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13 December marks the celebration of Santa Lucia Day in Denmark – a Christian tradition that commemorates a 3rd century martyr and a popular festival of light that helps people get through the long winter days. Traditionally, a young girl is chosen to portray the saint. She wears a crown of candles at the front […]
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Festive kayaks in Santa Lucia procession on Copenhagen canals
December 14th, 2021 
Awake Goy 
Posted in Jewish News 
Tags: canals, Copenhagen, festive, kayaks, lucia, procession, santa 
No Comments »Sitting on the shore of Gaza, dreaming of Amsterdam’s canals
February 11th, 2021 Awake Goy News and Partnerships Life and Culture Columnists and Opinion Haaretz Heb and TheMarker Haaretz.com, the online English edition of Haaretz Newspaper in Israel, gives you breaking news, analyses and opinions about Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World. © Haaretz Daily Newspaper Ltd. All Rights Reserved Source
Empty canals and idle gondoliers: COVID-19 hits hard in Venice
December 2nd, 2020 Awake Goy Rows of gondolas, traditional Venetian boats, bob up and down while moored to the banks of canals, without any hope of being used. Coronavirus and the subsequent lockdowns have hit Venice hard: its 150 canals, so admired by tourists, are empty. Gondoliers who have delighted couples are now without work and are desperate. Gone are […]
Russian Double Agent Who Exposed Anna Chapman’s Spy Ring Dead in US
July 8th, 2016 Awake Goy “According to some information, Poteyev has died in the US. This data is currently being verified,” an informed source told Interfax early Thursday. Another source confirmed that the news of Poteev’s death has reached Moscow, but stressed that “it could well be disinformation aimed at ensuring that the traitor would simply be forgotten.” In 2010, […]
