Jewish Community, Jewish Federations “This rise of the individual comes, for better and for worse, with a weakening of large, centralized institutions” Author Drew Kaplan Date 16 February 2016 Ongoing social, technological and political shifts should prompt us to embrace a culture of...
Modern Orthodoxy, Open Orthodoxy “…if there wasn’t an Open Orthodoxy to kick around, YU and Modern Orthodoxy would once again be the focus” Author Drew Kaplan Date 16 February 2016 This obsession with the Open Orthodox reminds me of how in earlier centuries Christian...
Movies, Religion “You may have been led to believe that Religion and Hollywood are at war. Don’t believe it” Author Drew Kaplan Date 15 February 2016 You may have been led to believe that Religion and Hollywood are at war....
Modern Orthodoxy, Open Orthodoxy “…Gordimer seems not only unwilling to negotiate that balance…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 14 February 2016 …object of Gordimer’s displeasure is the “Joy of Text” podcast, which discusses matters of...
Jobs/Professions, Travel, Work, Writing “Writers and travellers alike do their best work when they don’t know what they’re looking for…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 14 February 2016 Writers and travellers alike do their best work when they don’t know what they’re...
America, Literature “Popular storytelling in the New World instead tended to celebrate in words and song the larger-than-life exploits of ordinary men and women” Author Drew Kaplan Date 12 February 2016 Popular storytelling in the New World instead tended to celebrate in words and song...
Alcoholic Drinks, America “In 1933, the country’s Prohibitionists had to grapple with a political fate worse than failure: oblivion” Author Drew Kaplan Date 11 February 2016 In 1933, the country’s Prohibitionists had to grapple with a political fate worse than...
Modern Orthodoxy, Open Orthodoxy, Orthodoxy “Gordimer’s approach would ultimately consign Modern Orthodoxy to the ash heaps of Jewish history for its irrelevance. It’s also anti-historic” Author Drew Kaplan Date 11 February 2016 For those of us on the fence about these issues, Gordimer’s dialectic is untenable,...
Modern Orthodoxy, Open Orthodoxy “…a wider battle taking place between the Modern Orthodox establishment, led nominally by the RCA, and a vocal left-wing minority known as Open Orthodoxy” Author Drew Kaplan Date 10 February 2016 …last week’s uproar offers another occasion, far from the first in recent years, to...
Jews in America “…geography plays a key role in L.A.’s Jewish community, with Jews spread out all over the vast city…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 10 February 2016 Rabbi Wolpe believes geography plays a key role in L.A.’s Jewish community, with Jews...