Religion

Buddha's teachings at a monastery in New York | Finding Faith

The Buddhist Association of the United States President Bhikkhu Bodhi was ordained as a Buddhist monk nearly 50 years ago while living in Sri Lanka. And before 1973, Jeffery Block, as Bhikkhu Bodhi was then known, lived in Borough Park, Brooklyn, where he grew up in a secular Jewish family.

July 15, 2019 10:40pm EDT

A Community Reborn: Jewish Life and Culture in Krakow, Poland | Fox 5 Films

A burst of Jewish life and culture can be found on the streets of Krakow, Poland. Old traditions have seen a resurgence in Kazimierz, which is the name of Krakow's Jewish quarter and where we found Jonathan Ornstein, a native New Yorker. Born and raised in Queens, Ornstein is now a leading force behind this rebirth in Poland.

November 8, 2018 9:03pm EST

The Forgotten Camps: History of the Holocaust | Fox 5 Films

Poland: charming cobblestone streets, bustling communities, and endless greenery. A country so beautiful and vibrant was once cloaked in a blanket of darkness and despair. Poland was the first country to bear the brunt of the Nazi war machine.

October 15, 2018 6:32pm EDT

Being Muslim and female in New York

Many Muslims argue that the president's foreign policy is fostering a more vocal Islamophobia in the United States. And it is especially problematic for women who wear traditional garments, which they say makes them targets for hate.

August 10, 2017 10:07pm EDT

Fox 5 Films: Still Here

The Nazis murdered 6 million Jews in the Holocaust. Those who survived had to rebuild their lives. Many of them did so in the United States. More than seven decades later few of them remain.

April 25, 2017 1:35pm EDT