EMail “Email is not a technical problem. It’s a people problem. And you can’t fix people.” Author Drew Kaplan Date 7 March 2019 You can seek to impose order on your inbox all you like – but...
Politics in America “The very things that can make the center so appealing, however, are also its great weaknesses” Author Drew Kaplan Date 5 March 2019 The very things that can make the center so appealing, however, are also its...
EMail, Work “Not answering emails today is like refusing to take phone calls in the 1990s or ignoring letters in the 1950s” Author Drew Kaplan Date 5 March 2019 Spending hours a day answering emails can stand in the way of getting other...
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...
Uncategorized “…the Korean Talmud, in some ways, is an inversion of the Babylonian Talmud…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 10 February 2019 …the Korean Talmud, in some ways, is an inversion of the Babylonian Talmud –...
Modern Orthodoxy “…a schism in American Modern Orthodoxy will have grave consequences both practically AND ideologically for both conservative and liberal sides of the community” Author Drew Kaplan Date 10 February 2019 I think a schism in American Modern Orthodoxy will have grave consequences both practically...
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...
Scholarship “Neusner moved the study of Judaism from Near Eastern Language or History departments into Religious Studies” Author Drew Kaplan Date 6 February 2019 As both a scholar and an academic politician, Neusner moved the study of Judaism...