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...
Modern Orthodoxy “In effect, it creates a terrible rift between halachic Judaism in Israel and in the diaspora” Author Drew Kaplan Date 16 August 2016 …the Chief Rabbinate of Israel has essentially repudiated all of the converts who have...
Modern Orthodoxy, Open Orthodoxy, Orthodoxy “We don’t have to listen too closely to hear the loud grumbling in Orthodox circles. Change is afoot” Author Drew Kaplan Date 16 August 2016 Tradition is not monolithic, and its orthodox rabbinic leadership has never been more suspect,...
Modern Orthodoxy, Open Orthodoxy “…if the criticisms of Rabbi Gordimer and others were offered on a basis of friendship and common purpose, …” Author Drew Kaplan Date 29 June 2016 I have no difficulty if someone wants to criticize, even sharply, Open Orthodox writers,...
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...
Jewish Community, Jews in America, Modern Orthodoxy “A new infusion of an invigorated Modern Orthodoxy that meets the best intellectual, moral and spiritual standards of postmodern culture is a critical ingredient for the strengthening of the center of affiliated Jewry” Author Drew Kaplan Date 23 June 2016 Modern Orthodox professionals have played a key role in the revitalization of American Jewry...
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...
Modern Orthodoxy, Open Orthodoxy “…if the point of all the criticism of Open Orthodoxy is the protection of authentic Judaism by countering the distortions on the left, then shouldn’t the distortions on the right also be countered?” Author Drew Kaplan Date 12 May 2016 …if the point of all the criticism of Open Orthodoxy is the protection of...