Babylonian Talmud, Rabbinic Literature “…studying Talmud…connects the (presumably) pluralistic ideas of the learner with the very activity in which they are engaged” Author Drew Kaplan Date 12 April 2021 Even as the Shoah and the State of Israel were essential drivers of Greenberg...
Politics in America “…there are ultimately four characteristics in candidates that I think drive our perceptions and our decisions…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 6 March 2020 I think there are ultimately four characteristics in candidates that I think drive our...
Holidays, Sukkot Considering the paradoxes of Sukkot Author Drew Kaplan Date 16 October 2019 I love the paradoxes of Sukkot: a holiday with profound universalistic theological overtones that...
Jewish Community “I don’t see an end in sight to the massive private foundations dominating the Jewish philanthropic landscape, but there are definitely better ways forward” Author Drew Kaplan Date 5 April 2019 …what has to change in the world of Jewish philanthropy and fundraising to make...
Israel, Politics in Israel “You can certainly keep people out of your country if you believe they are undermining it; you are playing with fire if you keep people out who disagree with you” Author Drew Kaplan Date 14 March 2019 I sincerely doubt the Prime Minister of Israel is directing anyone to interrogate Peter...
Jewish Community, Jewish Organizations “One of the greatest paradoxes of ‘the American Jewish establishment’ is that it is only believed to really exist by those who fear or despise it” Author Drew Kaplan Date 7 March 2019 One of the greatest paradoxes of “the American Jewish establishment” is that it is...
Jewish Community, Jews in America “Community is messy; be wary of those trying so hard to make it clean” Author Drew Kaplan Date 28 February 2019 …while Jewish organizations should be allowed to exercise caution about their overt structural partnerships...
Jewish Community, Jewish Organizations, Jews in America There is a “political phenomenon in the Jewish community…on the disincentivizing of all forms of ‘courageous leadership’ by relatively small numbers of individuals who can drive a community agenda” Author Drew Kaplan Date 27 February 2019 …a larger political phenomenon in the Jewish community…on the disincentivizing of all forms of...
America, Israel, Politics in America, Politics in Israel “There are really important arenas…where the comparisons between these two countries need to be interrogated, and where deep work has to take place in order to ensure that the two societies are not reinforcing each others’ weaknesses” Author Drew Kaplan Date 25 February 2019 There are really important arenas – ideological trends like the rise of nationalism and...
Jewish Community, Jewish Organizations, Jews in America “…the great divides are about how or whether American Jews feel essentially safe and at home or eternally vulnerable and vigilant…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 8 February 2019 The basic political theory behind organized Jewish communal (read: establishment) politics in America since...