“There is a fine line…between legitimate criticism, which is what Israel deserves, and illegitimate criticism”
The 20th century produced many international conflicts that were clear-cut, black-and-white, good-and-evil. … The...
Author Archives: Drew Kaplan
“…when the orders are reworded to say “allow natural death,” patients and family members and even medical professionals are much more likely to give their consent…”
It seems that getting end-of-life patients and their families to endorse “do not resuscitate”...
“One point of beat-up bluejeans is to bother good taste, which is a muscular aesthetic stance, a canny market footing and an ambiguous moral position”
One point of beat-up bluejeans is to bother good taste, which is a muscular...
“Such street culture is simply the black urban version of one of America’s most iconic traditions: the Wild West”
In all inner-city neighborhoods, however, there is a problem minority that varies between about...
“…the whole proposition of nakba is problematic insofar as it sets up Israel’s creation as a zero-sum game”
…the whole proposition of nakba is problematic insofar as it sets up Israel’s creation...
“We all know that freedom and democracy do not work within Muslim communities, yet we have never tried to sincerely find out why”
We all know that freedom and democracy do not work within Muslim communities, yet...
“It seems that love of the political enemy prompted Christianity to identify with those who had condemned and killed Jesus”
It seems that love of the political enemy prompted Christianity to identify with those...
“For better or worse, then, brothers were often stuck with each other”
The law of inheritance, the concentration of a family’s wealth in property, and the...
“Israel’s supreme advantage in this war lies in the enemy’s own misunderstanding”
For Israelis, the mingled sensations of power and vulnerability are rooted in the mixed...
“Rabbenu Tam altered the text of a blessing that had been in use for probably a thousand years”
When someone gets married, Ketubot 7b tells us that the following words appear in...