Fasting

Noticing the Shadow of the Cross

Posted on July 25, 2014July 30, 2014 by Alex Weissman

As a rabbinical student and someone who wears a kippah every day, I think of myself as being pretty comfortable with being Jewish. Since starting to wear a kippah in public in 2009, I have gradually g... Read More

Fasting for the Chibok Girls: Lessons During Ramadan

Posted on July 18, 2014July 18, 2014 by Lauren Seganos

Ramadan is in full swing, and even though I am not Muslim and do not observe this holy month as part of my faith tradition, I have a deep respect for my Muslim friends and neighbors and the intense sp... Read More

An Invitation to Us All: The Coalition of Immokalee Worker’s Fast for Fair Food

Posted on March 6, 2012March 6, 2012 by Arielle Rosenberg

Fasting when justice is absent, as with the CIW's Fast for Fair Food, provides individual bodies a time to change our rhythms, learn new cycles, to find sustenance in each other when we are unable or ... Read More

Fasting for Ramadan As A Catholic

Posted on September 9, 2011September 8, 2011 by Tim Brauhn

I spend a few days each year fasting during Ramadan. I am not a Muslim. I am a Catholic, so fasting for me normally happens during Lent. This non-Catholic observance is not meant to offend Muslims, or... Read More

Why I Stopped Observing Ramadan: A Unitarian Universalist’s Search for Spiritual Practice

Posted on August 9, 2011August 8, 2011 by Nicolas Cable

As we enter the second week of Ramadan, hundreds of millions of Muslims around the world continue to fast as a prescribed spiritual practice in the Islamic faith tradition. Last year, as a part of an ... Read More