Sightings Articles
Loss and Continuation: Lessons from the Popol Vuh
An ancient Maya tradition on keeping those we've lost alive...
June 10, 2021
America the Imperfect, America the Beautiful
A veteran's reflection on the meaning of Memorial Day...
May 31, 2021
Creating a Just Memory of the Pandemic
The importance of community art for processing our collective trauma...
April 1, 2021
Monuments, Memorials, and the Resacralization of Space
The landscape of public space shapes collective understandings of the past...
February 8, 2021
Kaddish
During the first week of mourning (shiva), the minyan comes to the mourner, with daily morning and evening services taking place in their home. After that first week, it’s incumbent on the mourner to find or make a service. ...
January 7, 2019
To Pray or Not to Pray? Civil Religion and the 9/11 Memorial Service by Rick Elgendy
Last weekend, as the nation marked the tenth anniversary of the September 11 attacks, our collective media gaze focused on lower Manhattan, where the memorial service and dedication led by Mayor Michael Bloomberg had already provoked controversy. Tho...