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...
Jewish Community, Jewish Organizations “…it’s mystifying that in our American Jewish organizational culture, we have a huge web of information, but we have not successfully networked, tracked and sequenced our people enough” Author Drew Kaplan Date 28 January 2015 …it’s mystifying that in our American Jewish organizational culture, we have a huge web...
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...
Jewish Community “We currently have no mechanism to track abusers as they hide their tracks by moving jobs or preying on the weak in our community…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 8 January 2015 We currently have no mechanism to track abusers as they hide their tracks by...
Jews, Jews in America “…Jews who don’t know how to be Jewish because they lack the guidance of organized religion” Author Drew Kaplan Date 5 January 2015 …Jews who don’t know how to be Jewish because they lack the guidance of...