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A 19th-century Jewish mural, hidden for over a century, has been restored and moved to the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst.
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.
The artwork was lost when the congregation relocated in 1920 and the building became an apartment.
Retiree and former genealogist Carol Clingan led a multi-year effort to recover and preserve it, raising $500,000.
The mural now stands as a cultural landmark.
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.
Un mural judío del siglo XIX, oculto durante más de un siglo, ha sido restaurado y trasladado al Centro de Libros Yiddish en Amherst.