On Orthodox Christmas:An author of the blog, I, received an email from a colleague from the Occupied Palestinian Territories. My mother is Russian Orthodox. Russians, Arabs, Greeks, and Orthodox Christians celebrate Christmas on a different day, the 7th of January. This line really struck me.
"Thanks so much, yes it was the Orthodox Christmas here yeserday, but no one celebrated,we are all mourning." The email is of course private, but I feel that it was very important to share this line. I think the West Bank and Gaza have been visited by the Grinch. He actually stole Christmas this time.
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