Word: sceptered
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Dates: during 1924-1924
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...Manhattan, his mural in the Boston Public Library, entitled The Synagogue, was found to be splashed with ink. The painting, representing a woman on the steps of a ruined temple, her crown falling from her head, and clutching in her arms the tablets of Moses and a broken scepter, has been the subject of violent controversy between the civil authorities and prominent Jews who regard it as an insult to their faith. The identity of the ink-thrower is as yet unrevealed, but His aim was not equal to his ardor. The damage to the canvas is confined to some...