Ben Newman
Congregation Har Shalom
Telephone: 970 223 5191
Rabbi Ben Newman serves as co-rabbi of Congregation Har Shalom in Fort Collins, Colorado. He received a B.A. from Skidmore College in Religion and Culture, a M.A, in Jewish Studies from the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, and rabbinical ordination from the Academy for Jewish Religion in New York. He served as a Jewish chaplain at Calvary Hospital in the Bronx, as rabbinic intern at Makor’s Steinhardt center and as Associate Rabbi at Mvakshe Derekh in Scarsdale, NY.
Harry Potter for Hebrews
Wizardry, Witchcraft and Magic in Judaism
- Saturday 1:30 PM–2:45 PM University Center 116 A
In the most recent book of the Harry Potter series, one of the main characters is struck down by the magic words "Avra Kedavra". This magical formula originally derives from a Jewish Aramaic phrase. Throughout the series of novels, characters fly through the air on broomsticks. Did you know that the Jewish tradition has a plethora of spells which describe the construction of flying sticks? This fascinating Jewish literary corpus has been neglected by theologians and scholars alike.
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