Jewish Community, Jewish Organizations “…if the theme of sorts for Jewish organizational life over the past 10-12 years was “innovation”, the next big theme should be “mergers and acquisition” Author Drew Kaplan Date 7 September 2017 I strongly believe that, if the theme of sorts for Jewish organizational life over...
Writing “A parenthetical sentence is a paradoxical thing. It straddles worlds…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 6 September 2017 A parenthetical sentence is a paradoxical thing. It straddles worlds: It is both inside...
Politics in America “Fetishizing civility has a way of elevating style over substance” Author Drew Kaplan Date 6 September 2017 Fetishizing civility has a way of elevating style over substance. Richard Spencer, the white...
Late Antiquity “The temporal and geographic core of Jewish ritual purity was Second Temple Jerusalem” Author Drew Kaplan Date 5 September 2017 The temporal and geographic core of Jewish ritual purity was Second Temple Jerusalem. Like...
Politics in America “When did our national discourse become so consumed with the state of our national discourse?” Author Drew Kaplan Date 4 September 2017 When did our national discourse become so consumed with the state of our national...
Israel, Jews in America “American Jewry and Israeli Jewry can both be success stories, even as the standards for thickness, moral integrity, spiritual health, political vitality, and continuity must be measured by different gauges” Author Drew Kaplan Date 4 September 2017 By extension, it is time to take each of these communities seriously on their...
America, Pop Culture “Americans are surely the maestros of reappropriation” Author Drew Kaplan Date 3 September 2017 …Americans are surely the maestros of reappropriation. Conservatives turned the phrase “vast right-wing conspiracy”...
Israel, Palestinians, Six-Day War “…taking on the identity of being the world’s wanderers is more of a punishment than a badge of honor” Author Drew Kaplan Date 3 September 2017 …as we converge on marking 50 years since the 1967 war reshaped the relationship...
Alcoholic Drinks, Health, Medicine “In this study, we have demonstrated that the risk of transaminitis in patients with RA taking MTX does increase with increasing levels of alcohol consumption. However, the risk in those patients who consume ≤14 units of alcohol per week is no greater than those who do not drink alcohol” Author Drew Kaplan Date 1 September 2017 In this study, we have demonstrated that the risk of transaminitis in patients with...
Europe “It remains unclear whether anti-establishment voters, in this election or others, tend to choose the most anti-establishment platform, the most outside-the-system leader or the opposite of whoever is in power” Author Drew Kaplan Date 1 September 2017 Few systems in the world are more complex than the one between a person’s...