Halakhah, Modern Orthodoxy “Majority rule can break down in at least three ways” Author Drew Kaplan Date 19 October 2015 Majority rule can break down in at least three ways. First, we can disagree...
Jewish Books “…only applicable with the ancient Canaanites but not with regard to other non-Jews. This is false and ArtScroll knows it is false…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 18 October 2015 Ketubot 15a discusses the case of A killing B, when A actually intended to...
Halakhah “The process of chok-ification, of relating to a halakhah as lacking any humanly discernible purpose, often leads to that halakhah having its application narrowed to the point of nonexistence” Author Drew Kaplan Date 18 October 2015 The process of chok-ification, of relating to a halakhah as lacking any humanly discernible...
Uncategorized “Before a courthouse was erected to represent the new law of the land, or banks built to store the gold of the Argonauts, barrooms were the finest buildings in California” Author Drew Kaplan Date 16 October 2015 Before a courthouse was erected to represent the new law of the land, or...
Uncategorized “In a world where publishing is effortless, the decision to publish something isn’t terribly momentous” Author Drew Kaplan Date 16 October 2015 In a world where publishing is effortless, the decision to publish something isn’t terribly...
Clothing “The blue chambray shirt is emblematic of a phenomenon that shows no sign of receding — the ever-accelerating chic of ‘yesterday’s blue-collar brands’…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 15 October 2015 The blue chambray shirt is emblematic of a phenomenon that shows no sign of...
Talmud “…Rabbinic tales; in addition to all their other aspects, they were often attempts to understand the past” Author Drew Kaplan Date 15 October 2015 When analyzed in these terms, those same stories which seem so inappropriate for writing...
Beer, Food “The food revolution in California and the advent of a unique cuisine within the state would take multiple forms and lead to many new features of American gastronomy” Author Drew Kaplan Date 14 October 2015 The social movements of the 1960s that espoused multicultural values and new norms of...
News Media “…the basic link between newsworthiness and publication held, because there did not seem to be an alternative” Author Drew Kaplan Date 14 October 2015 Until recently, “the news” has meant two different things events that are newsworthy, and...
Beer, Writing “The lack of a fair wage also leads many beer writers to take outside work as brand consultants or public relations agents and consultants” Author Drew Kaplan Date 13 October 2015 Information is great, quality stories even better. But readers require context. In an age...