Halakhic Books/Works/Writings Differences Amongst Rishonim Regarding the Use of the Talmud Yerushalmi Author Drew Kaplan Date 30 September 2014 Anyone who regularly learns Rashba, Ritva, Rambam, or Rabbeinu Chananel sees that these Rishonim...
Jewish Community “Where can Jews of different ages, spiritual orientations and socioeconomic strata come together regularly to brainstorm while they relax?” Author Drew Kaplan Date 30 September 2014 Interdisciplinary research on innovation has yielded the interesting find that creativity peaks when hyper-stimulation...
Orthodoxy “Undoubtedly, the most hotly debated set of issues concerns the status of Orthodox women” Author Drew Kaplan Date 29 September 2014 Undoubtedly, the most hotly debated set of issues concerns the status of Orthodox women....
Jews “The greatest threat to Jewish life in the United States is not the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. It’s religious illiteracy” Author Drew Kaplan Date 29 September 2014 The greatest threat to Jewish life in the United States is not the Israeli-Palestinian...
Movies “Wonder Woman is so hard to put on film because the fight for women’s rights has gone so badly” Author Drew Kaplan Date 28 September 2014 The much cited difficulties regarding putting Wonder Woman on film—Wonder Woman isn’t big enough,...
Music “Weird Al has been cool for so long because pop makes everybody feel uncool; that he is the only one to admit it has made him a pop star” Author Drew Kaplan Date 28 September 2014 Anxiety starts early for pop audiences. For decades, I have had twenty-somethings tell me...
Judaism “The Jewish New Year is an example of viewing reality with our eyes shut, of seeing things more deeply, more carefully” Author Drew Kaplan Date 24 September 2014 Mircea Eliade, a specialist in world religions, wrote in his book “The Sacred and...
Society “The old hierarchy of high and low has become a sham: pop is the ruling party” Author Drew Kaplan Date 23 September 2014 The pop hegemony is all but complete, its superstars dominating the media and wielding...
Politics in America “The American political system is nearly unique in the world” Author Drew Kaplan Date 23 September 2014 The American political system is nearly unique in the world. While most democracies use...
Middle East Azerbaijan treats its Jews well: “the positive example it could be for other Muslim nations” Author Drew Kaplan Date 22 September 2014 …we learned a great deal about how and why Azerbaijan invests in and supports...