Haredim/Haredi-ism “In the future, people will look back and realize what terrible mistakes the haredi leadership made” Author Drew Kaplan Date 7 October 2014 In the future, I think people will look back and realize what terrible mistakes...
Talmud, Wine Why Did the Rabbis of the Talmud Speak of Diluting Wine? Author Drew Kaplan Date 7 October 2014 While the Mishnah and Gemara are clear that wine should be drunk diluted, the...
Modern Orthodoxy “Modern Orthodox Jews have America’s highest rates of ‘spousal homogamy’…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 6 October 2014 Modern Orthodox Jews have America’s highest rates of “spousal homogamy”: a sociological term for...
Europe Differences between Sweden and Norway in Discussing Immigration Author Drew Kaplan Date 5 October 2014 One perverse result of Sweden’s refusal to engage these problems, Mr. Ranstorp and others...
Uncategorized “All writing used to be, in a very real sense, secret, except to the few who knew how to read” Author Drew Kaplan Date 5 October 2014 E-mail isn’t that different from mail. The real divide, historically, isn’t digital; it’s literary....
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...
Judaism “The early rabbis tried for centuries to abolish or at least to adjust the Kol Nidre service…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 3 October 2014 The early rabbis tried for centuries to abolish or at least to adjust the...
Haredim/Haredi-ism One of the most famous examples of haredi censorship & Artscroll Author Drew Kaplan Date 2 October 2014 One of the most famous examples of haredi censorship relates to R. Zevin. In...
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...
Haredim/Haredi-ism We are “surprised when a haredi work is actually honest in how it presents historical matters and issues that are subject to ideological disputes” Author Drew Kaplan Date 1 October 2014 It is no longer surprising when we see censorship and intentional distortions in haredi...