Category Archives: Religion
The NYPD ‘Third Jihad’ film flap: Perpetrating Islamophobia
Text and photo by Ted Regencia Written for an Opinion Writing Class at Columbia Journalism School In light of the revelation that New York City’s top cop, Raymond W. Kelly appeared in a film depicting American Muslims as extremists out … Continue reading
Tablet Magazine: Mosque, ultra-Orthodox synagogue share one roof in the Bronx
By Ted Regencia and Lindsay Minerva (Photography by Ted Regencia) To read the full story, please visit Tablet Magazine
Despite controversy, nun still calls Hunts Point home
Text and photo by Ted Regencia NEW YORK – On a warm and sunny morning a few Sundays ago, Sister Thomas found herself resting on a chair while overseeing the weekly rummage sale at the garage next to the red brick … Continue reading
Bronx synagogue welcomes Jewish New Year with a last goodbye
Text by Ted Regencia and Lindsay Minerva (photo by Ted Regencia) NEW YORK — On a rainy Wednesday night at the start of Rosh Hashanah, Miriam and Herbert Korman struggled up the stairs to reach the lobby of Temple Emanuel … Continue reading
Jewish Republicans see Obama as one-termer
Huffington Post and Patch.com June 27, 2011 Text and photo by Ted Regencia SKOKIE, Ill. – Between analyzing the electoral prospects of Republican presidential candidates and ridiculing the “level of mental illness among liberal Jews,” members of the Republican Jewish Coalition(RJC) … Continue reading
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Same-sex civil unions now in effect in Illinois
AOL-Patch.com June 01, 2011 By Ted Regencia (Photo Credit: Carla Shaw) SKOKIE, Ill — Carla Shaw and Karen Behen have been together for 19 years. The couple have known each other since childhood. But it was not until years later that … Continue reading
World to End on May 21? Skeptics Not Buying It
AOL-Patch.com May 20, 2011 By Ted Regencia SKOKIE, Ill — If faithful listeners of the Christian broadcasting network Family Radio are to be believed, then the organizers of the Skokie Festival of Cultures picked the wrong date to kickstart the festivities on … Continue reading
Breaking News: Skokie Patch
AOL Patch.com April 20, 2011 By Ted Regencia As featured in the Huffington Post Chicago Page To read the full story, please visit Skokie Patch.com
Arab-American Scholars: Mubarak’s Time is Up
Patch.com Feb. 01, 2011 Text by Ted Regencia SKOKIE, Ill – As opposition groups in Egypt prepare to mount a million-person march on Tuesday, two professors of Middle Eastern studies at Oakton Community College’s Skokie campus say the time has come … Continue reading
Gay Civil Union Now Legal in Illinois
Balitang America and Patch.com Jan. 31, 2011 Text and video by Ted Regencia CHICAGO — In what is seen as a victory for the gay rights movement, Gov. Pat Quinn signed today, January 31, a landmark legislation that recognizes same-sex unions in … Continue reading
