Norman L. Kleeblatt is the chief curator at the Jewish Museum in New York City. He has curated shows on Willem de Kooning, Jackson Pollock and Chaim Soutine. He is also an expert on 20th-century Jewish artists in New York. Contact via the museum’s press office.

Mark Podwal is an artist and illustrator whose contemporary, cartoonlike drawings often focus on Judaism, Jewish culture and the Jewish experience. His work is the subject of the book Reimagined: 45 Years of Jewish Art. He provided the art for the documentary House of Life: The Old Jewish Cemetery in Prague. Some of his work […]

Joshua M. Greene is a Long Island-based author, television producer and lecturer. He is the author of Swami in a Strange Land: How Krishna Came to the West: The Biography of A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada; Here Comes the Sun: The Spiritual and Musical Journey of George Harrison; and Gita Wisdom: An Introduction to India’s Essential Yoga Text.

Transforming Congregations was founded in 1988 as a renewal and reform ministry within the United Methodist Church. It works to provide churches and church leaders with the resources to respond to “those struggling with unwanted same-sex attraction and behavior.” It advocates for responses to homosexuality that are neither homophobic nor accommodationist. In 2013, TC became […]

The General Board of Church and Society of the United Methodist Church is one of four international general program boards of the United Methodist Church. It is responsible for promoting the social agenda of the Church. GBCS has headquarters in Washington, D.C. and at the United Nations in New York, N.Y.  Tricia Bruckbauer is communications associate.

United Methodist Women is a national, New York City-based faith-organization with approximately 800,000 members. Its objectives include promoting the empowerment of women, children, and youth; promoting anti-racism, multiculturalism, and inclusion; promoting fair labor practices; and promoting economic and environmental stewardship and sustainability. Media contact is Yvette Moore.

Peter G. Heltzel is associate professor of systematic theology at New York Theological Seminary and an ordained minister of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). He is the author of Jesus and Justice: Evangelicals, Race and American Politics.

Ann Neumann is the author of  The Good Death: An Exploration of Dying in America, which is on aid-in-dying issues and religion.

Kelli Bickman describes herself as a “spiritual warrior” and multimedia artist. Her art has been called part of the “Neo-Goddess” movement. She can talk about her expressions of the divine feminine through art. She lives in Woodstock, N.Y., which she describes as “the epicenter of peace and love.”