{Chanukah – And Diwali}[24th December 1987]

[Redbook4:257][19871224:1615]{Chanukah – And Diwali}[24th December 1987]

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I note:

(1) From a letter of Mr. Lev Shapiro in The Times yesterday: that December 16^th was 'on the time of Chanukah, which is a real symbol of miracles and freedom for Jews'.

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(2) From The Times back page today, that Diwali, the Hindu festival of light[,] begins in the Autumn (and now in Southall continues into the festivities of Christmas).

It is astonishing that with all my books on different religions, I have never heard of (or have forgotten) these festivals. Too rarefied,** perhaps?

*And what is the Muslim 'Ids'?

**[The books, presumably.]

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