The society is a cultural and educational organization that works to build bridges between Muslims and other Americans. It has offices in New York City and North Bergen, N.J. Daisy Khan is executive director.

The Jehovah’s Witnesses is headquartered in New York and has offices throughout Africa.

Ronan Farrow is a human rights activist, journalist, lawyer and government official. He was a UNICEF Spokesperson for Youth who worked to end the killing in Darfur.

Human Rights Watch is an independent, nongovernmental organization dedicated to protecting human rights worldwide. Contact HRW via one of its local offices.

Rachel Wagner is an associate professor of religion and philosophy at Ithaca College in Ithaca, N.Y. She has taught courses on religion and video games and is interested in the ways video and computer games depict rituals and sacred space, such as churches and cemeteries.

Allen Bodner is a boxing historian and the author of When Boxing Was a Jewish Sport. His father was a professional boxer. Bodner is an attorney in New York City.

Jean Graybeal is a professor at the Gallatin School of Independent Study at New York University. She wrote a chapter called “Cathy on Slenderness, Suffering, and Soul” for God in the Details: American Religion in Popular Culture (Routledge, 2001).

Frank Salamone, emeritus professor at Iona College in New Rochelle, N.Y., has written about African religions and the Krishna Consciousness Movement in Nigeria.

Read a Nov. 21, 2011, article in the New York Times about gratitude and Thanksgiving.