Uncategorized “No matter how put together we all appear on the outside, on the inside, everyone has burdens” Author Drew Kaplan Date 13 October 2015 One thing a rabbi knows: No matter how put together we all appear on...
Politics in America “…journalists bear special blame for [Trump], because bit by bit, year by year, we turned up the heat, intensifying our demand for conflict, for crackups…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 12 October 2015 We journalists bear special blame for him, because bit by bit, year by year,...
Jews, Races in America “It’s time for us to opt out of the racist paradigm because we are Jews” Author Drew Kaplan Date 12 October 2015 …I call upon us all this year to reject our own self-labelling as white....
Writing “Factual writing is also a kind of treasure hunt, and when the nuggets come along you know what they are” Author Drew Kaplan Date 11 October 2015 In interviews, I scribble and scribble, gathering impressions, observations, information, and quotes, but not...
Rabbis “Rabbis in America and in Israel talk about political issues all the time, and maybe it is appropriate to ask whether that is a good policy for them and for the community” Author Drew Kaplan Date 11 October 2015 Rabbis in America and in Israel are used to speaking about political issues. They...
Beer “Home brewing was the open secret in the midst of the ban on all alcohol” Author Drew Kaplan Date 9 October 2015 In the thirteen years that Prohibition was in effect, a well-known but rarely talked...
Investing “We think of stocks as the paradigmatic investment, but bonds are the single most important force in the financial world…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 9 October 2015 We think of stocks as the paradigmatic investment, but bonds are the single most...
Beer, Writing “Sunshine has long worked as the best disinfectant and it remains the same for beer writing” Author Drew Kaplan Date 8 October 2015 Sunshine has long worked as the best disinfectant and it remains the same for...
Business “…the haredi world today does not want to see Rashbam’s peshat understanding of when the day begins, so the censorship is necessary in order for ArtScroll’s mikraot gedolot Chumash to sell” Author Drew Kaplan Date 8 October 2015 I have received emails that make the same point, that the censorship is all...
Creativity “Ideally, a piece of writing should grow to whatever length is sustained by its selected material—that much and no more” Author Drew Kaplan Date 7 October 2015 Writing is selection. Just to start a piece of writing you have to choose...