New York

As a 20-something living in New York City, Chelsea Luger tried out more fitness classes than you can imagine."I really should have started a blog about that," she laughs on a call to mbg. But when Luger started to think a little more critically about...

(RNS) — Once a fringe spiritual practice, witchcraft has become a key, and increasingly popular, component of feminist political resistance. Source: Witchcraft becomes a political stance — and a booming business - Religion News Service

(RNS) – The Brooklyn Historical Society's new digital archive of 50 interviews with local Muslims can help "change the narrative" surrounding American Muslims, oral historian Zaheer Ali said. Source: Brooklyn Muslims document their past and present in new...

Statement from OU and RCA: “Prayers must go hand-in-hand with availing oneself of medical science, including vaccination.” Source: Jewish Groups Urge Parents To Vaccinate Kids – The Forward

School food inclusivity rally (@safest) We as faith leaders are most privileged to cooperate on a project that will benefit our respective communities. For far too long, students who follow religious dietary guidelines have found their public school...

Six years ago, local children’s author Jane Zalben was in line at Brooklyn’s classic Sahadi’s purchasing ingredients for Rosh Hashanah while a woman wearing a hijab stood in line next to her. Zalben marveled at the experience – how a Middle Eastern grocer...

Following city report, growing pressure on Hasidic yeshivas for education reform. Source: Yeshiva Reform Pressure Grows After New York Report – The Forward

Just about every culture in the world is represented in New York City. But so many people are still misunderstood, which can cause confrontations or worse. The city is trying to fix the problems, starting in the classroom. Source: To foster cultural...

Source: Indian-American Becomes First Turbaned Sikh Woman In NYPD | HuffPost