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Thirty students, professors and administrators jumped over a small bonfire in the Winthrop House courtyard last night to celebrate Nowruz, the Persian New Year...
...bonfire ritual, known as Chaharshanbe-souri, symbolizes the annual cleansing of the spirit and is an ancient Persian tradition which is still practiced in Iran, participant Masood Farivar '94 said...
...fire-jumping" event commemorates the Persian New Year which began on Sunday, the Spring Equinox...
...student president of Harvard Student Agencies offerred to buy us a full-page ad in The Crimson. The Appleton Club of Memorial Church volunteered to turn a student Bible study meeting into a fundraising gathering for us. Leaders of the Asian, Islamic, Persian, Jewish and many other communities reccomended volunteers who would eventually solicit...
...against Jews, he chose time, place and method well to produce the most inflammatory effect possible. What better time than a Friday, the Islamic holy day, during Ramadan, the month of fasting and prayer, the same day as the Jewish feast of Purim, which commemorates the killing of the Persian royal minister Haman and his followers before they could carry out a planned massacre of Jews? What better place than the Ibrahim Mosque, where Muslims pray at the Tomb of the Patriarchs -- a site thought to contain the graves of the prophets Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, guaranteed to draw...