May 2016 – Excerpted

Scholarship

“The various literatures relevant to Judaism and Christianity are so bulky and so diverse and so complex that no one person can master them all and the secondary scholarship in full thoroughness”

Author Drew Kaplan Date 24 May 2016

The various literatures relevant to Judaism and Christianity are so bulky and so diverse...

Journalism, Politics in America

“It’s not that we shouldn’t have covered Trump’s craziness, but that we should have aggressively provided context in the form of fact checks and robust examination of policy proposals”

Author Drew Kaplan Date 23 May 2016

Although many of us journalists have derided Trump, the truth is that he generally...

Divorce

“Nothing should scandalize us more than a so-called religious person keeping his wife captive as a means of revenge”

Author Drew Kaplan Date 23 May 2016

In matters of divorce, my feeling is that when either husband or wife wants...

Politics in America

“The tragedy of the child-welfare system lies, unnoticed, at the bottom of the chasm that divides American politics”

Author Drew Kaplan Date 22 May 2016

The tragedy of the child-welfare system lies, unnoticed, at the bottom of the chasm...

Clothing, Races in America

“In a cardigan or a crew neck, this model is just another model. In the hoodie, he is a folk demon and a scapegoat, a political symbol and a moving target…”

Author Drew Kaplan Date 22 May 2016

In a cardigan or a crew neck, this model is just another model. In...

Beer, California

“Known now as ‘The Bates Bill’, the new law allowed the explosive growth of microbreweries and brewpubs, first throughout California…”

Author Drew Kaplan Date 20 May 2016

In 1983, the California state legislature successfully passed Assembly Bill 3610, amending Section 23357...

Politics in America

“…every major ‘populist’ insurgency is a warning about serious problems festering in our politics”

Author Drew Kaplan Date 19 May 2016

In their own fashion, Sanders and Trump are protesting inequalities and the corruption of...

Shabbat

“There can be no doubt of the fact that the Sabbath is a, or perhaps the, central institution of biblical and rabbinical religion”

Author Drew Kaplan Date 19 May 2016

There can be no doubt of the fact that the Sabbath is a, or...

Haredim/Haredi-ism

“…it is difficult to accept a haredi message about women’s more private roles when haredi kollel culture means that their women have to take jobs requiring much more exposure to the broader world…”

Author Drew Kaplan Date 18 May 2016

In general, it is difficult to accept a haredi message about women’s more private...

Jewish Education

“The prevalence of “cafeteria Judaism” is part of what frustrates so many Jewish professionals in their search for how to promote a greater interest in Judaism among their constituencies”

Author Drew Kaplan Date 18 May 2016

The prevalence of “cafeteria Judaism” is part of what frustrates so many Jewish professionals...

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