Orthodoxy “Aish dispels the myth that being Orthodox means you cannot maintain some level of modernity in syntax” Author Drew Kaplan Date 31 January 2017 Aish dispels the myth that being Orthodox means you cannot maintain some level of...
Jewish Community “These questions are at the heart of a data-driven, performance-based culture, one that is only beginning to permeate Jewish life” Author Drew Kaplan Date 31 January 2017 “How are we doing?” and “How can we do better?” These questions are at...
Semantics “‘Ghetto’ has come to sound like an indictment of a people as well as of a place” Author Drew Kaplan Date 30 January 2017 …the term “ghetto” does seem to have faded somewhat from common usage. In the...
Politics in America “With Mr. Trump’s victory and with Republicans now controlling both houses of Congress, unions are expecting a series of stinging blows” Author Drew Kaplan Date 30 January 2017 With Mr. Trump’s victory and with Republicans now controlling both houses of Congress, unions...
Israel “…mythic attachments are the only wealth Jerusalem has ever produced…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 29 January 2017 …mythic attachments are the only wealth Jerusalem has ever produced, and they are what...
Islamic State, Middle East, Social Media “If the West really wants to destroy the Islamic State’s ‘deceptive media halo’, we need to take a page from them and foster our own forms of crowdsourced messages” Author Drew Kaplan Date 29 January 2017 If the West really wants to destroy the Islamic State’s “deceptive media halo,” we...
Politics in America “The danger is that a class identity founded on collective labor is replaced by an identity founded on resentment, further destabilizing our politics” Author Drew Kaplan Date 27 January 2017 It’s sometimes said that the value of manufacturing work is exaggerated, and that we...
Politics in America, Radio “One staple of every radio talk show was, of course, the bias of the mainstream media” Author Drew Kaplan Date 26 January 2017 One staple of every radio talk show was, of course, the bias of the...
Politics in America “What liberals find objectionable is a politicized vision of authentic faith that amounts to a simple set of core beliefs…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 26 January 2017 What liberal “elites” — believers and nonbelievers — find objectionable is not religion, but...
Movies, Star Wars “…George Lucas crafted a saga that is endlessly fascinating and worthy of repeated viewings” Author Drew Kaplan Date 25 January 2017 Star Wars has always been about the unknown and the unknowable, the instinct to...