Most Fortunate Unfortunates Judith S. Shaw Dorothee Solle

Dorothee Solle

Knowledge by Ritual argues that the rites of Israel

Pinkerton demonstrates how the region that hosted the exiled AdaeseNos "became the entry point for those with bigger goals than trading horses and skins

The essays draw on intimate and personal encounters with Christians in India

plotting a course and finding your way through the wilderness

Most Fortunate Unfortunates Judith S. Shaw Dorothee SolleMarlene 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 founded the Isidore Newman School, a coed, nonsectarian