Jonathan Burstein ( jburstein.com ) “The biblical tradition of hospitality recognizes the Other not only as brother or sister but also as potential angel,” Alexia Salvatierra writes. In this painting, Dumpster Dive by Jonathan Burstein, an angel digs through a trash bin in San Francisco’s More

He Qi “The texts of the empty tomb tradition take injustice, suffering, and death seriously but do not see them as having the last word,” the author writes. In this painting, Empty-Tomb by He Qi, women gather around Jesus’s empty grave. More

In the Christian iconographic tradition, Mary Magdalene is alternately depicted as hedonistic or penitent. Top right: Mary Magdalene in the Grotto by Jules Joseph Lefebvre. Left: Penitent Magdalene by Donatello. Bottom right: Christ and Mary Magdalene by Albert Edelfelt. Bottom left More

In the Christian iconographic tradition, Mary Magdalene is alternately depicted as hedonistic or penitent. Top right: Mary Magdalene in the Grotto by Jules Joseph Lefebvre. Left: Penitent Magdalene by Donatello. Bottom right: Christ and Mary Magdalene by Albert Edelfelt. Bottom left More

In the Christian iconographic tradition, Mary Magdalene is alternately depicted as hedonistic or penitent. Top right: Mary Magdalene in the Grotto by Jules Joseph Lefebvre. Left: Penitent Magdalene by Donatello. Bottom right: Christ and Mary Magdalene by Albert Edelfelt. Bottom left More

Flickr/Isa Fakir Women in traditional Kurdish holiday dress at Newroz, the spring equinox celebration in Istanbul, Turkey. More

Jaclyn Tobia ( jaclyntobia.com ) As globalization continues, will religious diversity persist, or might all traditions integrate into one world faith? More

Native American Health Center “Native American concepts of difference are informed by the interdependent structure of traditional Native American communities,” the author writes. More

George Oppen, Charles Reznikoff, and Louis Zukovsky (shown top to bottom) are three of the poets seen as forebears of the current radical Jewish poetic tradition. Credits (from top): University of Edinburgh; Gerard Malanga; Jonathan Williams. More

Michael Fox “Burning Man provides a version of the messianic ‘world-that-is-coming,’ expressing deep resonance with themes of Jewish tradition,” Feldman writes. Here, participants gather at Sukkat Shalom, one of many camps within Burning Man’s temporarily constructed city. More

Magen Tzedek ( magentzedek.org ) “As religious people, we should eat foods that were grown with ecological foresight and raised with compassion,” Levy‐Lyons writes. This Magen Tzedek seal is placed on food that meets traditional kosher standards and is also produced in accord with Jewish ethics More