A Tu Bishvat field trip to the Very Large Array to discuss the Divine in astronomy is an unusual kind of Jewish day outing. It brings the Jewish New Year,…
On a busy university campus, a well-planned Hillel event can still miss the people it hopes to reach. A student at the University of New Mexico saw that some…
Gallup did not begin as a shopping destination. Founded in 1881 as a railroad settlement in northern New Mexico, its first customers were railway workers,…
A community hall in Santa Fe fills with the sound of onions hitting a hot pan. Grated potatoes, eggs, crumbs and spoons of oil turn a simple preparation into a…
In New Mexico, a land dispute became more than a contest over boundaries. A Jewish rabbi and a Pueblo elder eventually stood together to co-lead a forgiveness…
At a dusty rodeo arena outside Santa Fe, a rider adjusts a saddle while families gather along the rail. The horses, bleachers and broad New Mexico sky provide…
On a quiet morning in Las Vegas, New Mexico—not the Nevada city—a small piece of dough receives its daily attention. The baker feeds a mature sourdough…
At a recent Shavuot gathering in Silver City, a local coffeehouse remained open well beyond its usual closing time. Pages of Hebrew and English, mugs, milk…
Shabbat begins at sunset on Friday and ends after nightfall on Saturday. For a Jewish volunteer firefighter in Bernalillo, that period can include an urgent…
The story of the Jewish school that operates out of a Quonset hut in Truth or Consequences is easy to reduce to a striking image: children learning inside a…