Rabbis “The Vilna Gaon was not named Kramer!” Author Drew Kaplan Date 9 December 2014 Some people refer to him as Rabbi Elijah Kramer. When I first saw this...
Israel, Middle East “The one-state/two-state debate is highly fraught not least because of proximity…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 9 December 2014 The one-state/two-state debate is highly fraught not least because of proximity. Too much history,...
Sex, University A problem with sex on-campuses is “how to define consent” Author Drew Kaplan Date 8 December 2014 Not long ago, nonmarital sex on college campuses was flatly suppressed. Sex could be...
Modern Orthodoxy, Open Orthodoxy “Open Orthodox rabbis pride themselves on their hospitality to those who are not Orthodox…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 8 December 2014 Open Orthodox rabbis pride themselves on their hospitality to those who are not Orthodox....
New Testament Considering the Phrase that “the ‘arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice'” Author Drew Kaplan Date 7 December 2014 …many claim to have found in John ‘the promise, famously repeated by Martin Luther...
Pop Culture “…bemoaning the general immaturity of contemporary culture would be as obtuse as declaring it the coolest thing ever” Author Drew Kaplan Date 5 December 2014 …bemoaning the general immaturity of contemporary culture would be as obtuse as declaring it...
Politics in America “American voters pay close attention to the presidential election…. Midterm elections…are a great chance for the opposing party to increase gridlock…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 5 December 2014 American voters pay close attention to the presidential election. The majority of eligible voters,...
Israel Israel is “not held up to a higher standard among nations, just an impossible one” Author Drew Kaplan Date 4 December 2014 “The Jews are a peculiar people: things permitted to other nations are forbidden to...
Rabbis “I often think that, somehow, a rabbi feels that he can’t be human – he has to be rabbinic…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 4 December 2014 I often think that, somehow, a rabbi feels that he can’t be human –...
Talmud “…it is worth noting that Iranian literature can even illuminate rabbinic texts produced in Roman Palestine, beyond what is usually seen as the orbit of Iranian culture…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 3 December 2014 First, it is worth noting that Iranian literature can even illuminate rabbinic texts produced...