Relationships “People crave the mutual understanding and dependability that come through long-term relationships” Author Drew Kaplan Date 2 September 2014 Rootedness in physical space is important, often crucially so: People crave the mutual understanding...
Orthodoxy, University Rabbi David Wolkenfeld on why it’s important for committed Jewish students to be connected on-campus Author Drew Kaplan Date 2 September 2014 Peter Berger’s book The Heretical Imperative explains that traditional beliefs collapse not in the...
Beer “Wine Drinkers are often ripe for beer dabbling. Pick the right beer, often Belgian, barrel-aged treats or sours and they are in” Author Drew Kaplan Date 1 September 2014 Wine Drinkers are often ripe for beer dabbling. Pick the right beer, often Belgian,...
America, Politics in America Lesson that President Carter’s successors have learned “was not to tell the American people hard truths” Author Drew Kaplan Date 1 September 2014 If you listen to Carter’s Oval Office addresses on inflation, energy, and the nation’s...
News Media, Social Media Proliferation of videos that show crimes in progress “can have a numbing effect” Author Drew Kaplan Date 1 September 2014 Videos that do show crimes in progress may be helpful in identifying perpetrators or...
Politics in America “the quaint “retail” settings of Iowa diners and New Hampshire living rooms are treated mostly as media sound stages” Author Drew Kaplan Date 31 August 2014 …in general, the quaint “retail” settings of Iowa diners and New Hampshire living rooms...
Museums “Those who lack faith in fixed order and stable places have a harder time building monuments that must…be monolithically stable and certain” Author Drew Kaplan Date 31 August 2014 Those who lack faith in fixed order and stable places have a harder time...
News Media “Immersive reporting is essential if news is to serve its purpose and help us construct any real sense of the world” Author Drew Kaplan Date 29 August 2014 Such immersive reporting is essential if news is to serve its purpose and help...
Jewish Community, Marriage “Talking about the non-halakhic aspects of Taharat HaMishpacha should be another part of the healthy marriage toolkit” Author Drew Kaplan Date 28 August 2014 No new bride should ever have to feel isolated and scared because of the...
New Testament The Parable of the Samaritan “came to contrast the love of the political enemy preached by Christianity with that of Judaism” Author Drew Kaplan Date 27 August 2014 Although Jesus himself was implacable with the political enemies of the Jews, referring to...