“Think of the safe space as the live-action version of the better-known trigger warning…”
Safe spaces are an expression of the conviction, increasingly prevalent among college students, that...
Author Archives: Drew Kaplan
“’New York feels like it’s all about ‘making it’, L.A. feels like it’s all about making things'”
No wonder a new generation of restless New Yorkers is starting to heed the...
“…while keeping college-level discussions “safe” may feel good to the hypersensitive, it’s bad for them and for everyone else”
…while keeping college-level discussions “safe” may feel good to the hypersensitive, it’s bad for...
“This ‘failure to communicate’ doesn’t strengthen synagogue life; instead, it encourages more members to leave the synagogue complaining about the lack of relevancy to their own lives”
On each Shabbat, many worshipers open their siddurim and proceed through the service with...
“With absolutely good intentions, Europeans decided to adopt a suicidal, empty-headed multiculturalism with unmatched state benefits, wide immigration doors, and…”
A half-century ago, Europe decided to adopt a pluralistic, multicultural image to society. With...
“It is uplifting to see segments of the community suddenly adopt Chabad strategies”
It is uplifting to see segments of the community suddenly adopt Chabad strategies. The...
“Whenever the issue of Islamic extremism arises, the first reaction of moderate Muslims is not to start an honest debate and reform in their religion but to defend Islam and Muslim”
Whenever the issue of Islamic extremism arises, the first reaction of moderate Muslims is...
“…many scholars of illuminated Haggadot have been victims of interpretive paralysis, and that their work is often disappointing”
…Marc Michael Epstein calls attention to a problem in art history scholarship that he...
“…a church can have a sleek logo and Web site, but if it’s judgmental and exclusive, if it fails to show the love of Jesus to all, millennials will sniff it out”
…a church can have a sleek logo and Web site, but if it’s judgmental...
“In the first century C.E., Judaism was marked by numerous sects and groups…”
In the first century C.E., Judaism was marked by numerous sects and groups: Pharisees,...