Scholarship “One should always be wary of a book by a scholar insisting that there is a pattern where before none has been seen…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 24 July 2015 One should always be wary of a book by a scholar insisting that there...
Politics in America “Magna Carta’s unusual legacy in the United States is a matter of political history” Author Drew Kaplan Date 23 July 2015 Magna Carta’s unusual legacy in the United States is a matter of political history....
Bible “…if “Cushite” was used to convey the foreignness of Moses’ wife, it is fitting that Miriam is in turn made to feel the outsider as she is set apart outside the camp” Author Drew Kaplan Date 23 July 2015 …if Miriam used the term “Cushite” as a racial slur referring to skin color,...
Politics in America “Substituting compulsory morality with compulsory liberalism simply shifts the burden of coercive state power from one group to another” Author Drew Kaplan Date 22 July 2015 Obergefell would be a tragic irony if it succeeded in finally closing the door...
Gender, Masculinity, Talmud “…sexual identity was for them not a hidden mystery to be disclosed by means of the science of physiognomy, but the product of a simple distinction between sexual organs” Author Drew Kaplan Date 22 July 2015 Both the issue of eunuchs and of bodily defects suggest that categories of a...
Clothing “…glasses have steadily evolved from strict practicality to become spectacles in themselves” Author Drew Kaplan Date 21 July 2015 Practical people, choosing the unassuming oblong frames that are the plain vanilla of this...
Gender, Masculinity, Scholarship, Talmud “In the formative years of women’s and gender studies in the field of rabbinics, inquiries into the Talmudic concept of gender took the shape of liberal feminist readings” Author Drew Kaplan Date 21 July 2015 In the formative years of women’s and gender studies in the field of rabbinics,...
Family, Marriage “The most frequent dynamic I encounter among straight people, both in pop culture and in couples I know, is that of the annoyed wife and the clueless husband” Author Drew Kaplan Date 20 July 2015 The most frequent dynamic I encounter among straight people, both in pop culture and...
Clothing “Glasses have long been understood as signs of seriousness…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 17 July 2015 Glasses have long been understood as signs of seriousness; this holds true for squarish...
Business “…we all have weaknesses, so let’s all help each other and we’ll go forward together” Author Drew Kaplan Date 17 July 2015 …a balance of knowing both your strengths but also your weaknesses and not trying...