Israel “As Israel has grown stronger and more prosperous, the sense of national danger has faded. But the paradigm has not.” Author Drew Kaplan Date 11 August 2014 As Israel has grown stronger and more prosperous, the sense of national danger has...
Jewish “Am Hanivchar means that we were chosen to engage in a mission” Author Drew Kaplan Date 11 August 2014 My peers and their parents assumed that the term “Chosen People” meant that Jews...
Education “The world may look to South Korea as a model for education…but the system’s dark side casts a long shadow” Author Drew Kaplan Date 10 August 2014 The world may look to South Korea as a model for education — its...
Television, Twitter A problem with measuring TV ratings based off of Twitter Author Drew Kaplan Date 8 August 2014 Last year, Nielsen created a TV-ratings metric based on Twitter. Seemingly overnight, more and...
Beer “Perhaps the most challenging aspect to hosting a beer tasting is leading the discussion and keeping everyone focused on the beer” Author Drew Kaplan Date 7 August 2014 Perhaps the most challenging aspect to hosting a beer tasting (besides discovered a time...
Jewish Considering what makes up the “Jewish civil religion” Author Drew Kaplan Date 7 August 2014 The Jewish civil religion entails transnational Jewish solidarity and the sense of belonging to...
Jews “The Jewish nation experienced collective pain this summer” Author Drew Kaplan Date 6 August 2014 The Jewish nation experienced collective pain this summer, as Jews around the world rallied...
Jewish Some Issues with Lumping In Other Tragedies onto Tisha b’Av Author Drew Kaplan Date 5 August 2014 …ssuming that history is merely didactic and meant to teach lessons as opposed to...
Jewish “This year, it’s easy to feel Tisha b’Av” Author Drew Kaplan Date 5 August 2014 It’s painful to see images of death and devastation. There is torment in observing...
Jewish Languages Seeing the Beauty in the Hebrew Word איכה… Author Drew Kaplan Date 4 August 2014 What’s beautiful about the Hebrew word איכה is that it captures the very human...