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Is Yeshiva U TIDE?

Not really. YU is Litvish Judaism with lots of Zionism and a bit of feminism. See Zev Ellef's articles: Between Bennett and Amsterdam Avenues: The Complex American Legacy of Samson Raphael Hirsch, 1939-2013 and AMERICAN ORTHODOXY’S LUKEWARMEMBRACE OF THE HIRSCHIAN LEGACY,1850-1939 for more on this.

Being more open to things, YU will have some talk about Rav Hirsch and some Chassidus, but even those are approached Litvish style, which means analytically and coldly. They are more open to careers in part because of the feminism (the Modern Orthodox women like to live in big houses) and that means money and because day school tuition in that world is $40,000 a year per child. But nobody is encouraging fulfilling careers for men, just ones that make lots of money. Women on the other hand go into whatever careers they want. I know a Modern Orthodox woman who left Israel with her husband who quit his job to go study in a theater program in Colorado.

I once told a MO rabbi that it was nice that we are doing so much to improve the lives of women but I believe we need to do the same for men. He said, "I don't know what you are talking about," turned his head and walked away.

The lives of men aren't nurtured in that world any more than they are in the yeshiva world. There's the same pressure to become a genius and to 'learn more Torah,' as well as the pressure to move to Israel, which also can destroy your life. They have little sense of caretaking of the soul in either the MO or yeshiva worlds for they are after all Litvacks.

To be a Hirschian you will walk alone because what's left of the German community is either Modern or Litvish. The few people who describe themselves as Hirschians are usually Zionistic, sometimes intensely so. They rationalize that if Hirsch were around today, he'd be a Zionist. That's what you call delusional rationalization as most Zionists have replaced God and Torah with State and that's exactly what R' Hirsch said not to do. He also said to be cognizant of the dignity and purpose of gentiles. Show me a Zionist who does that. 

So, no YU is not TIDE. You have to be TIDE on your own. Go for it. R' Hirsch will be by your side, and all the gadolim who praised Hirsch are by your side too because they understood that he was sent by Hashem to help people in their Judaism. 

But you won't be entirely on your own. You can have a foot in many communities. In the Israeli Haredi world you get the anti-zionism of Hirsch. It's a militant anti-zionism because Israel is a militant country but you ignore that part. You also get the religious intensity that was true of Rav Hirsch, although he didn't impose that on others. In the Chassidic world you get the sense of community, more of a focus on God, and a pursuit of happiness. In the Modern O world you get more of a tolerance for earning a parnassah. In the small Yekke world, mostly Wash Heights, you can the German Minhagim. And they all respect Hirsch so you keep that in your back pocket. 

East End

Ostend (German pronunciation: [ˈɔstʔɛnt]) is a quarter of Frankfurt am Main, Germany. It is part of the Ortsbezirk Innenstadt IV. The name means "East End". wikipedia

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Frankfurt’s Ostend ("East End") developed to the east of the city ramparts on ground used as gardens and fields. As of the mid–19th century, a residential area emerged here for members of the middle class working in trading, small businesses, and handcrafts.

When the Frankfurt ghetto was liberated around 1800, a large part of the Jewish population chose to move to the East End. Many families settled close to existing religious and social institutions, kosher shops, and Jewish neighbors. From 1850 on, the Jewish Community and the newly-founded IRG began to have new buildings constructed. Around 1895, almost a quarter of the population of the East End was Jewish.

https://www.juedischesmuseum.de/en/visit/detail/jewish-eastend-frankfurt

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The Frankfurt Zoological Garden, the East Harbor, the former Großmarkthalle and the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management are some of the well-known institutions in the Ostend. The European Central Bank has also built their new seat close to the Großmarkthalle at the Main river. The Hoch Conservatory are also located in the Ostend. (wikipedia)

The area seems to go as far north as the Jewish cemetery where R Hirsch's kever is located and as far south as the Main river. Seems to me that the area is roughly 1 km by 1 km. From the Friedberger Anlange where the new IRG shul was located to the Zoo where the Realschule was  located is about 200 meters. From the Zoo to the Main is 400 meters. The whole city is 95 square miles. Boston and San Francisco are 50 square miles. NYC is 300 square miles. Chicago is 220 square miles. 

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 Israelite Religious Society (IRG)

by the end of the 19th century there were two separate Jewish communities in Frankfurt, the main community (also known as the Israelite community) and the small separatist group, known as the Israelitische Religionsgesellschaft (Israelite Religious Association, or IRG). The IRG was strictly orthodox and had its own synagogue from 1907 at the Friedberger Anlage

https://metahubfrankfurt.de/en/jmf/stories/community-schism-in-the-19th-century

Friedberger Anlage

Friedberg facility

You can get a tour of the East End

 https://www.juedischesmuseum.de/en/visit/detail/jewish-eastend-frankfurt

Realschule

Realschule, reˈaːlʃuːlə German secondary school with an emphasis on the practical that evolved in the mid-18th century as a six-year alternative to the nine-year gymnasium. It was distinguished by its practical curriculum (natural science and chemistry) and use of chemistry laboratories and workshops for wood and glass. The realschule became the model for educational reformers in other countries.

it is pronounced Ree Al Shuleh

 At Tiergarten 8

(today: Bernhard Grzimek Avenue)

Bernhard-Grzimek-Allee 8

across from the zoo

The second secondary school building with a lyceum of the Israelite Religious Society, which was inaugurated in 1881

School type	Secondary school for boys, Lyceum for girls
Founding	1853
Closing	1939; reopened 1946 to 1948

Student	around 400 (1928)
Teachers	22 (1928)

1853–1871

The secondary school with lyceum of the Israelite Religious Society was opened in 1853 on the southwestern edge of the Pfingstweide, a former parade ground, on Schützenstrasse Ostend through Rabbis Samson Raphael Hirsch (1808–1888), who also served as the first headmaster.^[2] The western part of the Ostend was largely influenced by its Jewish population until the Second World War.

1864: The secondary school with lyceum of the Israelite Religious Society (the second building shown completely from the upper left corner) Hanauer_Bahnhof

Location of Rav Hirsch's grave

Jewish Cemetery of Frankfurt, in the Austritt Gemeinde section, Section E. 

Rat-Beil-Straße 10, Frankfurt, near the Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences

Nearest train stop: Frankfurt (Main) Münzenberger Straße, 18, light rail

Nearest bus stop: Bus stop Frankfurt (Main) Richard-Wagner-Straße, M32

This is not the Old Jewish Cemetery that's near the Jewish museum near the Main river. "The Jewish Museum Frankfurt is located in the city center, next to the old Jewish cemetery, which is the oldest surviving Jewish cemetery in Frankfurt and dates back to the 13th century." It's not that one. 

I don't know where the grave appears on this photo, but this is the general look of the place. 

The grave is in the eastern part of the cemetery. 

Seems to be 200 meters by 200 meters in area

Jewish Community Frankfurt - Cemetery Administration

Phone: +49-69 / 76 80 36-790

E-mail: friedhof@jg-ffm.de

The cemetery is locked at night. Gate is opened for free access at 10 AM.