Baseball, Major League Baseball “Unlike most mascots, Mr. Met is not a literal representation of his team…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 11 June 2017 Unlike most mascots, Mr. Met is not a literal representation of his team, perhaps...
Uncategorized “We imagine the villains of history as cunning strategists, brilliant masterminds of horror” Author Drew Kaplan Date 9 June 2017 We imagine the villains of history as cunning strategists, brilliant masterminds of horror. This...
Israel, Palestinians, Politics in America “…for the Israeli government, continuing its occupation is far less costly than the concessions required to end it” Author Drew Kaplan Date 8 June 2017 On this 50th anniversary of the war, it is clear that over the half-century...
America “The network of alliances that distinguishes America from other powers and has kept our nation safe and strong for decades is now in jeopardy” Author Drew Kaplan Date 8 June 2017 Four and a half months is not long, but President Trump has accomplished an...
Israel, Palestinians, Politics in America “For the most part, the Palestinians themselves have done much to support the status quo” Author Drew Kaplan Date 7 June 2017 For American politicians, electoral and campaign finance incentives still dictate a baseline of unconditional...
Bible, Judaism, Menstrual Impurity, Rabbinic Literature, Tannaim, Tannaitic Literature “In addition to the biblical distinction between normal and abnormal discharges, the rabbis developed two more categories…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 7 June 2017 Leviticus 15 is concerned with normal and abnormal, male and female genital discharges. As...
Amoraim, Babylonian Talmud, Judaism “The practice of waiting seven blood-free days following the end of a regular menstrual period is variously described in the Talmud as heḥemiru al atzman, minhaga, and halakhah pesukah, indicating that a variety of attitudes existed as to the severity of the requirement” Author Drew Kaplan Date 6 June 2017 Zimmerman is correct in saying that a seven-day wait after any bleeding has become...
Politics in America “President Trump’s recent executive order…was greeted by right and left like a birthday present of socks: nice, sort of; disappointing maybe; not really on anyone’s wish list” Author Drew Kaplan Date 5 June 2017 President Trump’s recent “Executive Order Promoting Free Speech and Religious Liberty” was greeted by...
Scholarship “Epistemological insiderism not only stakes out certain domains as belonging to persons with certain identities; it also risks boxing persons with those identities into specific domains” Author Drew Kaplan Date 5 June 2017 …the Tuvel affair raises issues that go beyond the controversial notion of transracialism. First,...
Israel, Newspapers “…the story of the people vs. Haaretz is not a story of a country whose public is no longer willing to tolerate debate” Author Drew Kaplan Date 4 June 2017 Four factors have converged to make Haaretz more annoying to Israelis today than ever...