Simona Cosentino, Nottingham Trent University Every October, Kolkata, the “city of joy” and capital of West Bengal in India, lights up to celebrate Durga Puja. The festival is dedicated to the...
If, somehow, Ren Gill has not been all over your TikTok feed in the last few weeks, and you haven’t seen him perform Hi Ren, now is the time. But brace yourself. It is harrowing. Hi Ren is not a...
Priest, the 1994 film written by Jimmy McGovern and directed by Antonia Bird, meant a lot to me as a young adult trying to emerge from Roman Catholicism into a place where I could be ok with being...
Call me a snob, but I don’t think people should be commenting on the style in which the French host their Olympics if they don’t know who Joan of Arc was, or, for that matter, what kind of songs...
Atalia Omer, University of Notre Dame In April 2024, during Passover, a group of American rabbis approached a border crossing in Israel. Affiliated with Rabbis for Ceasefire, the group joined Jewish...
Welcome to the next in the Podcast Showcase series, where we share podcasts with you in the words of the podcasters themselves. This time, we talk to The Book of Life: A Podcast About Jewish Kidlit...
In the popularized American version of Christmas, the religious celebration displays many natural and cultural aspects of Western Europe. Think of snow, a fir tree, and reindeer; or Christmas...
Pardis Mahdavi, The University of Montana Shouts of “death to the dictator” and “woman, life, freedom” are reverberating throughout the streets of Iran following the death of Mahsa Amini, a...
Literature confronts reality, creative freedom, ideas and beliefs. But many would argue that there is a line between creativity/communication and respect for the traditions and creeds of others. In...
Welcome to the next in the Podcast Showcase series, where we share podcasts with you in the words of the podcasters themselves. This time, we talk to Let's Talk About Sects Sum up your podcast in...
