Religion

Yeshiva Yanks Secular Course, Defying City’s Drawn-Out Probe Into Religious Schools

Feb. 2, 2022, 6:28 p.m.Feb. 2, 2022, 6:46 p.m.

A Jewish school in Brooklyn recently told parents it will stop teaching secular studies to eighth graders, according to a new complaint filed by an education advocacy group.

Schools

Push to Make Diwali a NYC Public School Holiday is Starting to See Some Light

Nov. 3, 2021, 8:04 p.m.March 14, 2024, 2:22 p.m.

Mayor-elect Eric Adams has vowed to give a public school day off for the festival of lights, and Rep. Carolyn Maloney is proposing a national holiday. But this year, Diwali falls on a parents-teacher conference day for hundreds of thousands of students.

9/11

How Bullying and Spying on Muslims After 9/11 Spawned a Justice-Seeking Generation

Sept. 7, 2021, 8:23 p.m.March 14, 2024, 2:22 p.m.

The exposure of the NYPD’s sprawling surveillance program is seen as a turning point for many in the Muslim and South Asian communities — a moment that galvanized neighbors to organize and become more civically engaged.

The Bronx

Keeping the Faith: South Bronx Church Moves Into New Home After Developer Fight

July 1, 2021, 7:04 p.m.July 1, 2021, 7:04 p.m.

Pastor Felix Gross last year thought he had been swindled out of his congregation’s property by developers just looking to make a buck. But they shook hands, buried the hatchet — and opened the new worship space for the flock.

Immigrants

New Yorkers Celebrate Biden’s End to Trump’s ‘Muslim’ Travel Ban and Rally for More Change

Jan. 21, 2021, 9:24 p.m.Jan. 22, 2021, 8:32 a.m.

Hopes for broader immigration reform rise as restrictions on visits from Yemen, Iran, Syria and other nations dissolve by order of the new president. Families are now planning reunions.

Life

As Their East Village Church Burned, a Congregation Asked: How Can We Help the Women Next Door?

Dec. 10, 2020, 7:59 p.m.Dec. 11, 2020, 9:55 a.m.

The Hopper Home women’s shelter shares a wall with the historic Middle Collegiate Church on Second Avenue. After a Dec. 5 fire left 22 residents with almost nothing, church made sure they got what they needed.

The Bronx

A Bronx Pastor Bargained for a New Church in Selling His Congregation’s Land. He Says He Has Nothing to Show for It.

Nov. 9, 2020, 9:03 p.m.Nov. 9, 2020, 9:03 p.m.

A developer promised space for Evangelical Church Disciples of Christ when it sold two lots for a city-backed affordable housing project. Five years later, the apartments are rented and the church operates elsewhere.

Life

Photos: NYC Day of the Dead Celebrations Honor Those Lost

Nov. 1, 2020, 5:13 p.m.Nov. 1, 2020, 5:13 p.m.

People have built altars across the New York City to lost loved ones. This year, the traditionally Mexican celebration takes on additional resonance.

Subway

MTA Inches Forward on Plan to Grab Property for Second Avenue Subway

Sept. 20, 2020, 7:14 p.m.Sept. 20, 2020, 9:37 p.m.

The transit officials have begun acquiring over a dozen properties. But potentially displaced residents likely have been given a reprieve by the agency’s financial collapse.

Religion

Yeshiva Yanks Secular Course, Defying City’s Drawn-Out Probe Into Religious Schools

Push to Make Diwali a NYC Public School Holiday is Starting to See Some Light

How Bullying and Spying on Muslims After 9/11 Spawned a Justice-Seeking Generation

Keeping the Faith: South Bronx Church Moves Into New Home After Developer Fight

New Yorkers Celebrate Biden’s End to Trump’s ‘Muslim’ Travel Ban and Rally for More Change

As Their East Village Church Burned, a Congregation Asked: How Can We Help the Women Next Door?

A Bronx Pastor Bargained for a New Church in Selling His Congregation’s Land. He Says He Has Nothing to Show for It.

Photos: NYC Day of the Dead Celebrations Honor Those Lost

MTA Inches Forward on Plan to Grab Property for Second Avenue Subway

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