Television “There’s room for both kinds of shows, but as ‘Cosby’ recedes from reruns, ‘Roc’ seems especially worthy of reconsideration” Author Drew Kaplan Date 18 August 2016 …looking back at “Roc,” I find it interesting to consider that before his acting...
Open Orthodoxy, Orthodoxy “What are the goals of the progressive Orthodox movement and are the strategies currently in place fostering the achievement of those goals?” Author Drew Kaplan Date 18 August 2016 What are the goals of the progressive Orthodox movement and are the strategies currently...
Politics in America “Throughout the primaries, Trump rallies routinely featured his boasts about the most recent polling results” Author Drew Kaplan Date 17 August 2016 Throughout the primaries, Trump rallies routinely featured his boasts about the most recent polling...
Races in America “For poor and working-class whites, skin color no longer feels like an implicit guarantor of privilege” Author Drew Kaplan Date 17 August 2016 For poor and working-class whites, skin color no longer feels like an implicit guarantor...
Modern Orthodoxy “In effect, it creates a terrible rift between halachic Judaism in Israel and in the diaspora” Author Drew Kaplan Date 16 August 2016 …the Chief Rabbinate of Israel has essentially repudiated all of the converts who have...
Modern Orthodoxy, Open Orthodoxy, Orthodoxy “We don’t have to listen too closely to hear the loud grumbling in Orthodox circles. Change is afoot” Author Drew Kaplan Date 16 August 2016 Tradition is not monolithic, and its orthodox rabbinic leadership has never been more suspect,...
Divorce, Halakhah “…we can now better appreciate why certain rabbis have attempted to find solutions within Jewish law to the contemporary agunah problem” Author Drew Kaplan Date 15 August 2016 I have been told that the Beth Din of America operates on the principle...
Late Antiquity, Talmud “The laying-up of something in the Temple had the effect of dedicating it to God, and so gave it an additional sanctity” Author Drew Kaplan Date 15 August 2016 In view of the divine origin which was attributed to the Scriptures, it is...
Races in America, University “In recent years, our society, and our college campuses, have been infused by an approach to identity politics that…seems to be struggling with…tension of humility and arrogance” Author Drew Kaplan Date 12 August 2016 As we learn about ourselves and one another through talking and listening and being...
Hip-Hop, Music “After years of experiencing West through Auto-Tune and mike effects, hearing his natural voice is a reminder that doubt remains his greatest motivation” Author Drew Kaplan Date 11 August 2016 West hasn’t released much music since “Yeezus,” an album on which his voice began...