A Catholic consecrated virgin tells our interviewer the what, the why, and the how of a very unusual spiritual choice

After Norman Podhoretz—who died this week at the age of 95—was savaged for his memoir, he recast the book as a dissenting political act and began reorganizing himself around the fight he said it represented

A new ethno-nationalism is taking root in the Haredi world

Skeptical but searching—this is the domain of sacred indie music

An Australian Jew traces a two-century story of communal safety—and the sudden, shattering return of fear after October 7, culminating in terror at a Hanukkah gathering on Bondi Beach

Known for her poem on the Statue of Liberty, Emma Lazarus should be known for her Hanukkah poems, too

In New York a century ago, Jewish students voted with their feet against Christmas pageants

In suburban Long Island, a seven-year battle over parking and congestion masked a fight over who belongs in Bethpage—and how far towns can go to keep Muslim houses of worship from growing

A discussion with historian Daniel K. Williams about Christian apologetics

Long used in indigenous ritual and now studied in elite labs, psychedelics are transforming everything from therapy to worship—amplifying wonder, exposing real risks, and complicating what we mean by “spirituality” in a disenchanted age