Brooklyn's Tatar Muslims

Sacred Footsteps - The Podcast by Sacred Footsteps

Dec 13, 201957:45Religion & Spirituality

Omar Rais speaks to Alyssa Ratkewitch, a third generation Tatar Muslim living in Brooklyn and the vice president of the board at the historic Brooklyn Mosque. Also joining the conversation is travel writer, journalist an...

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