Jews in America “Far too many young Jews…are terribly ignorant of even the basics, with little to zero knowledge of Hebrew or of Jewish and Israeli history” Author Drew Kaplan Date 11 May 2016 ….young Americans need a Jewish education. And here, U.S. Jewish leaders and their organizations...
Jewish Community “The once-concentric circles of your Jewish community and your social justice community are now more like Venn diagrams with an ever-receding area of commonality” Author Drew Kaplan Date 2 May 2016 We’ve told you that there are organizations where you can find your people, people...
Jews in America, Modern Orthodoxy, Orthodoxy, Rabbis “…although Modern Orthodoxy has produced many brilliant and dedicated leaders and laymen, it has yet to cultivate younger figures possessing the authority and broad appeal of its founding fathers” Author Drew Kaplan Date 30 March 2016 The charge that the establishment lacks even a healthy amount of dynamism is undeniably...
Jews in America “One dramatic change in L.A. Jewish life is the emergence of Hollywood Jews…from the shadows” Author Drew Kaplan Date 8 March 2016 One dramatic change in L.A. Jewish life is the emergence of Hollywood Jews —...
Jews in America “More Jews in the West than elsewhere were raised by intermarried parents” Author Drew Kaplan Date 7 March 2016 … the undeniable impact of intermarriage and other features of Jewish social networks, or...
Alcoholic Drinks, America, Synagogues “Prohibition took effect in January, 1920, and, all at once, people really did stop drinking, at least for a time” Author Drew Kaplan Date 28 February 2016 Prohibition took effect in January, 1920, and, all at once, people really did stop...
Jewish Community, Jewish Federations “This rise of the individual comes, for better and for worse, with a weakening of large, centralized institutions” Author Drew Kaplan Date 16 February 2016 Ongoing social, technological and political shifts should prompt us to embrace a culture of...
Jews in America “…geography plays a key role in L.A.’s Jewish community, with Jews spread out all over the vast city…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 10 February 2016 Rabbi Wolpe believes geography plays a key role in L.A.’s Jewish community, with Jews...
Jews in America “In congratulating ourselves on our past, we neglect the work that must be done in the present” Author Drew Kaplan Date 8 February 2016 …I wonder whether we’re running the grave risk of turning Heschel into an American-Jewish...
Jewish Community, Jews in America “…my impressions of much of Los Angeles Jewish life — creative, casual, relaxed — particularly compared to New York” Author Drew Kaplan Date 28 January 2016 …consistent with my impressions of much of Los Angeles Jewish life — creative, casual,...