Uncategorized “…there are different reasons for admiring ruins” Author Drew Kaplan Date 27 September 2015 …there are different reasons for admiring ruins. We need not dwell on them only...
Uncategorized “When in power, we need to be more conscious of how direct communication, silence and ambiguity can affect others” Author Drew Kaplan Date 25 September 2015 When in power, we need to be more conscious of how direct communication, silence...
Uncategorized “To label something a profession means to define the ways in which it is more than just a job” Author Drew Kaplan Date 22 September 2015 To label something a profession means to define the ways in which it is...
Uncategorized “Mostly, what inhibits speech is the fear of being spoken about” Author Drew Kaplan Date 11 September 2015 …our discourse is shaped by innumerable taboos. (Just think of all the things one...
Uncategorized “Life in the 21st century revolves, more and more, around time-slicing…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 6 September 2015 Life in the 21st century revolves, more and more, around time-slicing: switching quickly among...
Uncategorized “…many who had written off Matisyahu just a few years ago held him up once again as an icon of Jewish pride as if they had been there all along… Author Drew Kaplan Date 31 August 2015 This past week Matisyahu returned to the headlines because of his performance in Spain...
Uncategorized “A profession exists to solve a hard problem, one that requires some sort of specialization” Author Drew Kaplan Date 21 August 2015 A profession exists to solve a hard problem, one that requires some sort of...
Uncategorized “The debate between Abbaye and Rava in b. Ber. 29a about the way to interpret the tradition regarding the ruler Yohanan the High Priest who departed from the truth and became a heretic late in life should be another reminder of how little was known about the identity of disputants in later eras” Author Drew Kaplan Date 6 August 2015 The debate between Abbaye and Rava in b. Ber. 29a about the way to...
Uncategorized “Ben Sira’s comments attest to the gap between the way he wanted guests to behave at banquets and reality” Author Drew Kaplan Date 28 July 2015 Ben Sira, too, recognized that banquets were likely places for conflicts to be born,...
Uncategorized “Leaders can use simple rules to win the hearts and minds of their people — with huge returns” Author Drew Kaplan Date 12 July 2015 Civility elicits perceptions of warmth and competence. Susan T. Fiske, a professor at Princeton,...