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Saturday's massacre in Buffalo, New York, is the latest mass shooting in which authorities say the suspect was motivated by hate.The suspected shooter, an 18-year-old white man, shot and killed 10 people and injured three others at a supermarket in a predominantly Black area, authorities said. Eleven of the victims are Black."We'll be aggressive in our pursuit of anyone who subscribes to the ideals professed by other white supremacists and how there's a feeding frenzy on social media platforms where hate festers more hate," New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said Saturday.Investigators in the case have found evidence indicating "racial animosity," Erie County District Attorney John J. Flynn said during a Saturday news conference. The FBI says it is investigating the incident as a hate crime and a case of racially motivated violent extremism.The attack comes amid surging levels of hate crimes across the country. An FBI report published last year found U.S. hate crime reports in 2020 rose to the highest level in 12 years. Also in 2020, the Department of Homeland Security warned white supremacists were likely to remain the most "persistent and lethal threat" in the country.Here are other high-profile massacres in recent years that authorities have said were fueled by hate.A shooter 'hated the Jewish community and Muslim community'John T. Earnest admitted to a shooting at a San Diego area synagogue that left one person dead and three others injured in 2019. In December, Earnest was sentenced to a second life sentence after pleading guilty to a 113-count indictment that included hate crime and weapons violations.He was armed with an AR-15 style rifle when he entered the crowded Chabad of Poway synagogue and began shooting. He also admitted to setting fire to a mosque in nearby Escondido several weeks before the shooting."The defendant targeted his victims because he hated the Jewish community and Muslim community," Randy Grossman, U.S. attorney for the Southern District of California, previously said."The defendant and his hatred have been silenced. He will spend the rest of his days and die in prison, while he languishes behind bars," Grossman said.The deadliest attack on Latinos in modern US historyPatrick Crusius, the man accused of killing 23 people and injuring nearly two dozen others in a 2019 mass shooting at an El Paso, Texas, Walmart store, was indicted on dozens of federal charges, including hate crimes resulting in death and hate crimes involving an attempt to kill.The rampage was the deadliest attack on Latinos in modern U.S. history.Crusius was accused of killing and harming the victims "because of the actual and perceived national origin of any person," the indictment said. An earlier arrest affidavit said he told police his targets were Mexicans.He has pleaded not guilty and is yet to stand trial. Lawyers for Crusius have said he was in a psychotic state after the shooting and suffers from mental disabilities.11 worshippers killed in a Pittsburgh synagogueIn October 2018, a gunman killed 11 worshippers in Pittsburgh's Tree of Life synagogue, in what is believed to be the deadliest attack on the Jewish community in the history of the U.S., according to the Anti-Defamation League.Authorities said Robert Bowers targeted Jews online and made anti-Semitic comments during the shooting. Later, while receiving medical care, he told a SWAT officer that he wanted all Jews to die, according to a criminal complaint.Federal prosecutors filed hate crime charges against Bowers, claiming he used anti-Semitic slurs and criticized a Jewish group on a social media site in the days leading up to the shooting.Tree of Life synagogue: Remembering the lives lostFederal prosecutors said in 2019 they would seek the death penalty on charges that include obstruction of free exercise on religious beliefs resulting in death, use and discharge of a firearm to commit murder and possession of a firearm during a violent crime.They said they are justified to seek the death penalty because of the role that Bowers' anti-Semitic views played in the shooting.He has pleaded not guilty and is yet to be tried.A Charleston church becomes a targetIn June 2015, avowed white supremacist Dylann Roof gunned down nine African American worshippers at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal church -- a historic Black church -- in Charleston, South Carolina.Roof was convicted of federal charges and sentenced to death in January 2017. He was the first federal hate-crime defendant to be sentenced to death, a Justice Department spokesman said."Mother Emanuel was his destination specifically because it was an historically African American church of significance to the people of Charleston, of South Carolina and to the nation," then-U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch said in 2015. "On that summer evening, Dylann Roof found his targets, African-Americans engaged in worship."Roof spent months plotting the attack, Lynch said."He was looking for the type of church and the type of parishioners whose death would, in fact, draw great notoriety for...his racist views," she said.Attacker who had talked about a 'racial holy war'Another place of worship -- meant to be a refuge -- was the scene of mass shooting in August 2012.An Army veteran opened fire in a gurdwara -- or Sikh house of worship -- in the Milwaukee suburb of Oak Creek, Wisconsin, killing six people and wounding four others.Wade Michael Page died of a self-inflicted wound after being shot by a police officer, the FBI said. The shooting came as violent attacks on Sikhs were spiking following September 11, 2001.Then-Attorney General Eric Holder called the attack "an act of terrorism, an act of hatred, a hate crime."According to a man who described himself as an old Army buddy of Page's, the attacker talked about "racial holy war" when they served together in the 1990s.Christopher Robillard, of Oregon, who said he had lost contact with Page, added in 2012 that when Page would rant, "it would be about mostly any non-white person.

Saturday's massacre in Buffalo, New York, is the latest mass shooting in which authorities say the suspect was motivated by hate.

The suspected shooter, an 18-year-old white man, shot and killed 10 people and injured three others at a supermarket in a predominantly Black area, authorities said. Eleven of the victims are Black.

"We'll be aggressive in our pursuit of anyone who subscribes to the ideals professed by other white supremacists and how there's a feeding frenzy on social media platforms where hate festers more hate," New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said Saturday.

Investigators in the case have found evidence indicating "racial animosity," Erie County District Attorney John J. Flynn said during a Saturday news conference. The FBI says it is investigating the incident as a hate crime and a case of racially motivated violent extremism.

The attack comes amid surging levels of hate crimes across the country. An FBI report published last year found U.S. hate crime reports in 2020 rose to the highest level in 12 years. Also in 2020, the Department of Homeland Security warned white supremacists were likely to remain the most "persistent and lethal threat" in the country.

Here are other high-profile massacres in recent years that authorities have said were fueled by hate.

John T. Earnest admitted to a shooting at a San Diego area synagogue that left one person dead and three others injured in 2019. In December, Earnest was sentenced to a second life sentence after pleading guilty to a 113-count indictment that included hate crime and weapons violations.

He was armed with an AR-15 style rifle when he entered the crowded Chabad of Poway synagogue and began shooting. He also admitted to setting fire to a mosque in nearby Escondido several weeks before the shooting.

"The defendant targeted his victims because he hated the Jewish community and Muslim community," Randy Grossman, U.S. attorney for the Southern District of California, previously said.

"The defendant and his hatred have been silenced. He will spend the rest of his days and die in prison, while he languishes behind bars," Grossman said.

Patrick Crusius, the man accused of killing 23 people and injuring nearly two dozen others in a 2019 mass shooting at an El Paso, Texas, Walmart store, was indicted on dozens of federal charges, including hate crimes resulting in death and hate crimes involving an attempt to kill.

The rampage was the deadliest attack on Latinos in modern U.S. history.

Crusius was accused of killing and harming the victims "because of the actual and perceived national origin of any person," the indictment said. An earlier arrest affidavit said he told police his targets were Mexicans.

He has pleaded not guilty and is yet to stand trial. Lawyers for Crusius have said he was in a psychotic state after the shooting and suffers from mental disabilities.

In October 2018, a gunman killed 11 worshippers in Pittsburgh's Tree of Life synagogue, in what is believed to be the deadliest attack on the Jewish community in the history of the U.S., according to the Anti-Defamation League.

Authorities said Robert Bowers targeted Jews online and made anti-Semitic comments during the shooting. Later, while receiving medical care, he told a SWAT officer that he wanted all Jews to die, according to a criminal complaint.

Federal prosecutors filed hate crime charges against Bowers, claiming he used anti-Semitic slurs and criticized a Jewish group on a social media site in the days leading up to the shooting.

Tree of Life synagogue: Remembering the lives lost

Federal prosecutors said in 2019 they would seek the death penalty on charges that include obstruction of free exercise on religious beliefs resulting in death, use and discharge of a firearm to commit murder and possession of a firearm during a violent crime.

They said they are justified to seek the death penalty because of the role that Bowers' anti-Semitic views played in the shooting.

He has pleaded not guilty and is yet to be tried.

In June 2015, avowed white supremacist Dylann Roof gunned down nine African American worshippers at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal church -- a historic Black church -- in Charleston, South Carolina.

Roof was convicted of federal charges and sentenced to death in January 2017. He was the first federal hate-crime defendant to be sentenced to death, a Justice Department spokesman said.

"Mother Emanuel was his destination specifically because it was an historically African American church of significance to the people of Charleston, of South Carolina and to the nation," then-U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch said in 2015. "On that summer evening, Dylann Roof found his targets, African-Americans engaged in worship."

Roof spent months plotting the attack, Lynch said.

"He was looking for the type of church and the type of parishioners whose death would, in fact, draw great notoriety for...his racist views," she said.

Another place of worship -- meant to be a refuge -- was the scene of mass shooting in August 2012.

An Army veteran opened fire in a gurdwara -- or Sikh house of worship -- in the Milwaukee suburb of Oak Creek, Wisconsin, killing six people and wounding four others.

Wade Michael Page died of a self-inflicted wound after being shot by a police officer, the FBI said. The shooting came as violent attacks on Sikhs were spiking following September 11, 2001.

Then-Attorney General Eric Holder called the attack "an act of terrorism, an act of hatred, a hate crime."

According to a man who described himself as an old Army buddy of Page's, the attacker talked about "racial holy war" when they served together in the 1990s.

Christopher Robillard, of Oregon, who said he had lost contact with Page, added in 2012 that when Page would rant, "it would be about mostly any non-white person.

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Rep. Brian Egolf, Rep. Javier Martnez, Rep. Joy Garratt, Rep. Angelica Rubio and Sen. Harold Pope Jr.| Your view

As the news broke last weekend of a mass shooting in Buffalo, New York, we joined the nation in mourning the tragic loss of 10 lives. As it became clear that this massacre was an act of terrorism against Black Americans committed by a racist white supremacist, our grief gave way to anger.

This is not the first time in recent history that a young person committed a heinous crime while espousing white supremacist rhetoric.We fearthat as long as the hateful lies that motivated the killer in Buffalo are allowed to spread unchecked, such racist violence will also continue to spread.

Here in New Mexico, where we have long celebrated cultural diversity and our rich heritage, we hear echoes of this rhetoric. In the Republican primary for the governors race, the candidates keep trying to outdo each other with lies about dangerous illegals entering our country, or insisting that learning our history and how it impacts us today is harmful to our kids.

Behind these lies about the supposed dangers of immigration or learning history, Republican candidates send coded messages to New Mexico voters claiming falsely that new arrivals to New Mexico are a threat and that minority groups are to blame for all that ails society. The Republican candidates message has disturbing parallels to the disgusting and un-American conspiracy theory called the Great Replacement Theory a White Nationalist ideology that claims whites are being replaced by non-white minorities. This vile idea has given rise to racially motivated hate crimes across our country and around the world.

As lawmakers with different backgrounds, we know that our communities can all rise together if we focus on what we have in common, not what may divide us. However, we are seeing more and more people in positions of power use coded (and occasionally, not-so-coded) language to stoke fear and racial division that tears at the fabric of our community. If we do not push back and hold our leaders to higher standards, we will further erode community trust. We also risk more horrific violence at the hands of dangerous individuals who have bought into these lies spread by politicians simply for political gain.

Hate crimes like the shooting in Buffalo, the racist massacre of Latinos in El Paso, or the killing of Jews at a synagogue in Pittsburgh, are chilling reminders that words have consequences, especially the words of people with large platforms like elected officials and political candidates.

When candidates focus on fear-mongering about critical race theory (even though the Public Education Department has plainly shown that it is not being taught in our schools) and immigration, instead of their positive vision for New Mexico, we have to hold them to account.

Fortunately, we know New Mexicans are strong enough to learn from our history and smart enough to see through these lies. What the constituents in our districts want are good jobs that will allow them to provide for their families. They want their kids to get a good education. They want safe neighborhoods. That is where we will put our energy and we will stand strong against those that only focus on fear tactics.

For the sake of our state and our country, we urge our fellow elected leaders and political candidates to drop the lies and focus on building a better future for New Mexico.

This column was written by several elected to New Mexico Legislature, includingSpeaker of the New Mexico House of Representatives Brian Egolf (D-Santa Fe), House Majority Leader Javier Martnez (D-Albuquerque), Rep. Joy Garratt (D-Albuquerque), Rep. Angelica Rubio (D-Las Cruces) and Sen. Harold PopeJr. (D-Albuquerque)

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In the minds of some conspiracists across the country, Jews are behind what has now notoriously been called "the great replacement theory."

The term was forcefully launched into wider public domain last weekend when an 18-year-old white New York man opened fire in a Buffalo, N.Y., grocery store, killing 10, all of them Black. The suspect, Payton Gendron, allegedly left behind a 180-page document filled with rants about race and ties to the "great replacement."

Briefly, "great replacement theory" is the idea that nonwhite people are being brought into the country to join those already here to counter and eventually wipe out the influence of white people.

What political parties believe about what an influx of nonwhite people might bring is one thing. That a cabal is organizing such an influx and setting out to destroy a race in the process is another.

The theory of Jews being behind such a cabal strikes us as the most inconceivable part of the plan. Jews make up 2.4% of the United States population, according to the 2020 census.

Michael Dzik, executive director of Chattanooga's Jewish Cultural Center, struggled for words that would make sense of such a theory.

"Logic does not come into the picture, or facts," he said. "... I don't understand that way of thinking."

Dzik said said he became aware of growing anti-Semitic hate in the U.S. after hearing about the 2017 Charlottesville, Va., "Unite the Right" rally in which a white supremacist driver plowed into a crowd, killing one and injuring 35 others.

One of the chants frequently heard, he said, was "Jews will not replace us."

"It doesn't make sense," Dzik said. "[The Jewish population] is such a nominal amount. Why do people think that way?"

The Jewish Cultural Center exists, he admits, as a gathering spot for the about 1,400 local folks of the Jewish faith, but it also has been a welcoming place for the community at large and as a location for the discussing of subjects common to people of all faiths.

"We do not hide our mission," Dzik said. "We want to connect with the Jewish community. We also want to connect with the general community."

The center does so through visual art, films, music and food, he said. It's a "safe space" for such universal gatherings, he said.

Beyond that, Dzik said, offering hospitality to the wider community is really a commandment "tikkun olam," literally repair of the world for Jews.

"It's become a commandment to help others, to help the poor," he said. "We're commanded to make the world a better place."

It's why he sits on various committees across the city, Dzik said. It's why officials from the center are available to talk to community groups and why they welcome community groups to come to the center.

"There is ignorance [of other cultures] out there," he said. "[Others] might have different traditions, different customs. Let's learn about each other. We want to have a strong, united Jewish community and a strong, united Chattanooga community."

Dzik said he is not aware of local Jews, synagogues or the cultural center receiving threats or being threatened by individuals holding ideas like "the great replacement theory."

But, he said, he did have a poster on the center's Facebook site make racist and anti-Semitic remarks about the concerned but in no way inflammatory comments he'd made to WDEF-TV about the shooting in Buffalo.

"I [wasn't] going to sit and argue with him," Dzik said. "I blocked him. Do I feel fearful? I don't. I feel bad for [people like him], who believe their way is right and don't want to listen to anything else."

Nevertheless, with previous incidents like attacks that killed nine Black people at a Charleston, S.C., church in 2015, 11 people at a Pittsburgh synagogue in 2018 and 50 people at a mosque in New Zealand in 2019, groups cannot be too careful.

"For the Jewish community, it is scary," Dzik said. "For minority communities, it's scary. But we're all just human beings, all Americans, just trying to make the best of our lives. We just want to go to work, to have friendships. There's no reason for us to separate ourselves out."

He pointed out that not so long ago, everyone knew their neighbors. Today, he said, they don't, and the fact some of them might be Black, Latino, Hindu or Muslim may but shouldn't make the introductions more difficult.

"Why are people fearful?" Dzik wondered. "People are proud of their culture, but we should all want to make [our community] a better place, to do things together, to have talks together, as opposed to getting behind our cellphone or computer and posting hateful messages."

Going forward, we hope the only "replacement" that occurs locally is swapping intolerance for understanding.

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New York Citys diverse food scene offers a world of flavors without ever having to get on a plane.

With its thousands of restaurants and ever-changing roster of recent openings, theres always something new to taste in New York City. But one of the most exciting and enduring parts of the citys food scene is its wide array of international cuisines, ranging from perfectly executed Chinese soup dumplings to classic American chicken and waffles. Below, weve rounded up a handful of essential foods to eat in New York and where to try them for the truest sense of NYC dining.

Tender soup dumplings at Joes ShanghaiNew York has an obsession with xiao long bao, or soup dumplings, which originated in 19th-century Shanghai. One of the citys go-to institutions is Joes Shanghai, which launched in Flushing, Queens, in 1994 and became so popular that it opened a second location in Manhattans Chinatown the next year. To this day, locals and tourists alike crowd both spaces for a taste of the handmade dumplings filled with hot, meaty broth, which are rolled and steamed to order. Featuring a thin skin made from flour and water, they come in two flavors: pork meat and crab with pork meat. The best way to dig in is to bite off a small piece of the wrapper, drip the broth onto your spoon, slurp it when its slightly cooler, and then eat the rest of the dumpling, including the tasty morsel of meat inside.

Perfect pizza at LucaliNew York City may have its own way of doing pizza these days, but the pies roots are Italian through and through. There are so many worthy optionsfrom Di Fara and Totonnos to Joes Pizza and Robertas that its nearly impossible to name the best pizza place in the city, but Lucali is one of the top contenders. At the Brooklyn pizza institution, which opened in 2006 in Carroll Gardens, chef Mark Iacono does everything the old-fashioned way, hand-kneading his dough and leaving it to proof for 24 hours. He then tops his pies with house-marinated tomatoes and bakes everything in a wood oven to create his signature thin, crispy crust.

Theres only one pizza on the menu, a large pie with basil, but you can customize it with toppings like pepperoni, mushrooms, and lightly marinated artichokes, or pair it with one of Lucalis stellar calzones. Itll be even more rewarding than expected after the usual two- to three-hour wait for a seat in the small, candlelit dining room. Pro tip: Get in line at 4 p.m. to add your name to the list, and then hit a wine shop and an ATM (its BYOB and cash only).

Legendary pierogies at VeselkaWhat started as a newsstand with soup and sandwiches is now a New York institution for late-night comfort food. Opened in 1954 in the heart of the East Village, Veselka still sits on the same corner today, serving its homey Ukrainian cooking 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Over the years, countless New Yorkers, including New York University students and families with Ukrainian roots, have gathered here for the pierogi dumplings, made fresh in house at four or eight to an order. Available boiled or fried, they come in classic meat, potato, cheese, and sauerkraut-mushroom versions as well as untraditional arugula with goat cheese, short rib, and bacon-egg-and-cheese varieties. Whichever you choose, pile on some sour cream and caramelized onions before you tuck in.

Momos and more at Nepali Bhanchha Ghar, Potala, Maharaja Sweets, and Mustang Thakali KitchenJackson Heightss Little India is increasingly known as Himalayan Heights for the influx of Nepalese and Tibetans. Its easy to try a smattering of flavors from the Indian subcontinent with some progressive dining in this walkable Queens neighborhood. Compare the silky-skinned, spicy Nepalese chicken momos at Nepali Bhanchha Ghar to the pouchy hand-shaped beef- or greens-filled Tibetan versions next door at Potala, decorated with images of Tibets holiest palace. For Indian sweets, try the delicate confections called mithai at Maharaja Sweets. For something truly unusual, order yhosi (steamed buckwheat) with curries and chutney or sukuti (jerky) with pumpkin gravy at Mustang Thakali Kitchen, representing the rugged mountain cuisine of Nepal.Anya von Bremzen

American soul food at Melbas RestaurantIf you think Sylvia is the only name in Harlem soul food, talk to passionate fans of Melbas. Melba Wilson learned her craft at Sylvias (and other New York venues like Rosa Mexicana and the Tribeca Grill). Her high-energy restaurant is known for neo-soul food, a tasty sort of comfort food for modern eaters. At Melbas, the standard dish of chicken and waffles is as American as it getsand its fine-tuned here as fried chicken plated with eggnog waffles and topped with a sweet dollop of strawberry butter (the dish won a Food Network competition against Bobby Flay). Melbas updated favorites include fried catfish with chipotle mayo and short ribs braised in red wine. Theres even a green salad on the menu at this soul food restaurant. Khalid Salaam

Bagel with cream cheese smoked salmon at Russ & DaughtersThere are few foods more New York in their essence than a bagel with cream cheese and smoked salmon. Its a tradition that began in Jewish appetizing spots (or purveyors of dairy and smoked fish), which proliferated on the Lower East Side in the early 1900s and established Jewish food as part of New York dining culture. Today, you can get a bagel with cream cheese and smoked salmon at just about every bagel shop in the city, but the best one is still found at appetizing legend Russ & Daughters, which opened in 1914 and has remained a favorite through four generations of family ownership.

For its famous version, Russ & Daughters uses hand-rolled bagels from the Bagel Hole (smaller and less doughy than the usual New York bagel, but still soft and chewy), all-natural cream cheese from a California dairy (which has a slightly tangier flavor), and your choice of seven different kinds of smoked salmon (get the melt-in-your-mouth Gaspe Nova). Theres always a line here, especially on weekend mornings and Jewish holidays, and theres no seating save for a small bench outside. But every inconvenience is worth it for this definitive American classic.

Cuban sandwiches and roasted chicken at MargonHidden amid the skyscrapers and white tablecloth restaurants of Midtown, the no-frills, cafeteria-style lunch spot Margon opened in 1970 and remains one of the citys best places for Cuban foodand what the bustling restaurant lacks in service, it more than makes up for in flavor. One of the most ordered items on the menu is the classic Cuban sandwich, composed of roasted pork, salami, ham, and Swiss cheeseall rolled into a satisfyingly crispy grilled bun thats been slathered with mayo and garlic. For something even heartierif you can imagine thattry the chicken fricassee, a perfectly roasted quarter chicken thats simmered in a white wine garlic sauce. Order it with a side of plantains, and youll keep your hunger at bay for the rest of the day.Jennifer Flowers

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THRU JUNE 30

ONLINE Health and Religion, a series of online courses organized by the Prolepsis Institute in collaboration with the Hellenic Society of Medical Students of Greece and under the auspices of the Medical School of Athens, began on November 4 and runs until June 30. The courses are supervised and coordinated by the Emeritus Professor of Surgery at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and Lecturer in Surgery at Harvard Medical School Dimitrios Linos. Professors of Medicine and other schools and universities including Harvard, Johns Hopkins, Yale, Duke, the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, and well-known Greek doctors, theologians, and writers are participating. The lectures include Perspectives from a Jewish Physician with Marta Herschkopf on June 2, The Spiritual History of the Patient and Its Significance in the Everyday Clinical Practice and Therapeutic Management of Chronic Diseases with Archbishop John Kokkakis on June 16, and Medicine as Eucharist with Metropolitan John Zizioulas on June 30. More information, including the detailed program of presentations and speakers, is available online: http://www.healthandreligion.gr. All the courses are also available on YouTube: https://bit.ly/3AZgQpL. The Radio Station of the Church of Greece and The National Herald are communication sponsors of the courses.

THRU MAY 22

BROOKLYN The Anahita Scrolls solo art exhibition by Aphrodite Navab is on view through May 22 at the A.I.R. Gallery, 155 Plymouth Street in Brooklyns DUMBO neighborhood. More information about the exhibition is available online: https://www.airgallery.org/.

MAY 9-29

LOS ANGELES The 16th Los Angeles Greek Film Festival (LAGFF) takes place May 9-15 with in-person screenings and virtual screenings, webinars, workshops, and panels May 10-29. The Olympia Dukakis Tribute event presented by Apollo Dukakis takes place May 14. More information is available online: https://www.lagff.org/.

MAY 19-22

HAMILTON, NJ St. George Greek Orthodox Church, 1200 Klockner Road in Hamilton, hosts its Greek Festival May 19-22. Enjoy authentic Greek food and wine, homemade pastries and gourmet foods, and Outdoor Grills with gyros and souvlaki. Flea market, gift shops, and dance lessons also available. Entertainment includes Greek music and dancing. Hours: Thursday, May 19, 5-10 PM; Friday, May 20, and Saturday, May 21, Noon-11 PM; and Sunday, May 22, Noon-7 PM. More information available by phone: 609-586-4448 and online: https://www.stgeorgehamilton.com/.

PARAMUS, NJ St. Athanasios Greek Orthodox Church, 51 Paramus Road in Paramus, hosts its Greek Festival May 19-22. The community invites you to share their world famous cuisine, culture, music, and hospitality. There will be fun for the entire family including cooked and grilled food, desserts and pastries, ouzo, beer, live Greek music and dancing, and rides and carnival games for the kids. Hours: Thursday, May 19, 5-9 PM; Friday, May 20, and Saturday, May 21, 11 AM-Midnight; and Sunday, May 22, Noon-8 PM. More information available by phone: 201-368-8881 and online: https://stathanasiosnj.org/blog/.

MAY 20-22

OAKLAND, CA The Oakland Greek Festival, one of the largest cultural celebrations in Northern California, is back May 20-22 for its 50th year on the picturesque grounds of Ascension Greek Orthodox Cathedral, 4700 Lincoln Avenue in Oakland. Everyone is invited to enjoy the rich cuisine and culture of Greece along with live music and dancing, plus shopping from a wide variety of vendors offering unique items. Hours: Friday, May 20, 4-10 PM; Saturday, May 21, 11 AM-10 PM; and Sunday, May 22, 11 AM-9 PM. Admission: Adults $5, Free for children 12 and under. More information is available online: https://oaklandgreekfestival.com/.

NEW BRITAIN, CT St. George Greek Orthodox Church, 301 West Main Street in New Britain hosts its Dionysos Greek Festival May 20-22. Enjoy authentic Greek food including pastitsio, spanakopita, tyropita, gyro, souvlaki, loukoumades, baklava, kataifi, and much, much more. Hours: Friday, May 20, and Saturday, May 21, 11 AM-1AM; and Sunday, May 22, 12-8 PM. More information available by phone: 860-229-0055 and online: https://stgeorgenb.com/festival/.

MAY 22

NEW YORK Cosmos FM presents a concert tribute to the 1922 Asia Minor- Smyrna Holocaust in cooperation with Grigoris Maninakis and the Mikrokosmos ensemble on Sunday, May 22, 5-8 PM, at the Chiotes Hall at the Archdiocesan Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, 337 East 74th Street in Manhattan. With lead vocalist Grigoris Maninakis, vocalist Aggeliki Psoni, Kostas Psarros on bouzouki/vocals, Glafkos Kontemeniotis on piano, Mavrothi Kontanis on oud/vocals, Megan Gould on violin, Kostas Baltazanis on guitar, Angelos Papadatos on bass, Steve Vavagiakis on percussion, and narration by Michael Stratis. More information is available by phone: 718-204-8900

ASTORIA The Mikis Theodorakis Tribute Chrysoprasino Fyllo, a Pancyprian Choir concert, takes place Sunday, May 22, 7:30 PM at the Hellenic Cultural Center, 27-09 Crescent Street in Astoria. The concert features well-known works by the late legendary composer performed by the talented soloists and members of the Pancyprian Choir. Tickets are $25 at the door. More information is available by phone: 917-821-0281

MAY 23

ONLINE The Association of Greek American Professional Women (AGAPW) in collaboration with ALLILONnet continues the online spring 2022 Conversation with Women Leaders Lecture Series, featuring fireside chat presentations on contemporary topics. On Monday, May 23, 7-8 PM, with Athina Petropoulou, PhD, on Radar Systems for the Non-Expert, introduced by Pannie Trifillis, PhD. Join the conversation online via Zoom: https://bit.ly/3HPFvPG.

MAY 27-29

BLOOMFIELD HILLS, MI St. George Greek Orthodox Church, 43816 Woodward Avenue in Bloomfield Hills, hosts its Greek Festival May 27-29. Enjoy Greek food, pastries, cooking demonstrations, and church tours. Entertainment includes Greek music and dancing. Hours: Friday, May 27, 4-11 PM; Saturday, May 28, 11 AM-11 PM; and Sunday, May 29, 12 Noon-11 PM. More information is available by phone: 248-335-8869 and online: http://www.yassoogreekfestival.com/.

NOVATO, CA Nativity of Christ Greek Orthodox Church, 1110 Highland Drive in Novato hosts the Marin County Greek Festival on Memorial Day weekend, May 27-29 Enjoy Greek food and delicacies, YiaYia and Me cooking demonstrations, Greek music and dance, lectures, Byzantine chanting, and Church Tours. Hours: Friday, May 27, 5-9 PM; Saturday May 28, and Sunday, May 29, 11 AM to 9 PM. More information is available by phone: 415-883-1998 and online: https://bit.ly/39nezLy.

MAY 27-30

CLEVELAND, OH Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church, 2187 West 14th Street in Cleveland, hosts its 50th Annual Greek Festival May 27-30 Hours: Friday, May 27, Saturday May 28, and Sunday, May 29, noon-midnight, and Monday May 30, noon-7 PM. at the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church located at, Cleveland, Ohio in Tremont. Enjoy homemade Greek delicacies and authentic Greek cuisine such as stuffed grape leaves (dolmades), moussaka, pastitsio, lamb shanks, and the ever popular gyro and souvlaki. Also partake in imported beer and wine then head over to the bakery station for delicious homemade baklava, loukoumades, and kourambiedes. Entertainment includes live Greek music and dancing. More information is available by phone: 216-861-0116 and online: https://www.tremontgreekfest.com/.

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NEW YORK The Greek-American Writers Association and the Hellenic American Project presents a program of poetry and music followed by a wine reception in the garden at St. Johns in the Village, 224 Waverly Place in New Yorks Greenwich Village, on Saturday, June 4, 7:15 PM. Celebrate Greek Independence Day in June!

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Let me begin by saying this: You cannot overestimate how important Jasper Wang, our vice president of revenue and operations, is to Defector Media. Sure, the rest of us write blogs, whatever that means. But the whole endeavor hinges, not only on us writing blogs, but on us then getting paid for writing blogs. Jaspers job means turning our words into actual paychecks, off of which we live our lives, support our families, and sometimes even take vacations. But possibly more important than any of that, he also ordered us a giant spread of smoked fishes, bagels, schmears, and other Jewish deli specialties for lunch yesterday. He even allowed me to weigh in on the order before he placed it! I told him that he had to order the health salad.

What is health salad? It is the MVP of Jewish deli sides. Yes, that is quite a strong take. But hear me out.

Health salad is one of those dishes where every bubbe is going to make it a little differently. Like chicken soup, theres an element of throwing whatever youve got lying around in this dish. The only elements that are absolutely essential are cabbageand I mean a lot of cabbageand some type of vinegar. From there, the dish reflects its roots with the Ashkenazi Jews of Eastern Europe: Youll find probably find some cucumbers, onions, carrots, and radishes thrown in there. But maybe youll also see tomatoes and bell peppers and whatever other vegetable might be in season or lying around the pantry. Yes, this sounds a lot like coleslaw, and you can skip many steps by just buying generic coleslaw mix. But, unlike that dish, you dont mix it with mayonnaise. This is what makes it health salad. Instead, your liquid is some mix of a vinegars (probably apple cider vinegar and white vinegar) plus some oil (eh, whatever you prefer) plus salt and sugar to taste. Do you want a recipe? This one from The Nosher looks good to me.

Its a giant pile of vegetables without mayonnaise! Its clearly healthy! As The Nosher points out, health salads are pretty closely related to the vitamin salads of Eastern Europe, and this style of salad gets its healthy-sounding name because of its contrast to the many richer salads that make up Soviet cuisine, which tend to be made with lots of mayonnaise or sour cream. Which is to say, look, this was before blender technology and nobody had access to endive, let alone a $20 green juice, so we were making do with what we had. I dont know the exact nutritional breakdown of health salad, but its kept my family alive for thousands of years. Sure, it s not the sexiest salad, but nobody calls it sexy salad.

This is why my advice to you is, whenever you are partaking of your favorite smoked fishes and cured meats, to throw some health salad on your plate. You dont need to go crazy, just a solid scoop or two. My personal recommendation is it should take up approximately one quarter of your plate, which still leaves plenty of room for your sandwich and pickle.

Yes, there is a counter-argument: You did not just go all the way to your favorite New York Jewish deli to get the health salad. You really flew 3,000 miles to eat vegetables (strike one)? Youre really giving up valuable plate real estate that could be used for more chopped, scooped organ meat (strike two)? You had to leave Los damn Angeles to get something with health in the name (strike three)???

I cannot go back in time and tell my forerunners that health salad is bad marketing. Please forgive me. But to all the other points, let me say this. I suspect that, somehow, my ancestors knew that the surviving on giant piles of meats that had been smoked or brined or pickled or in some other way preserved was to somehow, some way, sneak in a damn vegetable (that wasnt a pickle). Eons before phrases like balanced meal and eat your colors entered our lexicon, they understood that getting these vegetable things on our plate were key. Dont ask me how these vegetables neutralize the effects of eating pounds and pounds of salted everything, but they do, at least somewhat. Like with chicken soup, I have zero scientific evidence for stating this, but I will swear on this fact to my grave.

Like yesterday. I ate an everything bagel piled high with two types of cream cheese (one half plain, the other half scallion), two types of smoked lox (one half traditional, the other half pastrami-style), plus two servings of pickled herring, and some smoked whitefish that I just ate straight. I also had two giant servings of health salad and today I feel fine. Dare I say, I even feel great. I dont want to sell out anyone at Defector Media, but not everyone feels great today. And you know why some folks dont feel great? They didnt eat the health salad.

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SFC (Ret. Army) Sean A. Morrison is the guest speaker for the Veterans Service Organizations Annual Memorial Day Service, which will be held at noon Monday, May 30, at Roselawn Burial Park.

The General Joseph Martin Daughters of the American Revolution will hold a wreath-laying ceremony at the Vietnam Memorial at the Bassett Historical Center at 2 p.m. Monday, May 30.

New College Institute will present Cultural Showcases on May 25 and 26 celebrating Asian American & Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage and Jewish American Heritage. On May 25, NCI staff member Chris Niblett will speak in honor of AAPI. On May 26 NCI will host an exhibit honoring Jewish American Heritage Month. Both events will run from 4-6 p.m. at the Baldwin Building Lecture Hall, and will feature educational presentations, music and dance.

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The Patriot Players will present Steel Magnolias at 7 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Walker Fine Arts Theatre at Patrick & Henry Community College. Tickets will be available for purchase through http://www.phccpatriotplayers.com and at the door.

Magna Vista High School will present Puffs, a Harry Potter-style play, at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Tickets are $8 on onthestage.tickets/show/magna-vista-high-school/puffs-83847/tickets.

Piedmont Arts will host a Bus to Broadway: Hamilton on Thursday, June 2, to see Hamilton at the Durham Performing Arts Center. The show is the story of America then, told by America now. It takes the story of founding father Alexander Hamilton and sets it to a score that blends hip-hop, jazz, R&B and Broadway. Attendees may bring their own food and drink with them to have on the bus or order boxed dinners for $10 each. The bus will leave Piedmont Arts at 5:30 p.m. for the 7 p.m. performance. Tickets cost $155 and are available at PiedmontArts.org.

Martinsville Uptown Partnership has started a Third Thursdays in Uptown, to be held May 19, June 16, July 21, Aug. 18 and Sept. 15, in the Franklin/Depot Street parking lot below the Black Box Theatre. Each one will run from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. with food trucks. DJ WHAT (Kasey Lucas) will play music from 5-9 p.m., and Mountain Valley Brewing will sell beer from 5-8:30 p.m. Food trucks include Daddy Qs BBQ and Country Cuisine, Palumbos Hoagie House and Tammys Grill. Bring your own chairs.

Patrick & Henry Community College is holding classes in paper-crafting at the Dalton IDEA Center. They are: Rubber stamps, 6:30-7:30 today ($15); Ink Creatings, 6:30-7:30 p.m. June 15 ($15). To register, visit ph.augusoft.net or email 656-5461.

Chix with Stix are knitters who gather from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. every other Tuesday at Piedmont Arts (May 24, June 14 and 28). Bring your own supplies to knit in companionship. The cost is $5 for people who are not members of Piedmont Arts.

The Knitting with Fern + Friends class at Piedmont Arts is running from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Wednesdays and Saturdays in May, from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. There are three levels of classes at a cost of $40 per class or $110 for the series. For details and tickets, visit PiedmontArts.org or call 632-3221.

Naomi Hodge-Muse will teach Bob Ross techniques painting classes at Piedmont Arts. Each class runs from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at $85 each. Dates are Thursday, June 2 and Thursday, July 7. Register at PiedmontArts.org.

Oldskool will perform Friday night at the Cascade School Community Center Music and Dance, from 7-9:30 p.m. at 3561 Huntington Trail. Admission costs $8. Next will be Silver Eagles on May 27. For more information, call 732-5398.

Jus Cauz will perform at 7 p.m. Friday at the HJDB Event Center in Bassett.

Rooster Walk 12 will be held May 26-29. Bands scheduled to perform include Little Feat, Lettuce, Tab Benoit, BIG Something, The War and Treat, Andy Frasco & The U.N., Sammy Rae & The Friends, Brandon Taz Niederauer, Yarn, Mountain Heart, The Nude Party, Mike & The Moonpies, The Wooks, Sol Driven Train, Crawford & Power and Pirates of the Piedmont. For more information, visit RoosterWalk.com.

Rudys Girl Media is looking for small business people to feature in the second season of its series Hometown Hustle. Each 22-minute episode focuses on a local proprietor and the challenges he or she has faced in business. Season 2 of the feel-good series will include 10 22-minute episodes that feature small businesses from Martinsville, Henry County, Patrick County, Danville, Pittsylvania County, Prince Edward County, Halifax County, Mecklenburg County, Charlotte County and Brunswick County.

To suggest a business or for information on sponsorship, visit http://www.HometownHustle.tv. Filming will begin in summer.

See the current series of Hometown Hustle on the Rudys Girl Media YouTube page. In this web-reality series Natalie Hodge and Devin Pendleton together provide the setting for DeShanta Hairston of Books and Crannies, Herb Atwell of Mountain Valley Brewing, Jailyn Draper of Social Butterfly Media Management, Abraham Gonzalez of Apes Frozen Yogurt, Teresa Martin of Teresas School of Baton and Dance and Wayne Draper of TAD Space & Right Now Remediation, Restoration & Repair tell their business stories.

New College Institute through May 31 has on display a poster version of the exhibition I Want the Wide American Earth: An Asian Pacific American Story, compliments of The Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES), supported by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, and teacher resources by Teaching Tolerance. SITES has been sharing the wealth of Smithsonian collections and research programs with millions of people outside Washington D.C. for more than 65 years. SITES connects Americans to their shared cultural heritage through a wide range of exhibitions about art, science and history, which are shown wherever people live, work and play.

Piedmont Arts annual open-entry exhibit Expressions will open May 28 and run through July 29. Its opening reception and awards program will be from 6-8 p.m. Friday, June 3; RSVP by May 31 at PiedmontArts.org.

The exhibit Pardoned But Not Forgotten, by the Martinsville 7 Initiative, is at the Fayette Area Historical Initiative Museum, 211 Fayette St., Martinsville.

The Virginia Museum of Natural Historys latest exhibit, The Science of Flight, is open now.

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A mass shooting at a Tops Friendly Market in Buffalo, N.Y. killed 10 and wounded three, and opened a national conversation about the insidiousness of theracist and antisemitic conspiracy theoriesthat appear to have motivated the suspected shooter.

It also deprived a predominantly Black neighborhood of its primary grocery store. Beyond the Tops, the area is afood desert, with little access to affordable, healthy options for buying groceries.

In response, the Buffalo Jewish Federation has teamed up with theBuffalo Community Fridge,Black Love Resists in the Rustand other racial justice organizations to help close the gap.

Buffalo is one of the most racially segregated cities in America. While there is not a significant Jewish presence in Buffalos East Side, where the shooting took place, the attack reverberated throughout the citys Jewish community. The president of the Buffalo Jewish Federation runs a steel company; one of his employees was killed in the attack, Rob Goldberg, CEO of the Buffalo Jewish Federation, said in an interview. And a leader of Buffalos Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) works for a state senator; one of his co-workers is the mother of one of the three people wounded but not killed in the attack. Its, like, two or three degrees of separation, Goldberg said.

Goldbergs interview with the Forward has been edited for length and clarity.

Forward: In the aftermath of the shooting, how is the Buffalo Jewish Federation responding?

Goldberg: The Federation and our JCRC put out a statement yesterday. It was important for us to express a message that we stand shoulder to shoulder, and arm in arm, with our Black community, which was the target of this horrific terrorist attack.

We have been developing and nurturing relationships with Black leadership since the onset of the JCRC five years ago. In 2017, we took a trip to Israel; we had 24 clergy, over a third of whom were Black clergy from our community, several of whom have churches or a presence on the East Side of Buffalo. The relationships that were developed on the bus, at the Wall, over breakfast have helped us during this crisis. We reached out to them, and we are taking our lead from what they feel is needed at this point.

Its a two-pronged approach. Food insecurity is a major issue for that part of our community because this grocery store is the only one in that part of the East Side. The people in that neighborhood depend on that store to provide them with not only food, but other kinds of goods diapers, formula, prescription medicine. The store is closed indefinitely because its now a crime scene, so theres been a real concern about making sure that people in those communities have access to those resources. Even though the market is providing shuttle buses to other locations, were working closely with the community and channeling our community members to make contributions of both food and financial resources toFeedMore WNY.

The second thing is to be a presence for the community to show up. And so we moved very quickly Sunday morning to get members of the Jewish community to come to an impromptu prayer vigil that we found out about late Saturday night. We had two dozen people there that were part of a crowd of about 150 to 175. It was important that we were there.

What other community needs is the Federation trying to meet?

I think whats going to emerge from this incident is an opportunity for a more open dialogue between the Black community and the white community, between the Black community and law enforcement all these issues that sort of bubble to the surface when something like this happens. We have been present, and we will continue to lend our voice our voice of calm, our voice of love, our voice of care.

Its the core value of Jewish community relations as we try to dotikkun olam, repair the world, and so were going to live that out. And were going to embrace any opportunity to be of more assistance.

What effect is this work having on you?

Our hearts are broken. It was very emotional to be part of the prayer vigil on Sunday; its a clarion call for us to do more to not stand by the sidelines and just watch, but to be involved based on how we can be most helpful.

How can Jews outside of Buffalo support the Buffalo community right now?

Checking in with us, asking How are you doing? and What can we do to be helpful? is so meaningful. And Ive been steering people tothis Facebook post that has a variety of different organizations that are providing food resources. Thats where the need is right now.

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PUNTA DEL ESTE, Uruguay (JTA) The upscale Uruguayan coastal resort city of Punta del Este checks a lot of boxes for 18-year-old Argentine Sofia Grosz: gorgeous beaches, vibrant nightlife, a hub for many of her Jewish school friends from Buenos Aires.

Coming here, its almost a tradition in our family, said Grosz, who belongs to the famed Hacoaj Jewish sport and community center back home and graduated from a Jewish high school last year.

Shes not alone Punta del Este has long been a haven for tens of thousands of Jews, many of them Argentines, each summer (which ended recently in the southern hemisphere).

In addition to the ritzy beach attractions people like Mark Zuckerberg, Ralph Lauren and Shakira have vacationed here the citys laidback mood, natural beauty and low crime rate has been a selling point to Latin American Jews for decades. Jewish developers, whose presence can be traced back to Argentine businessman Mauricio Litman, who founded the Cantegrill Country Club in 1950, were also heavily involved in the citys physical growth. The Cantegrill still stands, full of Jews who play golf or cards, and now there are things like a Jewish film festival and a local kosher pizza restaurant, opened in 2012 by Levi Shemtov, nephew of the well-known Washington, D.C.-based rabbi of the same name.

But for many Jewish families, the city located about two hours east of the capital Montevideo is changing from summer getaway to year-round home: its permanent Jewish population has doubled from around 300 families to 600 since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.

Punta del Este sits on the southern coast of Uruguay. (Dikobraziy/Getty Images)

The trend isnt stopping anytime soon, said Fabian Schamis, executive director of the local Comunidad Israelita de Punta del Este, or CIPEMU, a Jewish communal organization that was created in 2005 and now boasts over 1,500 year-round members who take part in its cultural programming and Shabbat on the beach nights. The Jewish influx during the summer is estimated at around 40,000.

Most of the new permanent residents are from Argentina, where the pandemic has raged, and where a mix of growing inflation, devaluation of the national currency and high tax rates had contributed to a recession in recent years.

Since 2020 we have been receiving a massive influx of people, almost 100% from Argentina, Schamis told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency. We are talking of residents, not tourists. The pandemic also accelerated certain dissatisfaction that Argentines had for political reasons, economics, insecurity and other reasons [in their own country], and they chose to move here to Punta del Este, where we have an oasis in all these aspects.

The citys first fully kosher restaurant is named Brooklyn. (Juan Melamed)

Increased school options have added to the attraction, local Jews say. There is no Jewish day school, but Jewish students are changing the makeup of the rest of the citys schools, such as the International College (IC) Punta del Este which opened in 2018 and is owned by Rolando Rozenblum, a current CIPEMU board member and former president.

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The international K-12 school had over 600 students this year from 28 countries, including the United States. Rozenblum says the student body is about 10% Jewish. CIPEMU says it will do a demographic study this year to obtain more precise Jewish community numbers.

CIPEMU holds Shabbat events on the beach. (CIPEMU)

Rozenblum, a businessman and community leader, is also involved in another noteworthy local institution: the first Trump tower in South America, which after nearly a decade of setbacks is set to open in August. Rozenblum bought an apartment in the tower and is helping its local developers the Trump organization only licensed its name for use and is not involved in the projects logistics prepare for its opening.

The tower includes 160 apartments that cost around $5,000 per square meter, and includes an indoor tennis court designed by Argentine Jewish player Martin Jaite, a former top-10 pro. Around 60% of the buyers are Argentines, and the rest are from Uruguay, Brazil, Europe and the United States.

The Trump name is still an important global real estate brand, Rozenblum said. We need for developers to start to build this type of high-level building also prepared for the winter, not only focused on the amenities for the summer. That is the next step.

Argentines have been flocking for years to Uruguay, whose center-right president Luis Lacalle Pou, in power since March 2020, is leading a more free and pro-market government. Uruguay offered new residents a 10-year tax holiday, and some tourists simply decided not to leave when COVID first locked them in place.

A view of the first building with the Trump name in South America, in Punta del Este. (Courtesy of Trump Tower Punta del Este)

This movement is reasonable and follows the migratory and investment trends towards Uruguay, a country that we see with very good eyes for Jews to settle in, Ariel Stofenmacher, rector of the Latin American Rabbinical Seminar, told JTA in December 2020, in announcing the institutions expansion to Uruguay.

Punta del Este now has three synagogues two are Sephardic Orthodox and one is affiliated with the Hasidic Chabad-Lubavitch movement. As an example of how the city brings together a mix of Argentine, Brazilian and Uruguayan Jews, the prominent Brazilian Safra banking family helped to build a temple here, which, during the summer, is attended mostly by Argentines.

Now I can proudly say that if you come from a big Jewish city like Buenos Aires to this little tiny beach town, you can keep your Jewish flame glowing, Rozenblum said.

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The entrance to Venice's Jewish ghetto is through a small alley off a street of shops and restaurants. This is the view looking out to the street. (Nancy Montgomery/Stars and Stripes)

Tucked away in a corner of Venices Cannaregio district is what was once both a thriving center of Jewish life and a prison.

In 1516, its ghetto becameone of the first places in Europe wherepeople were forcibly segregated because of their religion. The gates of the Jewish quarter were locked at night.

But the Venice ghetto also served for centuries as a center for Jewish culture asJews from Spain, Germany, France, the Levant and southern Italy fled even worse conditions: expulsion, forced baptism and the Inquisition.

At its height in the 17th century, the ghetto was home to 5,000 people living in an area of 1.25 acres.

The German synagogue in Venice's Jewish ghetto, right, was built by Ashkenazi Jews in 1528. Now closed for restoration, it is the oldest of five temples in the ghetto, and despite its shabby outward appearance is said to be lovely inside. (Nancy Montgomery/Stars and Stripes)

Venice's Jewish quarter contains kosher restaurants and bakeries. (Nancy Montgomery/Stars and Stripes)

The gates are gone now, torn down by Napoleon in 1797. Few Jews still live there. But the Jewish quarter remains, along with kosher restaurants, bakeries, a museum and five Renaissance-era synagogues, unprepossessing from the outside yet majestic within, wherethe various original nationalities worshipped.

Exploring the synagogues German, Levantine, Spanish, Canton and Italian requires being part of a guided tour, which costs 10 euros and is provided by the Jewish museum, theMuseo Ebraico.

But when I arrived on a recent weekday, I learned that the museum and all but one synagogue were closed for restoration.Our group, as well as a number of school groups, bought tickets for the 40-minute tour anyway.

First we walked around the Campo del Ghetto Nuovo, the areas main plaza, where our guide described the history of the ghetto, its inhabitants relationship to other Venetiansand its five synagogues.

Jewish merchants and others were allowed outside the gates in the daytime, but they had to wear identifying yellow hats, he said. Highly prized Jewish doctors, some ofwhom ministered to royalty and popes, wore black hats, he continued.

Inside the Levantine synagogue in Venice. Its hushed and glowing from natural light and candelabra reflecting off the dark, intricate woodworking. The synagogue is one of five located in the citys former Jewish ghetto. (Nancy Montgomery/Stars and Stripes)

The temples were built on the top floors of tenements to align with rules that synagogues be the tallest buildings in a given area, the guide said. They were plain on the outside so as not to draw attention to themselves, the guide said.

By the timeGerman troops occupied the city in 1943, about 1,200 Jews were living in Venice.Between Nov. 9, 1943, and Aug. 17, 1944, 205 people were deported toextermination camps; eight returned, according to the Virtual Jewish Library.

Our guide opined that many Venetian Jews were spared from the Nazi death camps because Mussolinis mistress was a Venetian.

But according to Yad Vashem, Italys Jews received comparatively more protection from their Italian neighbors than their counterparts in other countries.

They were also helped by the fact that by 1943, the Allies were already fighting and winning on Italiansoil, according to Yad Vashem.Whats more, one story is that beloved, secular Jewish doctor Giuseppe Jona helped save Venetian Jews by destroying lists of patients and committing suicide before the Nazis could interrogate him.

The Holocaust is commemorated in the main plaza in Venice's Jewish ghetto. Created in 1980 by the artist Arbit Blatas, it consists of bronze panels depicting the 205 Venetian Jewish victims of the Nazi deportation. Of those, eight survived. (Nancy Montgomery/Stars and Stripes)

Also, Mussolinis mistress was Roman, according to historians.

Near the end of the tour, we ventured into the Levantine synagogue, a nondescript yellow stone building. Its top-floor temple wasbathed in the glow of candelabra, with red-curtained windows, a marble floor,an ornate ceiling and dark, finely carved woodworking.

Founded in 1541, it wasthe first in the ghetto that was a new building and not an adaptation of a preexisting structure.

It was rebuilt more grandly in the 17th century to compete with the Spanish synagogue, and according to our guide,it is the most beautiful of the five.

It was an interesting way to spend time in the city, one Id be happy to repeat when the restorations are complete.

The ornate cabinet or ark inside the Levantine synagogue in Venice's Jewish ghetto is used to enshrine the sacred Torah scrolls used for worship. (Nancy Montgomery/Stars and Stripes)

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Address: Campo di Ghetto Nuovo, 2902, b, Venice, Italy

Cost: 10 euros

Hours: Museum ticket office and bookshop, Sunday through Friday, 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m.; guided tours in English: 11 a.m., 12 p.m., 2 p.m., 3 p.m.

Contact information: +39 041715359; http://www.museoebraico.it/en/museum/

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