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Boston’s iconic Museum of Fine Arts glows in blue and white and the Greek flags are flying now to commemorate the Greek bicentennial. Credit: Yorgos Efthymiades Boston, Massachusetts, a hotbed of philhellenism during the formative years of Modern Greece, celebrated the Greek Bicentennial this week with illuminations, flag-raising ceremonies and other events. Credit: Yorgos Efthymiades […]
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Boston Celebrates Greek Bicentennial with Illuminations, Flags
March 26th, 2021 
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No Comments »For goodness’ sake: Textual and ethical illuminations in Megillat Esther
February 26th, 2021 Awake Goy “In Jewish tradition, the right side of our body is often the side that symbolizes strength. We honor our right side by performing rituals to that side first, such as washing our right hand before washing our left hand when we first wake up. Why then did God create our heart, our ultimate source of […]
Posted in Jewish News Tags: esther, ethical, goodness, illuminations, megillat, textual No Comments »A Sacred Light in the Darkness: Surprising Winter Solstice Illuminations at Spanish Missions
December 19th, 2020 Awake Goy On Monday, Dec. 21, nations in the Northern Hemisphere mark the winter solstice – the shortest day and longest night of the year. For thousands of years people have marked this event with rituals and celebrations to signal the rebirth of the sun and its victory over darkness. At hundreds, and perhaps thousands, of missions […]
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