Insights

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A Jewish Lawyer's Albuquerque Mission for Central American Asylum SeekersIn the high desert of Albuquerque, where sunsets spill pink over the Sandia Mountains, a lawyer spends her evenings not chasing billable hours but writing…
Jewish Values Shape a New Sanctuary in the Jemez MountainsHigh in the ponderosa and piñon forests of northern New Mexico, a stretch of canyon country long used for sheep grazing and timber has begun a quiet…
A Rosh Hashanah Service Featuring a Corn Mazel Tov Honey TastingIn the high desert of New Mexico, where the cottonwoods turn gold and the harvest moon hangs low over the Sandias, a synagogue has reimagined what it means to…
A Jewish Family in Hobbs and the Ranchers Who Feed Their Kosher TableThe Rosenberg family has lived in Hobbs for three generations. Sarah and David Rosenberg raise their four children in a quiet neighborhood near the New…
Bonfires, bows and stone walls: a Lag B'Omer hike for Jewish scoutsIn the high desert of southwestern New Mexico, the Gila Cliff Dwellings rise from a canyon wall like a stone honeycomb, built by the Mogollon people nearly…
Hebrew Letters Meet Desert Sands: A Cross-Cultural Classroom in GallupIn a small adobe classroom not far from the historic El Rancho Hotel, a Jewish educator in Gallup has turned the surrounding high desert into an unlikely…
The El Rey Theater’s Jewish Echoes Across Albuquerque Screen CultureOn Central Avenue in Albuquerque, the El Rey Theater stands among the surviving landmarks of the city’s Route 66 landscape. Its illuminated façade, intimate…
From furrow to food pantryAcross northern New Mexico, in the high desert valleys where chile peppers, garlic, and stone fruit have long been cultivated by generations of small-scale…
The Jewish Chef Bringing Fusion Flavours to RuidosoIn the mountain community of Ruidoso, New Mexico, a kosher food truck has become an unexpected meeting place for Jewish diners, curious locals and visitors…
Healing generations: inside a Santa Fe group for Shoah descendantsIn the adobe light of northern New Mexico, a small gathering unfolds each fortnight in a Santa Fe therapist's office. The participants carry something they did…