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A STORY OF LIGHT AND HOPE Doug Lipman spins a tale for Hanukkah
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The story of the Baal Shem Tov, who founded the Hasidic movement in
Judaism, is one of light and hope, an appropriate tale to be spun at
Hanukkah, which begins this year on Tuesday. It's a simple tale,
according to storyteller Doug Lipman, who will perform "The Soul of
Hope: An Epic Tale of the Baal Shem Tov" tonight at 7 at the
Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center. But it has been a long and
emotional road to this stage.
"In order to keep hope alive, the Baal Shem Tov had to do four
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