Mensch List - First Award Jan. 9, 2010
PigInZen
The Mensch List
There are many people in the eUS who toil away on a daily basis without much accolade. They don't do it for resume padding, their hard work is the fruit of a love of eRepublik and the eUS community. I resolved to create a personal list of people in the eUS who I believe best personify what it means to be a Mensch. This is the first article in what will be a weekly publication honoring a citizen of the eUS who is what the German Jews called in Yiddish, a "Mensch".
What is a Mensch?
From that great source of all things knowledge-related, wikipedia:
Mensch (Yiddish: מענטש mentsh, German: Mensch, for human being) means "a person of integrity and honor".[1] The opposite of a Mensch is an Unmensch (meaning: an utterly cruel or evil person). According to Leo Rosten, the Yiddish maven and author of The Joys of Yiddish, mensch is "someone to admire and emulate, someone of noble character. The key to being “a real mensch” is nothing less than character, rectitude, dignity, a sense of what is right, responsible, decorous".[2]
The First Citizen to Be Recognized As a Mensch Is...
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Ligtreb
I was looking through my friends list earlier this and noticed something interesting - Ligtreb was among my first friends. I'm willing to bet that this is true for many of us. Ligtreb has been involved with the Welcoming Committee for so long that he was doing it when I was a noob. My eRep birthday is May 26, 2009 which means that Ligtreb's been toiling away at the WC for over seven months helping new citizens get acclimated to the game, getting them food, and increasing our retention rate.
Not only has he been working for so long doing such important work, Ligtreb is also a "Nice Guy". I have never known him to get upset with people, never to be rude to people, never to lose his cool. He's always been willing to pitch in and help when asked wether it be with the Guns for Huns program, the Welcoming Committee or with the USWP, Ligtreb personifies what it means to be a Mensch.
I am very happy to extend to him the honor of being my very first addition the the Mensch List. May all the rest of those added follow his example.
Thank you, Ligtreb, and for being recognized as a Mensch please feel free to accept this image indicating for all to see that you are indeed, a Mensch:
More Menschs to Be Added Soon
FYI, you don't have to be male to be a Mensch, the term is gender-neutral besides coming from a Masculine German/Yiddish nound. You also don't have to be Jewish (although if you are you can brag to your friends about being one), speak Yiddish (who really does anymore?) or German (I'm looking at you, Herrn Sterling...). I am planning on this being a weekly award. I originally intended for this article to come out on Friday but I got waylayed by other things. No matter, semi-weekly it shall be!
E Pluribus Unum. From Many, One.
I'LL SAY IT AGAIN: Together we have strength beyond measure. Do your part. Follow DoD orders. Fight with weapons. Maintain your wellness. SUPPORT THE CAUSE.
Comments
Menschmaxx... Thank you Ligtreb!
and first denied.
Second 🙁
\o/
Woot, go ligtreb! 😃
MENSCH LIST
YAY ligtreb!
Thank you for the honor. I am thrilled to be a mensch.
ligtreb!
ligtreb is very deserving. Kudos to you for recognizing him, PigInZen
ligtreb FTW!
Lightreb shall own my children after I disown them.
Very nice! It is always good to know the heroes who are toiling in the background, congrats to ligtreb on being a Mensch!
Go litgreb!!!!!
😃
Very nice! Congrats and well deserved Ligtreb!
ligtreb is a beast!
ligtreb is an übermensch! <3
Adoya.
Ligtreb is awesome
This is a great idea.
o zohen way, mama!
\o/ Ligtreb is a TRUE MENSCH!
Congrats ligtreb!
Ligtreb is the man!
Well deserved award to Ligtreb. Yiddish FTW!
A gezunt dir in pupik bubbee. Maybe someone can translate that for him.
GO LIGTREB!!!
Ligtreb personifies what it is to be a mensch, he definitely deserves this award! Go Ligtreb!
Ligtreb has been full of win since time immemorial.
congrats ligtreb!!!
I am loving the German, lol!
very deserving of this awesome award
way to go!
Grats on the Menschdom!!
Du bist ein Mensch! Ausgezeichnet!
Well done ligtreb!
Ligtreb fulfills the definition of mensch and then some.
Jon Barack Bluejacket
Yea Litgreb...the artice was really nice too, that you took the time and effort to repay litgreb for his kindness.
It's a real nice form of tzeddakha...;p
There something wrong up there. Im not up there 😃
nice, it couldn't have been said of a better mensch
Excellent and well-justified choice.
I nominate Colin Lantrip for the future. See my recent article for background...THE LEGEND CONTINUES!
Agreed. Ligtreb = mensch
ligtreb is awesome
A Fine begining... Set the Mark high !
i do not deserve to be a mensch. I wish i did tho... Great job ligtreb (even if i dont know u).
Is the person who wrote this a goyem or one of us.
Excellent choice - He was one of my first friends as well.
Congrats and thank you lightreb!