Holidays, Sukkot Considering the paradoxes of Sukkot Author Drew Kaplan Date 16 October 2019 I love the paradoxes of Sukkot: a holiday with profound universalistic theological overtones that...
Modern Orthodoxy “…as creators of Halakhah, we must work to make sure that every halakhically committed voice is genuinely heard” Author Drew Kaplan Date 11 October 2019 …communities need joy to survive, and Modern Orthodoxy cannot be built on constant moral...
Prayer, Synagogues “The decision of which siddur a congregation should use is both a significant choice for any congregation, and a choice whose importance should not be exaggerated” Author Drew Kaplan Date 23 September 2019 The decision of which siddur a congregation should use is both a significant choice...
Modern Orthodoxy “the Artscroll Siddur is the product of a worldview which does not reflect the values of the Modern Orthodox community and therefore cannot truly meet the needs of our community” Author Drew Kaplan Date 23 September 2019 …the Artscroll Siddur is the product of a worldview which does not reflect the...
Modern Orthodoxy, University “as the culture of the mid-twentieth century was replaced…, the notion of students grappling with their yeshiva and college educations…, producing a grand synthesis called ‘Modern Orthodoxy’, seemed increasingly quaint” Author Drew Kaplan Date 18 April 2019 Yeshiva College has also changed along with the broader landscape of higher education. We...
Jewish Community “I don’t see an end in sight to the massive private foundations dominating the Jewish philanthropic landscape, but there are definitely better ways forward” Author Drew Kaplan Date 5 April 2019 …what has to change in the world of Jewish philanthropy and fundraising to make...
Jewish Community, Jews in America “Birthright Israel manifests the interlacing power of identity and endowment in American Jewish life” Author Drew Kaplan Date 5 April 2019 Birthright Israel, the nonprofit organization that Steinhardt started in 1999 with his billionaire friend...
Jewish Community, Jews in America “Cohen’s analysis focused simply on biological continuity and avoided the substantive questions inherent in any discussion of the how of the Jewish future” Author Drew Kaplan Date 4 April 2019 Until he was brought down by revelations of decades of sexual harassment, sociologist Steven...
Homosexuality, Jewish Community, Orthodoxy “…halakha is currently paying a steep price for Orthodoxy’s exclusion of the queer community” Author Drew Kaplan Date 3 April 2019 …halakha is currently paying a steep price for Orthodoxy’s exclusion of the queer community....
Modern Orthodoxy “…in recent years, two issues have risen to the forefront of our communal consciousness that have proven to be stressors of” Modern Orthodoxy Author Drew Kaplan Date 22 March 2019 Modern Orthodoxy is hard to understand and harder to live. Orthodoxy is a set...