EditorialA volunteer with Chesed Shel Emes, an organization that assists families and communities with the Orthodox rituals and traditions of burial and mourning, recites a prayer while submerged in a swimming pool he used as a mikvah, or ritual bath., in Surfside, Fla., July 13, 2021. (Mark Abramson/The New York Times)
EditorialShel Roumillat, a costume designer who usually works on costumes for parade float riders, at her shop in New Orleans, Feb. 5, 2021. (Emily Kask/The New York Times)