Modern Orthodoxy, Orthodoxy, Rabbis “There are women who are learned and it is only fitting that they too have a title” Author Drew Kaplan Date 28 November 2016 …I still don’t see the objection to female clergy. I am not talking about...
Hasidim “…there is a big difference between the Amish and the hasidic communities” Author Drew Kaplan Date 1 November 2016 …there is a big difference between the Amish and the hasidic communities. The Amish...
Internet, Lubavicher Hasidim “…the most modern technology is providing outreach to people in search of an older, traditional lifestyle” Author Drew Kaplan Date 31 October 2016 The use of the internet by orthodox groups also suggests a paradox: the most...
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...