Most Fortunate Unfortunates: The Jewish Orphans’ Home of New Orleans By Marlene Trestman
| ePUB | Most Fortunate Unfortunates: The Jewish Orphans’ Home of New Orleans |
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| ISBN | 0807180874 |
| ISBN-13 | 9780807180877 |
| Publication | 06 January 2025 |
| Number of Pages | 457 |
| Format Type | Kindle Edition |
Marlene Trestman s Most Fortunate Unfortunates is the first comprehensive history of the Jewish Orphans Home of New Orleans Founded in 1855 in the aftermath of a yellow fever epidemic the Home was the first purpose built Jewish orphanage in the nation It reflected the city s affinity for religiously operated orphanages and the growing prosperity of its Jewish community In 1904 the orphanage opened the Isidore Newman School a coed nonsectarian school that also admitted children regardless of religion whose parents paid tuition By the time the Jewish Orphans Home closed in 1946 it had sheltered than sixteen hundred parentless children and two dozen widows from New Orleans and other areas of Louisiana and the mid South Based on deep archival research and numerous interviews of alumni and their descendants Most Fortunate Unfortunates provides a view of life in the Jewish Orphans Home for the children and women who lived there The study also traces the forces that impelled the Home s founders and leaders both the heralded men and otherwise overlooked women to create and maintain the institution that Jews considered the pride of every Southern Israelite While Trestman celebrates the Home s many triumphs she also delves deeply into its failures Most Fortunate Unfortunates is sure to be of widespread interest to readers interested in southern Jewish history gender and race relations and the evolution of social work and dependent childcare Most Fortunate Unfortunates The Jewish Orphans Home of New OrleansAmazing Who would have thought a book about an orphan asylum could be this readable and touching Quite an achievement Thanks Marlene Trestman
| Most Fortunate Unfortunates: The Jewish Orphans’ Home of New Orleans By Marlene Trestman |
| 0807180874 |
| 9780807180877 |
| English |
| 457 |
| Kindle Edition |
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Orphaned at age 11 Marlene Trestman shared childhood experiences with her mentor and remarkable biographical subject Bessie Margolin separated by a half century Both grew up as wards of New Orleanss Jewish Orphans Home or its successor the Jewish Childrens Regional Service in Marlenes case and for that reason were educated at the Isidore Newman School While the two women developed a personal relationship in the 1970s and 1980s little did Margolin realize she was inspiring her future biographer A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Goucher College Marlene Trestman earned her law degree from George Washington University and an MBA from Loyola of Marylands Sellinger Business School After a three decade legal career devoted to consumer Orphaned at age 11 Marlene Trestman shared childhood experiences with her mentor and remarkable biographical subject Bessie Margolin separated by a half century Both grew up as wards of New Orleans s Jewish Orphans Home or its successor the Jewish Children s Regional Service in Marlene s case and for that reason were educated at the Isidore Newman School While the two women developed a personal relationship in the 1970s and 1980s little did Margolin realize she
was inspiring her future biographer A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Goucher College Marlene Trestman earned her law degree from George Washington University and an MBA from Loyola of Maryland s Sellinger Business School After a three decade legal career devoted to consumer protection and public health Marlene retired as Special Assistant to the Maryland Attorney General to complete Margolin s biography Fair Labor Lawyer The Remarkable Life of New Deal Attorney and Supreme Court Advocate Bessie Margolin Marlene has received funding awards from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Hadassah Brandeis Institute and a literary award from the Supreme Court Historical Society With a fellowship from the American Jewish Archives Marlene is writing her second book The History of New Orleans s Jewish Orphans Home A Collective Biography She lives in Balti MD and loves visiting her native New Orleans site_link. Most Fortunate Unfortunates: The Jewish Orphans’ Home of New OrleansAmazing!
Who would have thought a book about an orphan asylum could be this readable and touching? Quite an achievement. Thanks. Orphaned at age 11, Marlene Trestman shared childhood experiences with her mentor and remarkable biographical subject, Bessie Margolin, separated by a half century. Both grew up as wards of New Orleanss Jewish Orphans Home (or its successor, the Jewish Childrens Regional Service in Marlenes case) and for that reason were educated at the Isidore Newman School. While the two women developed a personal relationship in the 1970s and 1980s, little did Margolin realize she was inspiring her future biographer. A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Goucher College, Marlene Trestman earned her law degree from George Washington University and an MBA from Loyola of Marylands Sellinger Business School. After a three decade legal career devoted to consumer Orphaned at age 11, Marlene Trestman shared childhood experiences with her mentor and remarkable biographical subject, Bessie Margolin, separated by a half century. Both grew up as wards of New Orleans's Jewish Orphans' Home (or its successor, the Jewish Children's Regional Service in Marlene's case) and for that reason were educated at the Isidore Newman School. While the two women developed a personal relationship in the 1970s and 1980s, little did Margolin realize she was inspiring her future biographer. A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Goucher College, Marlene Trestman earned her law degree from George Washington University and an MBA from Loyola of Maryland's Sellinger Business School. After a three decade legal career devoted to consumer protection and public health, Marlene retired as Special Assistant to the Maryland Attorney General to complete Margolin's biography, Fair Labor Lawyer: The Remarkable Life of New Deal Attorney and Supreme Court Advocate Bessie Margolin. Marlene has received funding awards from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Hadassah Brandeis Institute, and a literary award from the Supreme Court Historical Society. With a fellowship from the American Jewish Archives, Marlene is writing her second book, The History of New Orleans's Jewish Orphans Home: A Collective Biography. She lives in Balti, MD and loves visiting her native New Orleans.