New York
On New York vaccine mandate, Gorsuch’s religious liberty maximalism comes up short
By Mark Silk — December 17, 2021
(RNS) — But the Supreme Court's free exercise jurisprudence needs fixing.
Muslims win office in US municipal elections in 2021
By Joseph Hammond — November 10, 2021
(RNS) — Three years after the first Muslim women were elected to Congress, successful campaigns in Michigan, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey and Pennsylvania put Muslims in key local offices.
‘Apostles of Change’ tells how secular Latino activists protested by seizing sacred spaces
By Alejandra Molina — July 6, 2021
(RNS) — ‘We know very little about Latino and Latina religious leaders that were prophets, that were religious radicals — people who stood up to faith and justice,’ said historian Felipe Hinojosa.
“In the Heights” is more Jewish than it seems
By Jeffrey Salkin — June 13, 2021
(RNS) — Your summer just got instantly better. Prepare to smile and weep.
Democrats defend a tax boon for rich homeowners
By Thomas Reese — May 12, 2021
(RNS) — Who could have thought that Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Donald Trump would be on the same page on anything?
In Ramadan’s spirit of hope, New York’s Muslims cautiously open mosques
By Zainab Iqbal — April 7, 2021
(RNS) — Last year, Ramadan fell in the worst of the pandemic. Still haunted by the toll of the pandemic, some mosque leaders are following the guidance of local leaders.
Faith leaders’ year of pandemic: grief, solace, resilience
By Luis Andres Henao, David Crary, and Mariam Fam — March 13, 2021
(AP) — The pandemic, said one assistant pastor, "has called us to rethink and re-imagine what our philosophy of ministering really is in the age of COVID."
Cornel West returns to Union Theological Seminary after Harvard tenure dispute
By Alejandra Molina — March 8, 2021
(RNS) — The move comes after West had threatened to leave Harvard University, which he said denied his request to be considered for tenure.
Muslim candidate for Manhattan DA runs to give victims of system a ‘seat at the table’
By Zainab Iqbal — March 5, 2021
(RNS) — ‘Tahanie is New York personified,’ said Aboushi’s friend Linda Sarsour. ‘She is kind, humble, but also unbought and unbossed.’
Buddhist temple food pantry a lifeline for Nepalese students
By Luis Andres Henao and Jessie Wardarski — February 15, 2021
NEW YORK (AP) — The United Sherpa Association launched the food program from scratch last April as the coronavirus was ravaging the borough and other parts of the city.
Jewish health system accused of vaccine violations is a case of solidarity gone wrong
By Brad Hirschfield — December 28, 2020
(RNS) — The real moral hazard they've fallen into is building a faith identity or communal solidarity on otherness, victimhood or grievance.
Fleshly sacraments in a viral, virtual world
By Tara Isabella Burton — April 7, 2020
(RNS) — Marrying in Central Park in the middle of a quarantine, we inadvertently found ourselves something of an attraction for all of New York City.
While we make the best of a pandemic, coronavirus is making the best of us
By Tara Isabella Burton — March 18, 2020
(RNS) — The past few weeks have put the lie to our illusions of self-sufficiency. We have always been responsible to one another for everything. We’re just noticing it now.
Buffalo bishop resigns under fire for handling of misconduct
By Nicole Winfield — December 4, 2019
NEW YORK (AP) — Bishop Richard Malone of Buffalo stepped aside amid mounting calls for his ouster from his staff, priests and public over his handling of allegations of clergy sexual misconduct.
When a Jewish magazine dies
By Jeffrey Salkin — November 5, 2019
(RNS) — Sh’ma, the 40-year-old journal of Reform Jewish thought, utters Sh’ma, the deathbed prayer. Don’t mourn too much. It did its job.
