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Seth Ward
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- Mi Shebeirach in Alex Berko’s Sacred Place
- An Outline of the Traditional Haggadah
- Sermon Weekend: Coalition Against Global Genocide
- Secret Jews of the Americas: An Interview with Becky Neiman on the Dr. David Neiman channel.
- “I believe in the Sun even when it is dark”
- Where we Connect: Kuzari
- Where We Connect –Qur’an Passages
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- Lost Highways: From Sefarad to Colorado’s San Luis Valley–crypto-Judaism in the U.S. Southwest.
- Review of Garber and Hanson, Teaching the Shoah
- IT’S WAY PAST TIME TO DISCARD THE “TWO STATE SOLUTION” MANTRA
- Abraham Joshua Heschel on the Four Dimensions of Religious Experience
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Monthly Archives: May 2023
Intersectionality and Privilege Analyses are structurally problematic for Jews
I have in recent weeks heard a number of Jews respond to issues of diversity and privilege analysis with language that partakes of antisemitic tropes. This particularly relates to acknowledging purported Jewish economic and political success and integration into majority … Continue reading
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Remembering Lincoln School
Remembering Lincoln School Seth Ward May 16, 2023 My sister sent me the link for a documentary about Lincoln School in New Rochelle NY, a school that was the subject of a suit that led to desegregating the public schools … Continue reading
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Genocide Awareness Sermon Weekend Speech
This past week the Coalition Against Global Genocide called for this weekend—Friday-Saturday-Sunday April 26-28—to be “Genocide Awareness Sermon Weekend.” I spoke on this topic to the Kehillat Kavod—the Jewish Sabbath Morning services at Kavod Senior Living in Denver. Following my … Continue reading
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A few thoughts about Israeli constitutional reform. Tensions between Ben-Gvir and Netanyahu illustrate the weakness of the Israeli Government Coalition
This morning I read about tensions between Ittamar Ben-Gvir and Netanyahu regarding the response to the missiles coming from Gaza after the death of an imprisoned Palestinian on a hunger strike, the first such death in many years. The attack … Continue reading
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The current government is strong in terms of Knesset mandates, but not in terms of the popular vote–Consider this in considering Israeli Judicial Reform
Israeli Constitutional Reform For May 3 Study Group Dr. Seth Ward I do not know what issue will be front and center on May 3 when the Study Group next meets. Security, Iran—both its internal situation with the “Woman, Life, … Continue reading
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