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[ellerywithablog]

there is only one jew of color apparently

[nmajh-lgbt]

A little off topic: Stories from the Mount Carmel Jewish Cemetery

This is not what we usually post about, and I hope you will read and share:

In response to the recent desecration at Mount Carmel Cemetery in Philadelphia of more than 500 headstones, the National Museum of American Jewish History is embarking on a collecting project to preserve the stories of the people who are buried there. The Museum is asking those who have friends or loved ones interred at Mount Carmel Cemetery to share a picture of their loved one (and/or the headstone, if available) and a personal story of up to 150 words. Please use the submit page or email the curators.

The project is also open to those whose families were affected by the desecration that occurred at St. Louis’s Chesed Shel Emeth Cemetery last week.

https://mtcarmelstories.tumblr.com/ 

[hanukcat]

Store ad from the mid 1800s. Not sure if you can tell, but I'm at the National Museum of American Jewish History

[kaploded2]

#Repost @52museums with @repostapp ・・・ The 30,000+ artifacts in @AmericanJewishMuseum's collection illustrate more than 360 years of #Jewish life in the US. Take these #seltzer bottles, for instance! 💦 The name "seltzer" originated in Niederselters, Germany, where natural springs produced carbonated water. Jewish #immigrants brought their love of seltzer to the US. During the drink's heyday in the 1920s and 1930s, Jewish seltzer salesmen could be found throughout America offering "two cents plain," the slang for a bottle of seltzer with no syrup. #nationalmuseumofamericanjewishhistory #nmajh #52museums

[mtcarmelstories]

Pauline Jacobs Bendiner (1906-1981)

Pauline Jacobs Bendiner was born on September 13, 1906 in Philadelphia. Her mother Antoinette, a Romanian immigrant, died at age 88 while delivering a financial report for Hadassah to a room of 800 people at the Warwick Hotel. Her father Maurice was a doctor. Her sister Charlotte was The Magic Lady on WFIL-AM during the 1940s and -50s (with co-star Eddie Fisher).

Polly graduated from Girls High, attended the University of Michigan, and graduated from Cornell. She married the love of her life, Irvin, an insurance executive who died at age 46, and never remarried. Polly raised a daughter, Nancy, who would share her love of Philadelphia and many of the causes she championed, including Elder Craftsman, a nonprofit store that sold handmade children’s clothing and ephemera made by seniors. Later, she earned an MSW and was a psychiatric social worker with Dr. Spurgeon English at Temple. She loved parties, couture, dogs, and spending time with family and friends. She fought breast cancer for 20 years, at a time when treatment for the disease was especially harrowing, and died at age 74.

Her ashes are interred alongside her husband at Mt. Carmel Cemetery. Her granddaughter Susan is a staff member at NMAJH.

[ashipwreckcoast]

The best George Washington quote, courtesy of the National Museum of American Jewish History in Philly

[Image - “Happily the government of the United States...gives to bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance.” - George Washington, 1790]

[awwtopsy]

Come see Bill Graham and the Rock & Roll Revolution opening officially Friday the 16th! #grahamrocks #nmajh (at National Museum of American Jewish History)