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Community Celebrations: Ash Wednesday and the Lenten Season

A time of repentance and renewal

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Community Celebrations: Ramadan

A time to give back and invest in religious activities

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Community Celebrations: Hanukkah

Hanukkah: Celebrating the Re-Dedication of the Holy Temple From the evening of December 25, 2024 through January 2, 2025 Jews around the world will celebrate Hanukkah. Hanukkah means “dedication” in English, and celebrates the re-dedication of the holy temple in Jerusalem. It was destroyed by the Greeks, who were subsequently

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Community Celebrations: Kwanzaa

Kwanzaa: Celebrating African and African-American Culture This seven-day festival celebrates African-American and pan-African culture with food, poetry, music, dance, and activities organized around the Seven Principles, a set of values those who celebrate endeavor to embody: * UMOJA – Unity * KUJICHAGULIA – Self-Determination * UJIMA – Collective Work & Responsibility * UJAMAA – Cooperative Economics * NIA – Purpose

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Community Celebrations: Christmas

Christmas: A Season of Hope and Generosity Perhaps the most well-known winter holiday in our community, Christmas has parallel and intertwined meanings in today’s society. A celebration of winter, family, and togetherness, Christmas also is considered to mark the birth of the Christian prophet, Jesus. Families celebrate the holiday

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Community Celebrations: Columbus Day/Indigenous People's Day

Columbus Day Columbus Day has been celebrated in some form for over two centuries in the United States. Many have considered it a celebration of the start of life as we know it in the Americas. Many still observe Columbus day in celebration of the accomplishments of Italian Americans and

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Community Celebrations: Rosh Hashanah & Yom Kippur

Join neighbors to celebrate Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur in Burlington by learning about the traditions of this holiday of renewal.

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Community Celebrations: Quock Walker Day/Massachusetts Emancipation Day

On July 8, Massachusetts celebrates Quock Walker Day, also known as Massachusetts Emancipation Day.

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Community Celebrations: Independence Day

Celebrated on July 4 each year, United States Independence Day marks the day the Declaration of Independence was ratified by the first 13 American colonies. According to History.com, the idea of complete independence of the colonies from Britain was originally considered to be radical, but the concept grew on