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...
Homosexuality, Modern Orthodoxy, Orthodoxy “We can push and tinker around the edges, but as an Orthodox community, we cannot simply change Orthodoxy” Author Drew Kaplan Date 29 September 2016 Ultimately, we will not succeed in satisfying the full range of expectations of every...
Homosexuality, Modern Orthodoxy “Steering away from the issue might feel safe, but that avoidance is detrimental and dangerous” Author Drew Kaplan Date 26 September 2016 In my experience, many, if not most, 20 to 40-year olds in the modern...
Internet, Lubavicher Hasidim “With rates of suicide and drug abuse as high as they are in America, Chabad.org recognizes that these are the moments when they have a chance of connecting to, and helping, a specific audience” Author Drew Kaplan Date 25 September 2016 There is a cliché that “There are no atheists in a fox hole.” Chabad...
Internet, Lubavicher Hasidim “Chabad’s site is an open gym, but the exercise is religious education and practice” Author Drew Kaplan Date 22 September 2016 The gym may be open 24 hours. This allows those who work, have families,...
Homosexuality, Modern Orthodoxy, Orthodoxy “…the reconciliation of the Torah’s discussion of homosexuality represents the single most formidable religious challenge for our young people today” Author Drew Kaplan Date 21 September 2016 This may surprise many adults, but the reconciliation of the Torah’s discussion of homosexuality...
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...
Orthodoxy “There is clearly a desire on the street to ‘grow’ Orthodoxy and invite into it those who have been heretofore excluded” Author Drew Kaplan Date 14 September 2016 There is clearly a desire on the street to “grow” Orthodoxy and invite into...
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,...
Open Orthodoxy, Orthodoxy “What are the goals of the progressive Orthodox movement and are the strategies currently in place fostering the achievement of those goals?” Author Drew Kaplan Date 18 August 2016 What are the goals of the progressive Orthodox movement and are the strategies currently...