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Shattered Prayers TURKEY Overlooking the Golden Horn, the Galata district of Istanbul has been a multicultural neighborhood for more than 600 years. Last week the Jewish communities in Galata and nearby Sisli were targeted when simultaneous car-bomb blasts destroyed two synagogues, killing at least 20 people and wounding some 250 others. Ali Ozudogru, who runs a small chandelier business, was one of the first at the scene at the Neve Shalom synagogue. "Arms and legs and bits of flesh were everywhere," he says. "I saw one person totally burnt, with just his eyes moving." A group calling itself...
Overlooking Istanbul's Golden Horn, the historic neighborhood of Galata, founded as a Genoese trading port in the 14th century, has long served as a sanctuary for ethnic groups from around the world. Germans, French, British, Armenians, Greeks, Hungarians and Poles once lived there; Jews first settled in the area after fleeing the Spanish Inquisition in 1492. These days Turkey's Jewish community keeps a low profile, however. Galata's Neve Shalom synagogue, the city's largest, is barely visible behind facade of corrugated iron, security cameras and private security guards. Two Turkish policeman had kept watch outside. Both were...
...when the second-period horn sounded with the Crimson still ahead 2-1, history said this one was over. It wasn?...
...evening’s attention in the piece “Vier Gesänge, Opus 17.” The sixty chorus women were joined by Remy on harp and Deborah L. Harrison ’05 and Jonathan S. McPhie ’05 on French horn. The ethereal quality of the chorus’ vocals was supported by the solid tones of the small instrumental ensemble. Harrison and McPhie harmonized beautifully with each other as well as with the chorus...
...listen to the rest of the orchestra even better. While I wait, my ear can tune in to any of the other sections, listening to the moving line in the cellos, the lilting, almost drunken-sounding flute solo or even a few notes in the lowest French horn part that are clear to me, though lost in the texture to most casual listeners. Listening from inside the orchestra is much different from sitting in the audience. It’s an experience I haven’t had consistently for quite a while...