Indian Orthodoxy in the Bronx
The hand bell rings, signalling the beginning of Sunday school. “Stand up please!” Headmaster George Samuel walks through the rows...
View ArticleThe Hymns of Kirtan
Joginder Singh Malhi sits cross-legged with a pair of hand drums in front of him. His long grey beard vibrates...
View ArticleThe Alif, Ba, Ta’s of the Quran
On a Sunday morning, six-year-old Maeyeshah Monawasah bursts through the doorway of the Muslim school. As she is late, she...
View ArticleBharatnatyam: Dancing for the Divine
In the basement of the Ganesh Temple in Flushing, a group of young girls are gathered. Each of the children...
View ArticleHeart and hand in Coptic Queens
NEW YORK — Outside, it was a quiet and nearly frigid Saturday morning in Queens – distinguished only, and only maybe, by […]
View ArticleHalal and a holy book: The Islamic Center at NYU serves up weekly spiritual...
NEW YORK — Just after 7 p.m., Sheikh Faiyaz Jaffer enters the fourth-floor conference room at the New York University […]
View ArticleThe value of Shabbat, as illustrated by The Twilight Zone
In the minutes after the Shabbat evening service ended and before the rabbi started his teaching, the atmosphere at Congregation […]
View ArticleIn New York, a Druze Leader Keeps Her Faith Alive
Sahar Muakasa’s eyes grew wide with wonder as she flipped through the carefully scanned pages of one of the six […]
View ArticleA church of many languages thrives in Brooklyn
The sounds of Arabic and Syriac could be heard at Our Lady of Lebanon, the Maronite Cathedral in Brooklyn Heights […]
View ArticleFor Shia Muslims, a special place for Fatimah, daughter of Muhammad
It’s noon on a Friday. Dozens of men in baseball caps and kufis overflow from the men’s section into the […]
View ArticleRedemption in a Quran class on the Upper East Side
Standing under an illustration of a boy brushing his teeth, changing his clothes, folding them neatly and “making wudoo” (ablution), […]
View ArticleSikhs in Queens Pay Tribute to Prominent Figures Old and New
On Sunday at The Sikh Cultural Society gurdwara at 118th Street in South Richmond Hill, Queens, a crowd of Sikh […]
View ArticleSocial Justice Meets the Mass
Counting hymnal mentions, the word ‘mercy’ was intoned 37 times during the 9 a.m. service on a recent Sunday at […]
View ArticleThe Meaning of Purim, the Jewish Identity
On Saturday evening, the Orthodox Jewish community of the Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun gathers in the Synagogue to close Shabbat with […]
View ArticleIn Harlem, Sunday School Students Contemplate Justice
The first Sunday in March was the end of an era in the life of Mount Neboh Baptist Church […]
View ArticleLearning Forgiveness in the Age of Cancel Culture
As the seventh Psalm wraps up, representing the seventh day of the week, the congregation at Stephen Wise Free Synagogue […]
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