University “’It’s started to feel like Jewish lives don’t matter,’ he said” Author Drew Kaplan Date 24 December 2015 “It’s hard to be a Jewish student and support these groups when harsh criticism...
Open Orthodoxy “Open Orthodoxy is trying to balance two ideals: It wants to keep the neighborhood-like intimacy and rituals of Torah Judaism but make them more open and inclusive” Author Drew Kaplan Date 24 December 2015 Open Orthodoxy is trying to balance two ideals: It wants to keep the neighborhood-like...
Uncategorized “Cities can’t win. When they do well, people resent them as citadels of inequality; when they do badly, they are cesspools of hopelessness” Author Drew Kaplan Date 23 December 2015 Cities can’t win. When they do well, people resent them as citadels of inequality;...
Modern Orthodoxy, Open Orthodoxy “…schism will lead to disaster and eventual oblivion for both sides” in Modern Orthodoxy Author Drew Kaplan Date 23 December 2015 I contend that schism will lead to disaster and eventual oblivion for both sides....
Modern Orthodoxy, Open Orthodoxy “For much of 2015, every effort was made, on both sides, to send American Modern Orthodoxy into schism and compel the formation of a separate denomination called Open Orthodoxy” Author Drew Kaplan Date 22 December 2015 For much of 2015, every effort was made, on both sides, to send American...
Halakhah A couple of “considerations regarding the words of מר עוקבא” re: waiting between meat and milk Author Drew Kaplan Date 22 December 2015 Here are two additional considerations regarding the words of מר עוקבא: אמר מר עוקבא...
Jewish Community, Jewish Organizations “…that Jewish world doesn’t take enough risks. Professionals are scared of the rebuke of the lay people” Author Drew Kaplan Date 21 December 2015 To Mr. Bronfman and every other member of self-declared Jewish royalty: Chabad doesn’t have...
Israel, Jewish Denominations, Orthodoxy “…perhaps the biggest gap [between Orthodox and liberal streams] is in attitudes toward Israel” Author Drew Kaplan Date 21 December 2015 It is no secret that there is an increasing divide between the Orthodox and...
America “The 1803 Louisiana Purchase…set off the dynamic that led to the Civil War” Author Drew Kaplan Date 18 December 2015 The 1803 Louisiana Purchase—by which the U.S. acquired more slaveholding territory in the name...
Uncategorized “…the social crises that cities face are remarkably consistent, country to country and town to town” Author Drew Kaplan Date 17 December 2015 …the social crises that cities face are remarkably consistent, country to country and town...