Dear Friends, With the spring equinox comes Naw Ruz, the Bahá’í New Year festival! The holiday celebrates the spring season and has been fixed at March 21st for those celebrating outside of Iran. The Bahá’í Faith is the second most widespread religion in the world in terms of geographical reach. So wherever you are in […]
Change is inevitable. Transformation, peacebuilding, and conflict resolution all require hard work. Tanenbaum invites you to help us honor these hard workers whom we call Peacemakers in Action. The Peacemakers in Action award honors two religious actors central to peacebuilding efforts around the world. Emerging from the creative power of all religions, they are the […]
Friends– Anti-Semitic hate crimes are rising in NYC and worldwide at alarming rates. And there’s a similar surge in anti-immigrant sentiment. So we wanted to know, what do these two hate movements have in common? At the request of Jim Rice, editor of Sojourners magazine, I wrote a piece attempting to answer exactly that question. […]
Dear Friends, The Hindu festival of Holi is coming up in a few short weeks. Holi is often called the festival of colors, because “playing Holi” means flinging colors. This year, Holi will take place on March 9th and 10th and, depending on where it’s being celebrated, may last one or two days. Due to […]
Dear Friends, Colleagues and Supporters of Tanenbaum, Joyce Dubensky, Tanenbaum’s CEO for the past 18 years, has decided it is time to transition the organization’s leadership and to step down from her executive responsibilities effective June 1st. We are grateful to Joyce for her years of service, the new heights to which she has taken Tanenbaum, […]
Friends – ABC’s Here and Now with host Sandra Bookman sat down with us on MLK weekend to discuss rising hate crimes and anti-Semitism, and how Tanenbaum work to combat it. If you didn’t catch the interview live, you can watch it here! Enjoy! Joyce and Mark
In a 2005 resolution, the U.N. designated January 27 as Holocaust Remembrance Day—and condemned without reserve all manifestations of religious violence. Today, our remembrance of the victims of the Holocaust is unavoidably followed by more recent memories—of Jersey City, of Halle, of Pittsburgh—but also a convicting desire to combat their source. In a recent evening […]
Friends – This week, we sat down with Sandra Bookman, host of the ABC show, Here & Now, to discuss Tanenbaum’s years of combating religious bigotry. The episode airs this Sunday, January 19 on ABC 7 News at noon! Tune in for a riveting conversation about the increase in religiously motivated hate crimes, and how […]
The other day, I received an official notice from Rev. Chloe Breyer via email, announcing the death of the founder of the Interfaith Center of New York. The Very Rev. James Morton, an icon and interreligious leader of enormous stature, had passed. Her tribute recalled the breadth of his contributions. I paused to think of […]
Dear friends, Lunar New Year, also known as the Spring Festival, is coming up on January 25th! The holiday is celebrated by many across Asia and around the world. Observances of Lunar New Year vary throughout the world, with a common theme of celebrating time together and gathering with family. Employees may require time off […]
