Israel, Jews “Israel was a collective statement on the part of an oppressed and persecuted people that they were tired of being afraid…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 24 November 2014 For thousands of years to be a Jew meant being afraid. Afraid of anti-Semites,...
Rabbis “Only by abdicating his role can the charismatic rabbi who has violated sexual boundaries begin the work of teshuvah” Author Drew Kaplan Date 27 October 2014 When we support a charismatic teacher in the belief that he alone is needed...
Israel, Jews “The best way to ensure that American Jews stay connected to Israel is to ensure that they stay connected to Judaism” Author Drew Kaplan Date 5 October 2014 …the best way to ensure that American Jews stay connected to Israel is to...
Israel, Rabbis When American rabbis speak about “the politics and foreign policy of the Jewish state”, they become “B-grade pundits, they undermine their authority” Author Drew Kaplan Date 2 October 2014 …although American rabbis may feel deeply about the politics and foreign policy of the...
Jews “The greatest threat to Jewish life in the United States is not the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. It’s religious illiteracy” Author Drew Kaplan Date 29 September 2014 The greatest threat to Jewish life in the United States is not the Israeli-Palestinian...
Jewish Community, Jews, Sex “Jewish prostitutes definitely felt that they were part of the community…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 17 September 2014 Jewish prostitutes definitely felt that they were part of the community. See R. Raphael...
Jews, Sex Jewish Prostitutes in 15th Century Spain? Author Drew Kaplan Date 15 September 2014 Isaac Arama, writing in fifteenth-century Spain, tells us that not only did the Jewish...
Rabbis “Tikkun olam starts at home, beginning with seeking to overcome the alienation and sinat chinam (causeless hatred) from within” Author Drew Kaplan Date 20 August 2014 Perhaps during the period before and during Tisha b’Av, and extending into the High...
Rabbis “If people ask questions of their lawyers and accountants electronically, why not their rabbis?” Author Drew Kaplan Date 14 August 2014 A new generation has arisen that communicates primarily electronically. If people ask questions of...
Jews “It is clear that people, Jews included, do care about research. It provokes their thinking and reflection” Author Drew Kaplan Date 13 August 2014 It is clear that people, Jews included, do care about research. It provokes their...