Gender, Orthodoxy, Rabbis “I’ve never heard of a woman who was distracted by a male rabbi’s sermon due to his being good-looking” Author Drew Kaplan Date 3 September 2015 It’s no secret that men are more sexually attracted to women then vice versa....
Rabbis, Talmud “When we make an inventory of the topics addressed in Rabbinic stories, we see that the Rabbis discussed a large number of events connected with the Jewish past during the ancient period” Author Drew Kaplan Date 25 August 2015 When we make an inventory of the topics addressed in Rabbinic stories, we see...
Rabbis “The Jewish community of the land of Israel no longer had a recognized social elite or “establishment,” and the Jews of the diaspora no longer had a center that bound them together. This was the vacuum the rabbis tried to fill” Author Drew Kaplan Date 24 August 2015 In 70 C.E., the temple was destroyed, the high priesthood and the sanhedrin ceased...
Jewish Community, Jewish Organizations, Rabbis, Synagogues “…the rabbi sometimes hears contradictory sounds — sometimes described as ‘the voice of the prophet’ or sometimes ‘the voice of the profit'” Author Drew Kaplan Date 12 August 2015 …an ongoing struggle that many rabbis and clergy of various faiths wage within themselves....
Rabbis “…an admission of struggle by a respected Torah personality would actually be a validating and strengthening posture” Author Drew Kaplan Date 10 August 2015 Rabbis and educators are rightly fearful of raising difficult theological, scientific or philosophical questions....
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,...
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 in America, Rabbis “…this is what it’s come to. Rabbis today in America have to be proficient in the language of Iranian sanctions…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 11 February 2015 Not long ago, I was sitting with a group of fellow rabbis when the...
Jews in America, Rabbis “…in the postwar era, the dominant face of American Orthodoxy was that of Yeshiva University-trained rabbis…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 15 January 2015 …in the postwar era, the dominant face of American Orthodoxy was that of Yeshiva...