Interfaith Fellows’ Blog Posts

Jewish people have many different garments that can denote their faith. One of these garments is a yarmulke or, in Hebrew, a kippah, which means “dome”. Wearing my kippah is something very special to me …

We are nearing the end of the semester, and with that comes the end of our fellowship time together. While I am ready to be done with my term papers and final exams, the ending …

Growing up, I felt as though I existed in a dual world: one that encompassed my religion of Sikhi and one made up of the religions of everyone else at school, Christianity in particular. For …

The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith is the Vatican office responsible for communicating Church doctrines. On March 15th, this bureau responded with a one-word, abrupt response to a question that concerns the livelihood …

Throughout elementary, middle and high school, I was always looked at differently; I was always the odd one out. Being one of the few Hindus and brown-skinned girls in my school, I looked and behaved …

Some Interfaith thoughts for Earth Day: In Judaism, we read the Torah cyclically over and over again every year. Each week gets its own chapter, its own parsha. There is an idea in some branches …

Imagine, you are 15 years old again. You are sitting in your World History class, and your teacher pulls up a powerpoint for the current unit. Suddenly, on their colorful slides, they click to a …

Being a part of the Sikh diaspora is something I find difficult to put into words at times because most of my life has been dominated by my desi appearance. I didn’t mind it as …

Throughout this Fellowship, people have shared many of their person, familial, theological, or scriptural perspectives on religion, especially during our “Religion 101” sessions. When I was asked to put on an “Atheism 101” session with …

There are many topics that came to mind when deciding what to write about for this post, but to be candid, I am burnt out. Every idea that came to me seemed too cliche, too …