Over the past couple of years, I have spent many Friday evenings at Brooklyn’s various egalitarian independent minyanim. My partner introduced me to this world, and I appreciate it for its vibrant, welcoming, progressive community.
I also find these informal prayer spaces refreshing because no Israeli or American flags are present. Unfortunately, many New York synagogues display cloths of nationalism on both sides of the bimah, the central, raised platform that holds the Holy Ark.
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