Babylonian Talmud, Haredim/Haredi-ism, Jewish Community The Siyum HaShas “Shockingly Has Nothing to Do with the Talmud Bavli” Author Drew Kaplan Date 2 January 2020 The Event Shockingly Has Nothing to Do with the Talmud Bavli. I kind of...
Haredim/Haredi-ism, Society “The way to rectify corrupt sexual mores is by replacing them with a healthy code of sexuality, not by advocating asexuality” Author Drew Kaplan Date 23 October 2018 The way to rectify corrupt sexual mores is by replacing them with a healthy...
Haredim/Haredi-ism “Historically, ideological matters were kept separate from halakhah” Author Drew Kaplan Date 26 February 2017 Historically, ideological matters were kept separate from halakhah. The various rabbinic organizations in Europe...
Haredim/Haredi-ism, Internet, Lubavicher Hasidim, Websites “There is no substantial evidence to see if Aish’s movement is more effective than Chabad’s, but the more modern approach to the material does continue to set the difference in tone in these two online orthodox movements” Author Drew Kaplan Date 20 February 2017 Like Chabad, Aish provides links to information about their schools and drop-in classes. The...
Haredim/Haredi-ism, Marriage “…there is no such concept [of “falling in love”] in the haredi world” Author Drew Kaplan Date 3 January 2017 …there is no such concept in the haredi world (and...
Haredim/Haredi-ism “…degrading one’s ideological opponents despite their great Torah knowledge…stands at the root of all the terrible disputes in the haredi world” Author Drew Kaplan Date 26 October 2016 A basic feature of “official” haredism, especially in Israel, is the attitude that even...
Haredim/Haredi-ism “As a religious person, I find the debate over women’s images in publications in itself embarrassing” Author Drew Kaplan Date 7 September 2016 …when I am told constantly, that the religious world protects women from being objectified,...
Haredim/Haredi-ism, Judaism “But how can you be a light if almost no one can see you?” Author Drew Kaplan Date 27 June 2016 …Orthodox answer is “to keep the commandments.” That suffices, we are reassured, because when...
Haredim/Haredi-ism “…it is difficult to accept a haredi message about women’s more private roles when haredi kollel culture means that their women have to take jobs requiring much more exposure to the broader world…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 18 May 2016 In general, it is difficult to accept a haredi message about women’s more private...
Haredim/Haredi-ism, Internet “…Agudah finally threw in the towel and accepted the internet, setting up a website for the convention and broadcasting live…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 3 April 2016 This past year, we were told that it was Agudath Israel of America’s 93rd...