Jewish Community, Jewish Organizations “For far too long, we have…[been] underinvesting in the ongoing professional development of the individuals that work in the field full time” Author Drew Kaplan Date 11 March 2019 For far too long, we have overly praised volunteers for bringing outside expertise to...
Jewish Community, Jewish Organizations “One of the greatest paradoxes of ‘the American Jewish establishment’ is that it is only believed to really exist by those who fear or despise it” Author Drew Kaplan Date 7 March 2019 One of the greatest paradoxes of “the American Jewish establishment” is that it is...
Jewish Community, Jews in America “Community is messy; be wary of those trying so hard to make it clean” Author Drew Kaplan Date 28 February 2019 …while Jewish organizations should be allowed to exercise caution about their overt structural partnerships...
Jewish Community, Jewish Organizations, Jews in America There is a “political phenomenon in the Jewish community…on the disincentivizing of all forms of ‘courageous leadership’ by relatively small numbers of individuals who can drive a community agenda” Author Drew Kaplan Date 27 February 2019 …a larger political phenomenon in the Jewish community…on the disincentivizing of all forms of...
Modern Orthodoxy “…a schism in American Modern Orthodoxy will have grave consequences both practically AND ideologically for both conservative and liberal sides of the community” Author Drew Kaplan Date 10 February 2019 I think a schism in American Modern Orthodoxy will have grave consequences both practically...
Jewish Community, Jewish Organizations, Jews in America “…the great divides are about how or whether American Jews feel essentially safe and at home or eternally vulnerable and vigilant…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 8 February 2019 The basic political theory behind organized Jewish communal (read: establishment) politics in America since...
Late Antiquity, Mishnah, Tannaitic Literature “A comparison between Avot and Philostratus’ Lives of the Sophists underscores striking similarities and differences between the compositions…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 3 February 2019 A comparison between Avot and Philostratus’ Lives of the Sophists underscores striking similarities and...
Bible, Esther, Wine The Phrase משתה in the Book of Esther Author Drew Kaplan Date 31 January 2019 Many English versions translate משתה generally as either “feast” (e.g., ESV, KJV, NKJV) or...
Babylonian Talmud, Mishnah, Rabbinic Literature, Talmud of the Land of Israel “Philologists can sometimes forget that texts are not themselves autonomous subjects that move here and there, or chameleons that change color to fit the scenery” Author Drew Kaplan Date 8 January 2019 Philologists can sometimes forget that texts are not themselves autonomous subjects that move here...
Babylonian Talmud, South Korea “The Korean Talmud and its outsized popularity can thus also be understood as a form of Occidentalism” Author Drew Kaplan Date 8 January 2019 The turn to the Talmud as a book of Western wisdom in Japan, Korea,...