Monthly Archives: October 2012

UW–Holocaust 2012 Poster.jpg Nov. 4 2012, 2 pm., WYoming Union,Yellowstone Room

Posted on October 31, 2012 by Dr. Seth Ward

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Holocaust Remembrance Week at University of Wyoming: Colorado Hebrew Chorale – Nov 4 at 2:00 p.m.

Posted on October 31, 2012 by Dr. Seth Ward

News Release from Laramie Jewish Community Center. This Sunday, November 4th at 2:00 p.m. the “Colorado Hebrew Chorale,” under the direction of its founder and music director, Carol Kozak Ward, presents a program of “Essential Music of the Holocau… Continue reading →

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Religion and the US Elections: The Jewish and Muslim Vote. (And a brief note on the Mormon Vote).

Posted on October 28, 2012 by Dr. Seth Ward

Four years ago, I gave a talk about Muslims and Jews, and the ramifications of their voting patterns for Democrats and Republicans. I spoke at what was, I believe, the ill-fated but valuable entity already called CCCE (and once called Community Ed… Continue reading →

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On Prothero’s Belief Blog regarding Blind Certainty, Islamist and American Christian anti-Muslim rhetoric

Posted on October 19, 2012 by Dr. Seth Ward

I wrote the bulk of this shortly after Prothero’s blogpost http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2012/09/13/my-take-a-deadly-link-between-islamic-and-anti-islamic-extremists/ appeared back in September. A student sent me a query about it and I responded. … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on the parasha: Noah as a Tzaddik

Posted on October 19, 2012 by Dr. Seth Ward

Thoughts on the parasha: Noah as a Tzaddik A popular theme for Divrei Torah on Parashat Noach is the question of interpreting the reference to Noah as “righteous in his generations.” Most often, this topic turns on comparisons of Abraham and N… Continue reading →

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Very Brief Review of The Philosophy of Hebrew Scripture, by Yoram Hazony.

Posted on October 19, 2012 by Dr. Seth Ward

Very Brief Review of The Philosophy of Hebrew Scripture, by Yoram Hazony. Earlier I posted a review of Hazony’s treatment of the political philosophy of the Bible. Here is a very brief overview of the book, based on a review I recently submitted f… Continue reading →

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SEPHARDIM AND CRYPTO-JUDAISM: DEFINITION OF TERMS AND BRIEF HISTORY

Posted on October 18, 2012 by Dr. Seth Ward

Sephardim and Crypto-Judaism: Definition of Terms and Brief History By: Dr. Seth Ward, Program in Religious Studies, University of Wyoming What do we mean by the term “Sephardim”? Spanish Jews are called Sephardim; the singular is “Sephardi.” The … Continue reading →

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University of Wyoming Scholar offers Humanities Forum programs on Middle East, Food, in Powell WY October 29-30

Posted on October 18, 2012 by Dr. Seth Ward

news release Middle East scholar covers food, religion and politics in two programs Oct. 29 & 30 POWELL, Wyo. ─ Seth Ward will discuss how religion affects food and politics in two separate programs Monday and Tuesday, Oct. 29 and 30, at Northwest… Continue reading →

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“I am a Jew:” An Oral History profile of Michael Atlas-Acuña

Posted on October 17, 2012 by Dr. Seth Ward

Another paper found online from the archives or from my backlog. “I am a Jew:” An Oral History profile of Michael Atlas-Acuña Seth Ward University of Wyoming[1] Since the 1980s, many individuals of Hispanic heritage in the Southwestern part of the… Continue reading →

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On the history of the term “Sepharad”

Posted on October 17, 2012 by Dr. Seth Ward

by Seth Ward, University of Wyoming Originally posted sometime before 2001. Recovered from archive.org October 2012. The Jews of Spain, some of whom trace their settlement in the Iberian peninsula back to the sixth pre-Christian century, eventuall… Continue reading →

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