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flag A 19th-century Jewish mural, hidden for over a century, has been restored and moved to the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst.

flag A 19th-century Jewish mural, painted in North Adams, Massachusetts, for a synagogue serving Lithuanian immigrant Jews, has been restored and moved to the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst after being hidden in an attic for over a century. flag The artwork was lost when the congregation relocated in 1920 and the building became an apartment. flag Retiree and former genealogist Carol Clingan led a multi-year effort to recover and preserve it, raising $500,000. flag The mural now stands as a cultural landmark. flag Meanwhile, St. Francis Chapel in Boston’s Prudential Center displays relics of three Catholic saints, including Pope John Paul II, with a focus on Saint Maximilian Kolbe, a Franciscan friar who died in Auschwitz in 1941 after volunteering to take another prisoner’s place.

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