For more than four decades, a small but devoted book fair has been drawing readers, writers, and curious browsers to the high desert of northern New Mexico.…
A Purim Spiel performed at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center with Pueblo dancers brought the Jewish story of Esther into conversation with movement from Pueblo…
For an older Jewish person in Albuquerque, a delivered meal can represent far more than lunch. It can support health, preserve dignity and provide a reassuring…
Inside a low-security dormitory at the Southern New Mexico Correctional Facility, a small circle of inmates gathered around a folding table strewn with…
In Las Cruces, a Jewish surgeon has found a practical expression of faith in places far beyond southern New Mexico. Through a synagogue, the physician helps…
Long before the sun crests the eastern horizon above Albuquerque, a small group of congregants from Congregation B'nai Israel gather in the gravel car park at…
At Friday sunset, a home in Mesilla, just outside Las Cruces, fills with the scent of roasted green chile, garlic and saffron. The Alvarez family brings…
At the New Mexico State Fair in Albuquerque, Clara Bernstein arranges small glass jars beside a cluster of blue ribbons. The honey is pale gold, intensely…
The hallway outside the chapel at the Santa Fe VA Medical Center is rarely quiet. Patients in wheelchairs, family members with coffee cups, and nurses between…
In Alamogordo, a city framed by the Sacramento Mountains and the wide desert of southern New Mexico, one judge carries a professional identity that crosses…