Israel, Jews in America, Young Adults “…the relevance of Israel to the younger generation of American Jews is not self-evident…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 9 March 2015 Jewish students on campus do not need heavily curated fact-sheets or pro-Israel YouTube videos...
Israel, Jewish, Jewish Community, Jews in America “…American Judaism seemed to be emerging from its hyper-political phase, the post-Holocaust, post-1967 era…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 2 March 2015 The mini (and short lived) spiritual explosion… took place in the 90’s, the era...
Israel, Jews in America In the 1990s, “the relative ordinariness of Israel left room for other topics – and spirituality made the most sense” Author Drew Kaplan Date 23 February 2015 The mini (and short lived) spiritual explosion… took place in the 90’s, the era...
Jewish Community, Jews in America “My fear now…is that all the talk about politics has chased away the spiritual seekers” Author Drew Kaplan Date 18 February 2015 My fear now – and it was a fear back then, expressed by others...
Israel, Jews, Jews in America “It is ultimately up to Diaspora Jews to make a decision. You are either native to Eretz Yisrael or…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 12 February 2015 It is ultimately up to Diaspora Jews to make a decision. You are either...
Jews in America, Rabbis “…this is what it’s come to. Rabbis today in America have to be proficient in the language of Iranian sanctions…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 11 February 2015 Not long ago, I was sitting with a group of fellow rabbis when the...
Jewish Community, Jews in America “…the dominant conversation nowadays in American Judaism is about politics” Author Drew Kaplan Date 8 February 2015 …the dominant conversation nowadays in American Judaism is about politics. Mostly it’s Middle Eastern...
Jews in America, Synagogues “The question, however, is whether the Synagogue, itself, particularly in its present form, can cope with the crisis which faces American Jewry” Author Drew Kaplan Date 29 January 2015 The Synagogue is one of the major forces in Jewish life in America. The...
Jews in America, Rabbis “…in the postwar era, the dominant face of American Orthodoxy was that of Yeshiva University-trained rabbis…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 15 January 2015 …in the postwar era, the dominant face of American Orthodoxy was that of Yeshiva...
Jewish, Jews in America “An example of American Midrash is our interpretation of Hanukkah and Passover as freedom holidays–reflecting American ideals” Author Drew Kaplan Date 15 January 2015 The discrepancies between our American and Jewish values create a dilemma around which we...