Rabbis “…I have no illusions about what my rabbinic degree certifies me to do. It does not make me a world expert in Torah law…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 27 July 2015 I am a Rabbi. I earned that title by four years of intense study,...
Jewish, Jews, Modern Orthodoxy “…it’s vital to the definition of a Torah community that we think that knowing more Torah, in some way, privileges you in a values conversation…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 8 July 2015 I think, in a Torah community, it’s vital to the definition of a Torah...
Rabbis “…when you accept money to be a Rabbi, or teach Torah, you are inherently limited by your employer…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 23 June 2015 Chazal are very against using Torah to earn a living for that very reason....
Israel, Jewish Community, Rabbis “A genuine, spiritually and theologically grounded, rabbinic voice is missing from the American Jewish community’s Israel conversation” Author Drew Kaplan Date 27 May 2015 Rabbinic talk is not political talk. Political does not mean partisan. Political talk focuses...
Jews “Relieving or at least coming to terms with the civil inequality of the Jews was central to the new meaning of statehood in modernity…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 24 April 2015 Relieving or at least coming to terms with the civil inequality of the Jews...
Jews “…Armenians and Jews have much in common: small nations with long memories of past glory; centuries of living as minorities among Muslims…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 23 April 2015 The accusation of self-hatred has long been used by Jews against other Jews; those...
Jewish, Jews “Belonging to Israel in the Diaspora is, in itself, a spiritual act. It is utterly inconvenient to be a Jew” Author Drew Kaplan Date 7 April 2015 Belonging to Israel in the Diaspora is, in itself, a spiritual act. It is...
Jewish, Jews “…it may be stated that the covenant in Egypt was a covenant of fate, while the covenant at Sinai was a covenant of destiny” Author Drew Kaplan Date 6 April 2015 When we probe the nature of our historical existence, we arrive at a very...
Israel, Jews, Jews in America “There is a dramatic imbalance between the way Jews perceive themselves and the ways we are perceived by others” Author Drew Kaplan Date 13 March 2015 There is a dramatic imbalance between the way Jews perceive themselves and the ways...
Israel, Jews, Jews in America “It is ultimately up to Diaspora Jews to make a decision. You are either native to Eretz Yisrael or…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 12 February 2015 It is ultimately up to Diaspora Jews to make a decision. You are either...