As a Jewish student, I found the Jewish student organization, Hillel, to be a place where I could go each Shabbat to reflect on the week, laugh off the tough moments and relax with beloved friends. I loved not only our close-knit group, but also the sense of energy and sacred trust [...]
As 2012 Interfaith Harmony Week passes, I am inspired to look around my city and listen for the sound of voices coming together. Sadly, at this particular moment in time, New York City is in a tense moment of discord. This week, the city’s Muslim community and its allies are calling for the NYPD Police Commissioner [...]
The city of New York, it seems, is always in the news. From fashion and cuisine to finance and big business, this great city is often regarded as the quintessential American urban center unmatched by any other. It is not only an attractive option for the hundreds of thousands of immigrants entering the country each year, [...]
Now, more than ever, is the time for dialogue. The fires between New York City’s Muslim community and the New York Police Department have been stoked once again. Recent reports have revealed that the controversial film, “The Third Jihad”, which essentially claims Muslims are plotting a secret jihadist movement in the West, has been shown [...]
When our founding fathers, driven by religious persecution to a new continent, drafted the constitution, it was obvious they had in mind the religious and civil freedoms of every generation that lived after them. And for a while, as long as the country was unified in religious practice, tolerance was not that difficult to achieve. But [...]
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