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Monthly Archives: March 2014

War

“The surreal juxtaposition is what gives many soldiers trouble adjusting back to civilian life”

Author Drew Kaplan Date 31 March 2014

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One day you’re in a sniper hole with your crosshairs on a man, the...
Posted in War | Tagged Fighting, war |
Bible, Kohelet

Koheleth’s The very strangeness…in its literary and religious context in the Bible is part of its fascination”

Author Drew Kaplan Date 31 March 2014

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The very strangeness of the work in its literary and religious context in the...
Posted in Bible, Kohelet | Tagged Bible, Ecclesiastes, Kohelet |
Entertainment

“American culture rides forward on stories about sudden fame and bold ascent…TED is a display case for such stories”

Author Drew Kaplan Date 30 March 2014

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American culture rides forward on stories about sudden fame and bold ascent – the...
Posted in Entertainment | Tagged TED |
Jewish

“the best way to reach Jews who do not feel at home in Judaism is to do compelling Jewish work in public”

Author Drew Kaplan Date 30 March 2014

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I have always believed that the best way to reach Jews who do not...
Posted in Jewish | Tagged Jewish, Judaism |
Shabbat, Talmud

“Shabbat, as seen through the Mishnah, does not prescribe actions”

Author Drew Kaplan Date 28 March 2014

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Shabbat as framed by the opening mishnah of Tractate Shabbat is not something that...
Posted in Shabbat, Talmud | Tagged Mishnah, Shabbat, Talmud |
Uncategorized

Both autism and psychopathy entail a lack of empathy. Psychologists, though, distinguish between….

Author Drew Kaplan Date 27 March 2014

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Both autism and psychopathy entail a lack of empathy. Psychologists, though, distinguish between the...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Jews

Edgar Bronfman preferred “a serious discussion of texts to song and prayer”

Author Drew Kaplan Date 27 March 2014

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For myself, prayer and spirituality are not the primary way I connect with Judaism....
Posted in Jews | Tagged Edgar Bronfman, Prayer, Study |
Israel

How one reads Shavit’s chapter on Lydda is a Rorschach test of one’s Israel politics

Author Drew Kaplan Date 26 March 2014

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One chapter has garnered more attention than others.  It is the one serialized in...
Posted in Israel | Tagged Ari Sharvit, Israel, My Promised Land |
Judaism

“Judaism has a great deal to offer even those who consider themselves secular”

Author Drew Kaplan Date 26 March 2014

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Judaism has a great deal to offer even those who consider themselves secular. It...
Posted in Judaism | Tagged Judaism |
Uncategorized

The more Adam hated himself, the more he hated everyone else: killing others and suicide were both crucial

Author Drew Kaplan Date 25 March 2014

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Adam Lanza … committed three distinct atrocities: he killed his mother; he killed himself;...
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Adam Lanza, Newtown Shooting |
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