Haredim/Haredi-ism “In the future, people will look back and realize what terrible mistakes the haredi leadership made” Author Drew Kaplan Date 7 October 2014 In the future, I think people will look back and realize what terrible mistakes...
Modern Orthodoxy “Modern Orthodox Jews have America’s highest rates of ‘spousal homogamy’…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 6 October 2014 Modern Orthodox Jews have America’s highest rates of “spousal homogamy”: a sociological term for...
Haredim/Haredi-ism One of the most famous examples of haredi censorship & Artscroll Author Drew Kaplan Date 2 October 2014 One of the most famous examples of haredi censorship relates to R. Zevin. In...
Haredim/Haredi-ism We are “surprised when a haredi work is actually honest in how it presents historical matters and issues that are subject to ideological disputes” Author Drew Kaplan Date 1 October 2014 It is no longer surprising when we see censorship and intentional distortions in haredi...
Hasidim, Lubavicher Hasidim “Lubavitchers aim ultimately to make their way the new standard of observant Judaism: Orthodox and yet at home in the modern world” Author Drew Kaplan Date 1 October 2014 In their tolerance of modernity (uncharacteristic of harediJews in general) and their ability to...
Orthodoxy “Undoubtedly, the most hotly debated set of issues concerns the status of Orthodox women” Author Drew Kaplan Date 29 September 2014 Undoubtedly, the most hotly debated set of issues concerns the status of Orthodox women....
Modern Orthodoxy “…in the United States, Modern Orthodoxy has become largely an upper middle class phenomenon” Author Drew Kaplan Date 22 September 2014 The sort of anomalies I have mentioned appear to be confined to matters of...
Modern Orthodoxy A Brief, Sociological Sketch of the Modern Orthodox in America Author Drew Kaplan Date 21 September 2014 Organizing their family lives far more traditionally than do their liberal counterparts, the Modern...
Conservative Judaism “… in coming years watch for the Conservative movement to halakhically legitimize intermarriage by relying on the view that it is only rabbinically prohibited” Author Drew Kaplan Date 17 September 2014 Since the consequences of intermarriage are so devastating, one must wonder why there is...
Haredim/Haredi-ism, Orthodoxy Some Wacky Results about Orthodox Jews in the Pew Forum Report on Jewish Americans Author Drew Kaplan Date 11 September 2014 …the survey informs us that 1% of Ultra-Orthodox Jews had a Christmas tree last...