{"id":5281,"date":"2013-01-20T16:54:36","date_gmt":"2013-01-20T21:54:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/?p=5281"},"modified":"2013-01-20T16:56:09","modified_gmt":"2013-01-20T21:56:09","slug":"football-sunday-touro-synagogue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/?p=5281","title":{"rendered":"FOOTBALL SUNDAY AND TOURO SYNAGOGUE"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-5281 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/foxboro-1-13-13-1600451.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/foxboro-1-13-13-1600451-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5282\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/foxboro-1-13-13-1600451-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/foxboro-1-13-13-1600451-48x48.jpg 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5282'>\n\t\t\t\tPATRIOT FANS\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/touro-1-20-13-pano.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/touro-1-20-13-pano-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5283\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/touro-1-20-13-pano-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/touro-1-20-13-pano-48x48.jpg 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5283'>\n\t\t\t\tTOURO SYNAGOGUE\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/touro-synagogue-1-20-13-160752.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/touro-synagogue-1-20-13-160752-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/touro-synagogue-1-20-13-160752-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/touro-synagogue-1-20-13-160752-48x48.jpg 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5284'>\n\t\t\t\tTOURO SYNAGOGUE EXTERIOR\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/touro-synagogue-1-20-13-160764.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/touro-synagogue-1-20-13-160764-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/touro-synagogue-1-20-13-160764-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/touro-synagogue-1-20-13-160764-48x48.jpg 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5285'>\n\t\t\t\tBEMA IN FOREGROUND\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/touro-synagogue-1-20-13-160777.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/touro-synagogue-1-20-13-160777-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/touro-synagogue-1-20-13-160777-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/touro-synagogue-1-20-13-160777-48x48.jpg 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' 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Who will play two weeks from now? We will know by tonight.<\/p>\n<p>Today I visited the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tourosynagogue.org\">Touro Synagogue<\/a>, I have not been for a very long time. The Synagogue has undergone significant restoration since then. Restoration is always a difficult path. It is so easy to make the restoration too new. The patina from years of use, has it&#8217;s own story to tell and can be easily lost in the process. Touro is no exception. Carpet covers the original floor; but it needs to be protected. It is unlikely I will ever see it again. Twenty some layers of paint covered the interior. It was stripped and a choice was made about the color it would be re-painted. The color that George Washington would have seen when he visited in 1790.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you are the least bit interested in sports, you are watching television, unless of course you have tickets to the GAME. Who will play two weeks from now? We will know by tonight. Today I visited the Touro Synagogue, I have not been for a very long time. The Synagogue has undergone significant restoration &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/?p=5281\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">FOOTBALL SUNDAY AND TOURO SYNAGOGUE<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1563],"tags":[2624],"class_list":["post-5281","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-touro-synagogue","tag-touro-synagogue"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5281","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5281"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5281\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5288,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5281\/revisions\/5288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}