Israel, Jews in America “Dangerous myths have grown up among the American Jewish community, myths that are totally detached from the reality in Israel…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 3 November 2016 Dangerous myths have grown up among the American Jewish community, myths that are totally...
Israel, Jews in America “Many American Jews have a strange relationship with Israel” Author Drew Kaplan Date 2 November 2016 Many American Jews have a strange relationship with Israel. For years they created a...
Internet, Jewish Community, Jews in America “While the Internet has become a global phenomenon, the American Jewish community is specifically finding its own ways to interact with technology in order to gain access to people and ideas beyond a local region” Author Drew Kaplan Date 26 September 2016 When one thinks about Judaism, the computer does not come to the forefront of...
Internet, Jewish Organizations, Lubavicher Hasidim “The best part of Chabad’s site is that it appeals to all ages” Author Drew Kaplan Date 19 September 2016 By the mid-1980s, computers had been introduced to the average home; they had also...
Jews in America, Races in America “The history of the ‘Black-Jewish alliance’ is, of course, much more complicated than the narrative evoked by the march in Selma, and its ambiguities provide some helpful context for the current controversy” Author Drew Kaplan Date 31 August 2016 Tensions between Jewish liberals and black radicals are, of course, not new. It was...
Hillel, University “Students do not take well to ideological force-feeding…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 2 August 2016 Of course, the Berkeley Hillel, like all Hillels, is not an island of groupthink...
Hillel, University “There is too much political anger on university campuses today, too little robust debate, too much suppression of robust debate about Israel, too much degrading of First Amendment principles and too much latent and overt anti-Semitism” Author Drew Kaplan Date 7 July 2016 There is too much political anger on university campuses today, too little robust debate,...
Jewish Community, Jews in America, Modern Orthodoxy “A new infusion of an invigorated Modern Orthodoxy that meets the best intellectual, moral and spiritual standards of postmodern culture is a critical ingredient for the strengthening of the center of affiliated Jewry” Author Drew Kaplan Date 23 June 2016 Modern Orthodox professionals have played a key role in the revitalization of American Jewry...
Jewish Community “The problem with simcha videos is not tedium but messaging” Author Drew Kaplan Date 21 June 2016 It is basically the narration of the child’s life as a toddler, kindergartener, elementary...
Hillel, University “What is most irritating in some of the criticisms is the myopic vision of the role of Hillels – as if they should be singly engaged in political advocacy” Author Drew Kaplan Date 16 June 2016 What is most irritating in some of the criticisms is the myopic vision of...