When he started attending Shabbat services at Minyan Atara, what drew him was a scene that felt grassroots and authentic. But I think there’s also value in trying to say what you are, so people know.”‘Inclusive thinking’For years, Brooklyn’s trad-egal minyans enjoyed harmonious coexistence, and the big tents flourished. Beyond BrooklynIt is not just in Brooklyn that trad-egal minyans are popular, or experiencing conflict. In other cities, people let down by trad-egal minyans over Israel told me they just stopped going. But the presence of even one kaffiyeh had caused hurt and disruption in the community, Berkman said, in a way that hostage dog tags (and watermelon imagery, for that matter) had not.