Jewish Education “We are ingenious in fund-raising, which is good; we are shipwrecked in raising our children, which is tragic” Author Drew Kaplan Date 22 April 2015 We are ingenious in fund-raising, which is good; we are shipwrecked in raising our...
Sex “In a city with a thriving sex trade, the assumption that sexuality is constantly available for purchase infects the broader tourist experience” Author Drew Kaplan Date 21 April 2015 In a city with a thriving sex trade, the assumption that sexuality is constantly...
Scholarship “…the study of the Dead Sea Scrolls has matured into a full-dress academic discipline with a huge number of publications…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 21 April 2015 I think we scholars who are devoting our lives to the study of the...
Halakhah “…directly confronting difficult or discomfiting halakhic opinions, whether tending to the conservative or the liberal side, can have a positive effect…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 20 April 2015 Some writers tend to downplay the existence of stringent or seemingly unenlightened opinions on...
Jewish Community, Jewish Organizations “It is our duty to do our utmost in restoring physical health, but it is sinful to ignore the most essential requirement of being a person…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 20 April 2015 We care for the mentally retarded; what about the spiritually retarded? We extend relief...
Semantics “Something interesting happens when a word that suggests action is applied to beauty: It recasts beauty as something that can be done, pulled off — not just possessed” Author Drew Kaplan Date 19 April 2015 It’s perhaps our first untroubled word for human beauty, free of the whiff of...
Semantics “Classify your antagonists as haters, however, and your flaws are absolved by their greater sin of envy” Author Drew Kaplan Date 19 April 2015 Haters hate; that’s them doing them. No matter how saintly you are, the kittens...
Hip-Hop, Semantics “While the word “tautophrase” didn’t take off, the phenomenon it described blossomed, abetted by hip-hop” Author Drew Kaplan Date 17 April 2015 While the word “tautophrase” didn’t take off, the phenomenon it described blossomed, abetted by...
Social Media “…the important thing is for employees to make strategy choices for themselves…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 17 April 2015 …the important thing is for employees to make strategy choices for themselves – with...
Social Media “Before making any conscious choice of preferred social media strategy, professionals should do a quick self-diagnosis of their current, most natural online behavior” Author Drew Kaplan Date 16 April 2015 Before making any conscious choice of preferred social media strategy, professionals should do a...