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Monthly Archives: February 2017

Haredim/Haredi-ism

“Historically, ideological matters were kept separate from halakhah”

Author Drew Kaplan Date 26 February 2017
Historically, ideological matters were kept separate from halakhah. The various rabbinic organizations in Europe...
Tagged Halakhah, Haredi Culture, Haredism, Marc B. Shapiro, Marc Shapiro, Seforim Blog, The SEforim Blog |
Politics in America

“All administrations lie, but what we are seeing here is an attack on credibility itself”

Author Drew Kaplan Date 22 February 2017
In a stunning demonstration of the power and resiliency of our new post-factual political...
Tagged Alex Jones, Donald Trump, Drudge Report, Fox News, Gateway Pundit, News Media, Politics in America, Press, Trump Administration |
Politics in America

“Bill Clinton’s Presidency was so lacking in history-making events, yet so crowded with the embarrassing minutiae of scandalmongering, that it was easy to miss the great change that those years meant for the country and the Democratic Party”

Author Drew Kaplan Date 21 February 2017
Bill Clinton’s Presidency was so lacking in history-making events, yet so crowded with the...
Tagged Bill Clinton, Democratic Party, Economy, Politics in America, presidency |
Judaism

“The goals of tzeniut can only be fulfilled in a society that fosters intimacy and empathy”

Author Drew Kaplan Date 21 February 2017
The unconscionable physical and verbal violence against women in Beit Shemesh and elsewhere have...
Tagged Halakhah, modesty |
Haredim/Haredi-ism, Internet, Lubavicher Hasidim, Websites

“There is no substantial evidence to see if Aish’s movement is more effective than Chabad’s, but the more modern approach to the material does continue to set the difference in tone in these two online orthodox movements”

Author Drew Kaplan Date 20 February 2017
Like Chabad, Aish provides links to information about their schools and drop-in classes. The...
Tagged Aish HaTorah, Chabad, Internet, Jewish outreach, Jewish Subcultures Online masters thesis, Kiruv, Online |
Babylonian Talmud, Judaism, Rabbinic Literature

“…the true Jewish ethos of modesty does not exclusively pertain to sexuality…”

Author Drew Kaplan Date 20 February 2017
The topic of “tzniut” or “modesty” has recently become a prominent point of discussion...
Tagged Judaism, modesty, Rabbinic Literature, sexuality, Talmud |
Incarceration

“Only 1 percent to 7 percent of children who commit sexual offenses will do it again…”

Author Drew Kaplan Date 19 February 2017
The expansion of sex offender laws to include juveniles was based on the assumption...
Tagged Children, children sex offenders, sex offender laws, sex offenders |
Uncategorized

“In the ghetto narrative, a poor neighborhood falls victim to isolation; in the gentrification narrative, a poor neighborhood falls victim to invasion”

Author Drew Kaplan Date 19 February 2017
In the ghetto narrative, a poor neighborhood falls victim to isolation; in the gentrification...
Tagged America, Cities, gentrification, ghetto, neighborhood |
Politics in America

“The dangers presented by leaks are clearly not lost on the Trump administration, but neither are the opportunities”

Author Drew Kaplan Date 17 February 2017
Early coverage of the Trump administration has been defined by seemingly panoptical accounts from...
Tagged Donald Trump, leaks, Politics, Politics in America, Trump Administration |
Science

“A public understanding of science is not well served by shackling science to a national-security state”

Author Drew Kaplan Date 16 February 2017
The nuclear-winter debate has long since been forgotten, but you can still spy it...
Tagged Climate Change, Environment, Nuclear Weapons, nuclear winter, Science |
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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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