I'm not a believer, but Yiddish is the means for my connecting to my culture, to my heritage, to my forefathers and foremothers. |
The Fourth of July was the time to commemorate the forefathers and foremothers who started it all. |
Time to put to good use the suffrage and the education that our foremothers of all classes and colors worked hard to win us. |
The women of any clan are the progenitresses, the foremothers who should be honored along with the sires. |
We find ample evidence whether in lyric fragments or a recipe to marvel at the capacity of our foremothers and forefathers to pray and hope and work for a better day. |
It's been passed on and passed on by our forefathers and foremothers throughout time. |