Pop Culture, Sex “…American culture offers little to model healthy sexual encounters beyond the threshold of consent” Author Drew Kaplan Date 12 February 2015 On college campuses and elsewhere, not everyone fully understands and embraces the importance of...
Israel, Jews, Jews in America “It is ultimately up to Diaspora Jews to make a decision. You are either native to Eretz Yisrael or…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 12 February 2015 It is ultimately up to Diaspora Jews to make a decision. You are either...
Gender, Semantics “…calling oneself a “slut” doesn’t allow a girl or woman to wrest the term away from those who would use it to judge her” Author Drew Kaplan Date 11 February 2015 In a milieu where females are hypersexualized, embracing the word slut does not seem...
Jews in America, Rabbis “…this is what it’s come to. Rabbis today in America have to be proficient in the language of Iranian sanctions…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 11 February 2015 Not long ago, I was sitting with a group of fellow rabbis when the...
Halakhic Books/Works/Writings “The first two elements of the Tosafist enterprise—i.e., (1) independent analysis and (2) integration of earlier teachings—were the…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 10 February 2015 The first two elements of the Tosafist enterprise—i.e., (1) independent analysis and (2) integration...
Culture “A culture is an internecine contest between alternative conceptions of the human. Which culture is free of contradictions between first principles?” Author Drew Kaplan Date 9 February 2015 A culture is an internecine contest between alternative conceptions of the human. Which culture...
Orthodoxy “Orthodox subcultures replicate successfully when their key ideas can be captured in viral rabbinic soundbites” Author Drew Kaplan Date 9 February 2015 Orthodox subcultures replicate successfully when their key ideas can be captured in viral rabbinic...
Movies “…the cinematic kiss is open to endless interpretation” Author Drew Kaplan Date 8 February 2015 …the cinematic kiss is open to endless interpretation. Scroll through the famous kisses of...
Jewish Community, Jews in America “…the dominant conversation nowadays in American Judaism is about politics” Author Drew Kaplan Date 8 February 2015 …the dominant conversation nowadays in American Judaism is about politics. Mostly it’s Middle Eastern...
Business A Couple of Good Job Hiring Interview Questions Author Drew Kaplan Date 6 February 2015 There are two questions I often ask people that I think get at the...