It’s not just Swastika Lake — the U.S. is full of sites named for swastikas
Both Wyoming's Swastika Lake and Oregon's Mount Swastika have been renamed in 2023. That's just the tip of the iceberg
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Fast Forward Patriots owner Robert Kraft among backers of successful push to rename Wyoming’s Swastika Lake
The origins of the name are unknown but date back to at least 1922
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News Wanted: Rabbi. Ten gallon hat optional.
When Cheyenne, Wyoming’s only synagogue began its nationwide search for a religious leader to replace its beloved rabbi, Larry Moldo, who passed away last year, some of the applications that came in were…interesting. In addition to the 22 or so resumes from qualified rabbis, rabbinical students and cantors, came resumes from a forklift operator, a…
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News Merav Ben-David, Israeli-born scientist, wants to be the next Senator from…Wyoming?
It’s hard to find a Democrat in Wyoming, let alone one who has won a Federal election. It’s even harder to find a Jew in Wyoming, let alone one who has even tried to win a Federal election. All that makes Merav Ben-David one of the most unusual candidates in the current political season. She’s…
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Fast Forward Nazi Flag Found Flying In Wyoming
An investigation is under way after someone replaced an American flag with a Nazi flag at a park in southeastern Wyoming, the Associated Press reported Wednesday. Police found the crumpled American flag shoved in the corner of the band shell at Washington Park in Laramie on Monday morning, according to the Laramie Boomerang. Officers folded…
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Culture What Red State Jews Tell Us About Ourselves — and Trump’s America
Since the November election, there’s been a lot of talk among journalists about the way our profession overlooked and misunderstood populist, pro-Trump America. It’s a challenge for us at the Forward, as well. That is why we are launching “Red State Jews.” Our aim is to use all the platforms of the Forward — news,…
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Culture Feeling at Home on the Range in Jewish Wyoming
The fences bordering ranches in Laramie, Wyoming are always dotted with tumbleweed, that pesky, thorny, seemingly dead bush that blows around the prairie, getting caught on anything in its way. It is an iconic symbol of the American West, but it is actually an imported species from Eurasia, named Russian thistle. Like the tumbleweed, I,…
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Culture Seeking Bernard Malamud on His 100th Birthday
It’s very hard to persuade a friend watching the clock in an office in Midtown Manhattan that at your artist colony in southeastern Wyoming, you — who are eating food made by a country-club chef, sleeping in a free bed, writing in a handsome studio, and taking walks in a landscape of religious beauty —…
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