Lubavicher Hasidim “This vernacular, coupled with humor, creates a welcoming space” Author Drew Kaplan Date 6 March 2017 …religious education has become a commodity that attracts people with a welcoming common vernacular...
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...
Centrist Orthodoxy, Modern Orthodoxy “…the religious leadership of an institution whose motto is “Torah U’Madda” has frozen its conception of religiously permissible Madda at that with which the Rav engaged at the University of Berlin in the 1920s…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 8 February 2017 Yeshiva University faces many challenges, some reflective of broader societal trends and some of...
Centrist Orthodoxy, Modern Orthodoxy, Orthodoxy “We need to believe that Torah U’Madda was not a limited-time offer that expired sometime in the last century…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 7 February 2017 Today’s Centrist Orthodox world–the world of Yeshiva University, the world that produces the overwhelming...
Orthodoxy “Aish dispels the myth that being Orthodox means you cannot maintain some level of modernity in syntax” Author Drew Kaplan Date 31 January 2017 Aish dispels the myth that being Orthodox means you cannot maintain some level of...
Modern Orthodoxy, Orthodoxy “Among the many things that characterize modern Orthodox Jews…perhaps the most-defining is our embrace of the Talmudic maxim hokhma bagoyim ta’amin…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 24 January 2017 Among the many things that characterize modern Orthodox Jews: religious Zionism; engaging with the...
Centrist Orthodoxy, Modern Orthodoxy “Torah U’Madda, if it stands for anything, stands not for the ability to go to an excellent university, get a prestigious law degree, and make a wonderful living for a family in Teaneck, Woodmere, or New Rochelle” Author Drew Kaplan Date 23 January 2017 Torah U’Madda, if it stands for anything, stands not for the ability to go...
Orthodoxy “One of the most salient features of Orthodox Jewish life at the turn of the twenty-first century is the halakhic handbook designed for the layperson” Author Drew Kaplan Date 16 January 2017 One of the most salient features of Orthodox Jewish life at the turn of...
Modern Orthodoxy “The question is not…whether our Modern Orthodox high school students are prepared to engage with the non-Jewish world…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 10 January 2017 The question is not…whether our Modern Orthodox high school students are prepared to engage...