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Monthly Archives: May 2016

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...
Tagged Academia, Christianity, Judaism, Scholarship |
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...
Tagged Donald Trump, Media, Presidential Election, Presidential Election 2016, Press |
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...
Tagged Agunah, Divorce, Get, Marc B. Shapiro, Marc Shapiro, The SEforim Blog |
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...
Tagged Abuse, child welfare, Politics, Politics in America |
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...
Tagged clothing, Hooded Sweatshirt, Hoodie, race in America |
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...
Tagged beer, California, Golden State of Brewing masters thesis |
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...
Tagged Bernie Sanders, Donald Trump, Politics, Politics in America, Populism, populist, Presidential Election, Presidential Election 2016 |
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...
Tagged Erich Fromm, Shabbat |
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...
Tagged Haredi, Haredi Culture, Haredim, Rabbi Yitzchak Blau |
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...
Tagged Jewish education |
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  • "...the Korean Talmud, in some ways, is an inversion of the Babylonian Talmud..."
  • "...a schism in American Modern Orthodoxy will have grave consequences both practically AND ideologically for both conservative and liberal sides of the community"
  • "...the great divides are about how or whether American Jews feel essentially safe and at home or eternally vulnerable and vigilant..."
  • "Neusner moved the study of Judaism from Near Eastern Language or History departments into Religious Studies"
  • "Neusner was a rabbinic historian. He can be credited with reinventing rabbinic historiography in the modern period"
  • "The field of rabbinics is peopled by two types of scholars—literary scholars and historians"
  • "A comparison between Avot and Philostratus’ Lives of the Sophists underscores striking similarities and differences between the compositions..."
  • "...journalism, as a field, is as addled as an addict, gaunt, wasted, and twitchy, its pockets as empty as its nights are sleepless"
  • The Phrase משתה in the Book of Esther
  • "Philologists can sometimes forget that texts are not themselves autonomous subjects that move here and there, or chameleons that change color to fit the scenery"
Recent Comments
  • Contest Opens to Translate Part of the Shulhan Arukh: […] section that deals with marriage, relationships, sex, and more.   The
  • Speaking on Panel at Temple Beth David about Denominations | Rabbi Drew Kaplan: […] the outset, I made sure I stated that there are multiple Orthodoxies,
  • Some Philanthropy Posts on My Drew Kaplan Blog: […] Jay Sanderson on not pushing away young Jews from the Jewish community
  • On Not Worrying About Decreasing Synagogue Membership in America | Rabbi Drew: […] Synagogues may have been good for the middle of the twentieth century
  • Rabbi Hershel Gluck OBE | herschel gluck: […] “The divisions and politics of the Orthodox, the Modern Orthodox
  • Some Philanthropy Posts on My Drew Kaplan Blog - Drew's Views: […] “Thoughtful, intentional philanthropists seek to be strategic” [&#
  • Jacquel Rassenworth Talks about Hanukkah | The Jacquel Rassenworth Blog: […] “the order in which Hanukkah candles are lit, underwent an evolu
  • On Not Worrying About Decreasing Synagogue Membership in America | Rabbi Drew Kaplan's Blog: […] Synagogues may have been good for the middle of the twentieth century
  • On Not Worrying About Decreasing Synagogue Membership in America | Rabbi Drew Kaplan's Blog: […] Last month, a Chabad rabbi in Maryland criticized the twentieth centur
  • On Not Worrying About Decreasing Synagogue Membership in America | Rabbi Drew Kaplan's Blog: […] Well, 1) One can still go to a synagogue without becoming a member, 2)
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