Tag Archives: Crypto-Jews

Assessing an “innocent” crypto-Jewish website

Posted on August 20, 2014 by Dr. Seth Ward

From time to time I am asked to comment on websites oriented towards the “Crypto-Jewish” community. Recently I was asked about http://www.sephardicminyan.org/. Among the issues was assessing its relationship with Judaism, with traditional Jewish and Sephardic Jewish values. Among the discussion … Continue reading →

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University of Colorado–Colorado Springs Sephardic and Crypto-Jewish Studies Program

Posted on April 25, 2013 by Dr. Seth Ward

Dr. Seth Ward visits the University of Colorado – Colorado Springs to speak as the  inaugural 2013-14 Research Fellow for the UCCS Sephardic and Crypto-Jewish Studies Program. Here Ward is pictured with the entire class. Go to the facebook link … Continue reading →

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Jewish Identity and Crypto-Judaism: The emergence of a community

Posted on December 10, 2012 by Dr. Seth Ward

Jewish Identity and Crypto-Judaism: The emergence of a community Seth Ward, University of Wyoming Leslie and Gloria Mound Library Netanya Academic College, Netanya Israel, May 23, 2012 A lecture about identity and Crypto-Judaism, primarily in the … Continue reading →

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Jewish Identity and Crypto-Judaism: The emergence of a community

Posted on December 10, 2012 by Dr. Seth Ward

Jewish Identity and Crypto-Judaism: The emergence of a community Seth Ward, University of Wyoming This article about identity and Crypto-Judaism, primarily in the southwestern USA, discusses the history and significance of the emergence of the com… Continue reading →

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Report of Society for Crypto Judaic Studies 22nd Annual Meeting

Posted on December 10, 2012 by Dr. Seth Ward

December 10 2012: This report was prepared for the current issue of Casa Shalom. It was omitted for space considerations. The Society for Crypto Judaic Studies’ 22nd annual meeting Albuquerque New Mexico, July 22-24 2012 Seth Ward The Society for … 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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“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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Papers, Publications and Essays from Archive.org

Posted on October 17, 2012 by Dr. Seth Ward

I discovered recently that some of my articles and essays archived on my computer are either unreadable in the current computer environment or were completely compromised. Here are links from the Wayback Machine on archive.org. Please remember tha… Continue reading →

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