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<Title>Happy Double Heritage Month  from The Lunar Collective!</Title>
<Tagline>The only organization by and for Asian American Jews!</Tagline>
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    <p>Happy Double Heritage Month!<br><br>At <a href="https://www.weareasianjews.org/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">LUNAR</a>, we honor both our Asian and Jewish heritage year-round, but we like to get extra loud and proud in May because it's both Asian American &amp; Pacific Islander Heritage Month AND Jewish American Heritage Month!</p>
    
    <p><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/2a4a34_84652ebc89734c60be5bc41a1f986901~mv2.png/v1/crop/x_0,y_5,w_2485,h_1629/fill/w_720,h_472,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/Untitled_Artwork%202.png" alt="Asian and Jewish cultural symbolism" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><br><br>We coined the term "Double Heritage Month", not only to celebrate the serendipity of both heritage months occurring together, but also because we truly view our multiple cultures as "double", not "half / half". So join us this month and beyond in celebrating double the traditions, double the ancestral legacies, and double the community, here at LUNAR.</p>
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<Summary>Happy Double Heritage Month!  At LUNAR, we honor both our Asian and Jewish heritage year-round, but we like to get extra loud and proud in May because it's both Asian American &amp; Pacific...</Summary>
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