Covering Religion in New York
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Muslim Students Lead Protest for Adequate Prayer Space at New York’s Baruch College
Thursday’s protest, coming on the final day of Ramadan, was one of the larger weekly protests students have organized over […]
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‘A Most Beloved Part of Our Service’:The Slow Procession to the Ark in a Sephardic Synagogue
On a January morning at a synagogue on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, Rabbi Ira Rohde, and behind him, Rabbi Dr. […]
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Teaching Zohar through a Progressive Jewish Lens
Sacred and mystical Jewish texts are usually studied at home or in the synagogue. But on a recent evening in […]
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Druze Faith: A Philosophy Carried From Past to Present
Members of the Druze faith are scattered all over New York City; there is no house of worship where they […]
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The Upshernish: A Celebratory Haircut Connecting Father to Son, Teacher to Student
In his three years of life, Yechiel Zeev Mergui’s mocha-colored hair had never met a scissor’s blades. The untouched strands […]
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Drawing the Iconostasis: A Teaching Moment for a Russian Orthodox Sunday School Class
A brief and sparsely attended English-language service had just ended at the Saint Nicholas Russian Orthodox Cathedral, and the larger […]