Passover “Pesach: better for peoplehood organizing, in my view, than community organizing…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 7 April 2017 I am not enamored by the politicization of Seder symbols into clear public policy...
Passover “The core pedagogies of the Haggadah are asking questions and telling stories” Author Drew Kaplan Date 6 April 2017 The core pedagogies of the Haggadah are asking questions and telling stories. Real questions...
Orthodoxy, Politics in America “Many in our community contend that President Trump’s strong support of Israel counterbalances his defects and justifies our support of him. I do not agree because l am fearful and I very much hope that I turn out to be wrong that his antics will end up being detrimental to both this country and to Israel” Author Drew Kaplan Date 6 April 2017 In democracies, elections come and go rather frequently and the day after, the rain...
Jobs/Professions “So why don’t more organizations post salary ranges?” Author Drew Kaplan Date 4 April 2017 So why don’t more organizations post salary ranges? Is it inertia? Are organizations embarrassed...
Semantics “‘Weaponize’ was born in the 1950s as military jargon” Author Drew Kaplan Date 3 April 2017 “Weaponize” was born in the 1950s as military jargon. It was an instantly comprehensible...
Anti-Semitism, Social Media “I doubt there has been an increase in anti-Semitism as much as there has been an increase in the permissibility of the expressions of anti-Semitism and its amplification by the tools of social media” Author Drew Kaplan Date 3 April 2017 I doubt there has been an increase in anti-Semitism as much as there has...
Photography “Images make us think of other images” Author Drew Kaplan Date 2 April 2017 Images make us think of other images. Photographs remind us of other photographs, and...
Internet “Internet trolls work by exploiting the gap between the virtual and the real” Author Drew Kaplan Date 2 April 2017 Internet trolls work by exploiting the gap between the virtual and the real. They...
Politics in America “To outsiders, #GamerGate looked like a cesspool of angry, entitled young men nobody else wanted to talk to. But some right-wing figures spied an opportunity” Author Drew Kaplan Date 31 March 2017 To outsiders, #GamerGate looked like a cesspool of angry, entitled young men nobody else...
Politics in America “The problem in Washington is not a Deep State; the problem is a shallow man…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 30 March 2017 The problem in Washington is not a Deep State; the problem is a shallow...