, 1781–1869
Note that references show considerable variety in details such as exact names or founding dates of organizations, numbers of children, etc. I simply selected some that worked together as Terramagne features. For others I could not find concrete details, so I extrapolated. You can also see where I expanded or added certain things to account for Terramagne in particular, such as adopting at least two children who were, if not overlooked soups, at least toward the high end of ordinary range in their respective abilities.
Gratz College is a famous institution in Philadelphia, founded by a prominent Jewish family and networked with other colleges in the area, as you can see in some course offerings.
Gratz was involved in establishing the Female Association for the Relief Women and Children in Reduced Circumstances (1801), Philadelphia Orphan Society (1814) and the Hebrew Sunday School Society (1838).
Founded Female Association (1801), the Philadelphia Orphan Asylum (1815), the Female Hebrew Benevolent Society (1819), the Hebrew Sunday School (1838), and the Jewish Foster Home (1855), all in Philadelphia.
Gratz was also heavily involved with Jewish charitable organizations. In 1819, she helped organize the Female Hebrew Benevolent Society, which is presently the oldest continuously operating Jewish charitable organization in the United States. The goal of this organization was to provide assistance to Jewish woman in need. This organization functioned independently of any synagogue, but also sought to counter similar work by Christian organizations seeking to convert Jewish woman in need. Her quest to help the poor would continue in 1855, when she helped establish the Jewish Foster Home and Orphan Asylum. This organization would go on to become a model for foster care in the United States. She was also involved with United Hebrew Beneficent Fuel Society and the Hebrew Ladies’ Sewing Society.
While she was involved with these charitable organizations, she also managed to raise the nine children of her sister, Rachel, who died in 1823.
In addition to prominent synagogue responsibilities and Gratz’s own organizations, the Gratz siblings together promoted the city’s Athenaeum, Deaf and Dumb Home, the Academy of Fine Arts, and various libraries.
Gratz College is a private Jewish college in Melrose Park, Pennsylvania. The college traces its origins to 1856 when banker, philanthropist, and communal leader Hyman Gratz and the Hebrew Education Society of Philadelphia (established in 1849 by Rebecca Gratz and Isaac Leeser) joined to establish a trust to create a Hebrew teachers college. Gratz is a private liberal arts college located in a suburban setting and is primarily a commuter campus with online courses.[1]
In addition to its undergraduate, graduate certificate, master's, and doctoral programs, Gratz also runs cultural programs, adult education offerings, a Jewish Community High School, and the Tuttleman Library for Jewish studies. Gratz also operates distance learning programs, including the first online Master of Arts in Holocaust and Genocide Studies.
Founded in 1899, Elizabethtown College is one of many higher learning institutions founded in the 19th century by churches or church members interested in the educational advancement of their denominational membership. The college was founded by interested members of the Anabaptist Church of the Brethren in response to an initiative by the Reverend Jacob G. Francis. Francis advocated for Elizabethtown because of the proximity to the railways. First classes for the new college were held on November 13, 1900, in the Heisey Building in downtown Elizabethtown. During its first two decades, the college operated as an academy, offering a limited curriculum centering on four-year teaching degrees and high school type classes.
The University of Pennsylvania, often abbreviated simply as Penn or UPenn, is a private Ivy League research university in Philadelphia. It was one of nine colonial colleges chartered prior to the U.S. Declaration of Independence when Benjamin Franklin, the university's founder and first president, advocated for an educational institution that trained leaders in academia, commerce, and public service. Penn identifies as the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States, though this representation is challenged by other universities. Benjamin Franklin and other Philadelphians established the university in 1749, which would make it the fifth-oldest institution of higher education.
(In T-America, Haverford admitted both non-Quakers and women in 1849, but only from allied institutions. It didn't open for general applications until 1880.)
Haverford College is a private liberal arts college in Haverford, Pennsylvania. It was founded as a men's college in 1833 by members of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). Haverford began accepting non-Quakers in 1849 and women in 1980.
The college offers Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degrees in 31 majors across humanities, social sciences and natural sciences disciplines. It is a member of the Tri-College Consortium, which includes Bryn Mawr and Swarthmore colleges, as well as the Quaker Consortium, which includes those schools as well as the University of Pennsylvania.
Swarthmore College is a private liberal arts college in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1864, with its first classes held in 1869, Swarthmore is one of the earliest coeducational colleges in the United States. It was established as a college under the Religious Society of Friends. By 1906, Swarthmore had dropped its religious affiliation and officially became non-sectarian.
Swarthmore is a member of the Tri-College Consortium, a cooperative academic arrangement with Bryn Mawr College and Haverford College. Swarthmore is also affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania through the Quaker Consortium, which allows for students to cross-register for classes at all four institutions. Swarthmore offers over 600 courses per year in more than 40 areas of study, including an ABET-accredited engineering program that culminates in a Bachelor of Science in engineering. Swarthmore has a variety of sporting teams with 22 Division III Intercollegiate sports teams, and it competes in the Centennial Conference, a group of private colleges in Pennsylvania and Maryland.
Bryn Mawr College is a women's liberal arts college in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. Founded as a Quaker institution in 1885, Bryn Mawr is one of the Seven Sister colleges, a group of historically women's colleges in the United States, and the Tri-College Consortium along with Haverford College and Swarthmore College. It is one of 15 Quaker colleges in the United States. The college has an enrollment of about 1,350 undergraduate students and 450 graduate students. It was the first women's college to offer graduate education through a PhD.
The Civil War has been given many names: the War Between the States, the War Against Northern Aggression, the Second American Revolution, the Lost Cause, the War of the Rebellion, the Brothers' War, and the Late Unpleasantness. Walt Whitman called it the War of Attempted Secession. Confederate General Joseph Johnston called it the War Against the States.
The Orient is an old term for the Middle East and/or Far East.
(Given this plethora of options, I picked "menschah" for this case, but other speakers may use different terms. I would bet on "menschita" in Sephardic use.)
In Hebrew, female nouns tend to end in “h” or “t,” so what about menschah or menschat? We could stay Yiddish and call ourselves menschke or menschilah. There’s also the French menschette, the Spanish menschita or the Jewish American menschess.
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Date: 2023-08-05 12:44 am (UTC)My grandmother z"l, Ruth Newman, ran the family candy factory from the death of her father from heart attack with the collapse before the Great Depression. She only had the business high school courses. When my mom Natalie was in high school, Grandmother went to college and earned her Associate degree in business. When I was in high school, my mom went back to college and earned her bachelor's degree in history.
Now I got my bachelor's degree in Psychology and Social Sciences with extra Judaica courses before my Orev (Raven), my teenager, graduated high school. Now they're well towards earning their own associate degree and I've been accepted to Gratz College for a graduate degree in: Human Rights, Interfaith Leadership concentration and Chaplaincy certificate.
I will be an interfaith chaplain yet, and I really *can* take classes with Elizabethtown College and my Chaplaincy certificate will be from Hartford International University (Seminary previously). I think Mom and Grandmother would be proud.
Thoughts
Date: 2023-08-05 08:53 am (UTC)>> I will be an interfaith chaplain yet, <<
Go you!
>>and I really *can* take classes with Elizabethtown College and my Chaplaincy certificate will be from Hartford International University (Seminary previously).<<
I did my best to look up actually affiliated institutions.
>> I think Mom and Grandmother would be proud.<<
I'm sure they are.
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Date: 2023-08-06 03:39 am (UTC)Yes ...
Date: 2023-08-06 03:44 am (UTC)Most of the problem is plain old bait and switch. They never meant for everyone to have those bright opportunities. But if the bottom is mud instead of bedrock, nobody's going to reach that city in the clouds. :/
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Date: 2023-08-06 02:27 pm (UTC)