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Shubh Diwali! Indian Americans Celebrate Festival of Lights
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Nicole Neroulias
Edited because Diwali is also celebrated by Sikhs, Jains and some South Asian Buddhists and Muslims, though for different reasons. It’s Diwali, Hinduism’s festival of lights. This is the biggest holiday of the year in India, and Hinduism is the world’s third largest religion, but most Americans probably haven’t heard of it unless they live somewhere with…
Ringing in Rosh Hashana & Navratri 2011
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Nicole Neroulias
It’s Rosh Hashana, Judaism’s New Year, so here are some Jewish headlines to ring in Year 5772: –In a TriBeCa Park, a Question of Law and a Religious Symbol (New York Times) –Make this the year of the apology (JTA) –As Obama’s Jewish numbers plummet, AJC poll shows U.S. Jews “grumpy” (AJC) –In Brooklyn, a Hasidic…
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