Mr. Rabinovitch, a historian at Northeastern University ... it creates a kind of “temple,” transforming “space into the sacred.” When the Hasidim emerged victorious in court, Mr ...

This sacred space is in the village of Mawphlang ... stones seen in the Mawphlang sacred forest in Meghalaya, a state in northeastern India, Friday, Sept. 8, 2023. Sacred stones in the Mawphlang ...