Covering Religion in Israel/Palestine
- Day 7: ‘The past is my ID’: A visit to Dheisheh refugee campby Babette StolkThe wheels of the Lilian, our trusted bus, spun on empty streets this morning. It was Saturday, Shabbat — the […]
- Day 6: Breaking Bread in Bethlehem, ‘Holy FOMO’ in Jerusalem by Anvita Patwardhan and Hanna Nebiyu VioqueOn Friday, we met tour guide Saleem Anfous, who took us through the Old City of Bethlehem. Our first task […]
- Day 5: Reporting in Jerusalem, and a View Behind the Wallby Laura EspositoAfter days of gloomy skies, the sun returned to Bethlehem and Jerusalem, just in time for our first day of […]
- Day 4: Rain on the stones of Jerusalem: On the ground in the Old Cityby Fiona André and Greg DobakThe early-morning sun reflected off the rows of white houses of Bethlehem as we started the day. Storm clouds started […]
- Day 3: Baptisms in the Jordan and the View From an Israeli Settlementby Noelle Videon and Henrietta McFarlaneIn the trusty hands of Zaki, our driver from East Jerusalem, we loaded into our big blue bus and departed […]
- Day 2: From Mary’s Well, to a Church Halfway House to an Ahmadi Mosqueby Ania Gruszczynska and Nora Zaim-SassiBy Ania Gruszczynska and Nora Zaim-Sassi This morning, we met Bassam Hakim, our tour guide around Nazareth. Hakim grew up […]
- Day 1: In the Footsteps of Christian Pilgrimsby Heerea RikhrajThe New Testament describes the miracles Jesus performed — many of them near the Sea of Galilee, in the northwestern […]
Covering Religion in New York
- ‘A Most Beloved Part of Our Service’:The Slow Procession to the Ark in a Sephardic Synagogueby Henrietta McFarlaneOn a January morning at a synagogue on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, Rabbi Ira Rohde, and behind him, Rabbi Dr. […]
- Teaching Zohar through a Progressive Jewish Lensby Nora Zaim-SassiSacred and mystical Jewish texts are usually studied at home or in the synagogue. But on a recent evening in […]
- Druze Faith: A Philosophy Carried From Past to Present by Babette StolkMembers of the Druze faith are scattered all over New York City; there is no house of worship where they […]
- The Upshernish: A Celebratory Haircut Connecting Father to Son, Teacher to Studentby Noelle VideonIn his three years of life, Yechiel Zeev Mergui’s mocha-colored hair had never met a scissor’s blades. The untouched strands […]
- Drawing the Iconostasis: A Teaching Moment for a Russian Orthodox Sunday School Classby Sarah CutlerA brief and sparsely attended English-language service had just ended at the Saint Nicholas Russian Orthodox Cathedral, and the larger […]