The early morning sun warmed the cottonwood saplings as volunteers from the Jewish and Muslim communities of New Mexico gathered along the Rio Grande. They…
A small ceremony near Shiprock in northwestern New Mexico marked the beginning of a quiet experiment. Members of the Jewish Federation of New Mexico knelt…
In a sun-soaked studio outside Santa Fe, a glassblower shapes molten sand into vessels that eventually travel thousands of kilometres to Seder tables. The work…
In a converted adobe clinic off Route 66, a Jewish pediatrician has begun guiding teenagers through sun salutations before opening a Chumash. Dr. Rebecca…
For centuries, a family in Bernalillo, New Mexico, carried traces of Jewish ancestry through silence, family customs and carefully guarded memories. Their…
Friday mornings in Albuquerque start early, and for one family kitchen on a quiet stretch of Lead Avenue they begin before sunrise. By the time the rest of the…
At a school library in Santa Fe, a carefully assembled shelf is helping young people encounter Holocaust history through individual lives. The collection…
In Santa Fe, a group of Jewish volunteers is turning yarn, time and careful handwork into small gifts for new Israel Defense Forces soldiers. Their knitted…
Before sunrise in Las Cruces, the ovens at Desert Bloom Bakery begin warming the small commercial kitchen. By the time the first customers arrive, the air…
A Jewish rabbi in Albuquerque writes about the spiritual lessons of the landscape because the high desert refuses to stay in the background. Its wide skies,…