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Lunar New Year: Festive Flowers and Fireworks
Image: Chris Phutully On Jan. 22nd many in Asia and all over the world will begin celebrating the Lunar New Year, also known as the Spring Festival. The Lunar New Year is celebrated differently...
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What History Can Teach Us This Holocaust Remembrance Day
Source: Thomas Trutschel/Photothek via Getty Images Learning from the past builds hope on the horizon of a world where differences are respected. Holocaust Remembrance Day is a powerful reminder of...
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A Diversity of Black Voices
Black History Month is a time to intentionally reflect on the diversity of lived Black experiences, past and present. Blackness cannot be understood in the telling of one story, and in her TED talk,...
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Religion, Culture, and Diet
Image: Unsplash March 8, 2023 is National Registered Dietician Nutritionist Day. Religious teachings often influence the food people prepare and eat. Food symbolizes communion, culture, and tradition....
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Patient Safety: Does Religion Play a Role?
Source: Getty Images This year, National Patient Safety Week falls on March 12-March 18. This week reminds us that respect and curiosity for patients’ religious and spiritual needs are essential for...
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Faith and Health on National Doctors Day
Source: UK Department for International Development March 30th is National Doctors Day. A time to honor physicians who help save lives, everywhere. In health care, medicine is the relationship between...
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Belief as a Dimension of Health
Source: World Health Organization April 7th is World Health Day. The World Health Organization defines health as the state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence...
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Religion and Mental Health
Mohamed Hassan, Pixabay May is Mental Health Awareness Month. Religion and culture impact how people respond to the world around them. Religious beliefs and practices can serve as protective factors...
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International Nurses Day: Respecting Difference Across the Globe
Image source: Health Impact May 12 is International Nurses Day, a day to honor nurses’ commitment to patient care and well-being. Nurses are on the front lines of patient safety and are often the...
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Summer Celebration and Solemn Commemoration
Source: Milad Rafat As summer begins, multiple faiths celebrate and remember religious traditions and past accomplishments. Eid al-Adha is a Muslim holiday celebrated all over the world with prayer,...
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Tanenbaum Launches LGBTQ+ Youth Health: The Role of Religion
In 2023, at least 510 anti-LGBTQ+ bills were introduced in state legislatures across the U.S., many of which fell at the intersection of LGBTQ+ health and religion. Tanenbaum’s Health Care team created...
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Prayer and Celebration as Spring Becomes Summer
As observances and holidays like Ramadan and Easter come to a close, we welcome the next wave of celebrations. Towards the end of Spring, Buddhists around the world will honor the birth of the Buddha...
View ArticleShaping Compassion: My Experience as a Muslim in Post-9/11 America
My family and I immigrated to America from Guyana on September 10, 2001. I was only two years old and remembered nothing of the journey. The next day, our lives, along with every other New Yorker, had...
View Article23 Years After September 11
Dear Tanenbaum Community, It has been 23 years since the attacks on September 11, 2001. The devastation of that day lingers in a multitude of ways, and our collective grief continues. Since 2001,...
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