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The Reframing of Zeitgeist
In an article on Slate.com, Katy Waldman recalls how the term "Zeitgeist" used to carry meaning and depth: "A zeitgeist was a formidable thing. Matthew Arnold coined the term in 1848 to capture the …
A Conquest of the Skies
By Ameena Naqvi for KidSpirit's The Adventurous Spirit issue.
What are we searching for when we explore the unknown?
Humanity's interest in the unknown is universal and enduring.
Humans…
The Pandemic as Portal
I often return in moments of questioning to a quote from Arundhati Roy: "Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing." Roy is an Indian novelist, …
Basket on the River
By Zainab Umarfor KidSpirit's Storytelling and Narrative issue.
Almost as if it were part of the story itself, I can recall the day my mother told us the tale of Hazrat Musa like it happened jus…
The Story of Life and Death
By Fatima Kazim
Everyone’s life is a story
The Queen's Message
As millions of people world-wide mourn the death of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II, I remember her beautiful Christmas message from 2015. As the head of the Church of England, she was a devoted Chri…
"T" is for Transformation
So you must not be frightened . . . if a sadness rises up before you larger than any you have ever seen; if a restiveness, like light and cloud-shadows, passes over your hands and over all you do. Y…
The Whitney Plantation
Forty-six miles west of New Orleans, near Wallace, Louisiana, in St. John the Baptist Parish situated on the west bank of the Mississippi River, you will find The Whitney Plantation. It was establis…
The Language of Connection
By Po-Ting (Duke) Lin
Attending activities at local temples, directing prayers to the souls of our ancestors, gathering with family around round tables during the Lunar New Year, and visiting gr…
Nobody Wears Tefillin on the Weekend
By Adina Gerwin
On one of the first crisp fall mornings of seventh grade, as I walked into prayer at my Jewish Day School, I noticed strange leather boxes hanging off my friend's arm.