Helene Wecker (Sheldon Wecker)
Eight years after they first bewitched us, Ahmad the jinni and Chava the golem are finally back.
To the delight of fans of 2013’s bestselling historical fantasy “The Golem and The Jinni,” author Helene Wecker has penned a sequel titled, “The Hidden Palace.” Picking up where the first installment left off at the waning of 19th century, the new page turner spans the first 15 years of the 20th century. Although the Jewish Golem and Arabian Jinni themselves never age, time nonetheless ticks on and they must adapt to the quickly modernizing and tumultuous age.
In a recent conversation with The Times of Israel from her home in northern California, Wecker acknowledged her fans’ long wait for the sequel.
May 10, 2021
From the John M. Longyear Research Library
RED CROSS HOME Hygiene Class at the St. Josephâs Orphan Asylum in Marquette in the 1940s.
MARQUETTE The Marquette Regional History Center will present “Taking Care of Our Own: Featuring Marquette’s Holy Family Orphanage,” at 6:30 p.m. Eastern time Wednesday, May 26.
Beginning in the 1870s, the disabled, disadvantaged and orphaned of the Marquette area were cared for at the Poor Farm, St. Joseph’s Orphan Asylum, and then the Holy Family Orphanage. Stories will be provided from those who lived at the orphanage, and the historical mysteries of the building examined.
A Short History of The Printers Almshouses Wood Green
Posted by Hugh on May 17, 2018 at 14:45 in History of Harringay
The history of almshouses stretches back to medieval times when religious orders cared for the poor. They were originally called hospitals or bede houses, in the sense of hospitality and shelter.
By the middle of 1500s, there were about 800 medieval hospitals spread across the country but the dissolution of the monasteries meant that many were either sold off to landowners or left to ruin. During the late sixteenth century craft guilds founded their own hospitals to provide care for the “elderly decayed” members in their declining years.
The history of almshouses stretches back to medieval times when religious orders cared for the poor. They were originally called hospitals or bede houses, in…
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