Jewish Community, Jews in America “So much of contemporary North American Jewish life is like running a heat lamp outdoors in the winter” Author Drew Kaplan Date 2 January 2020 So much of contemporary North American Jewish life is like running a heat lamp...
Jewish Community, Jews in America “Cohen’s analysis focused simply on biological continuity and avoided the substantive questions inherent in any discussion of the how of the Jewish future” Author Drew Kaplan Date 4 April 2019 Until he was brought down by revelations of decades of sexual harassment, sociologist Steven...
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...
Jewish Community, Jewish Organizations, Synagogues “At the core of the problem with synagogues is how the life of the synagogue is oriented” Author Drew Kaplan Date 2 May 2018 I have witnessed firsthand the benefits and challenges that synagogues face today. I have...
Jewish Community, Jewish Organizations, Jewish schools, Jews in America “Our criminal justice system punishes only the clearly guilty, and our media absolves only the clearly innocent — but that does not tell us whom our schools, synagogues and other institutions should employ” Author Drew Kaplan Date 26 March 2018 We have to think long and hard as a community as to how we...
Scholarship “Is it the responsibility of those who study a community to reinforce the choices of others to join that community?” Author Drew Kaplan Date 21 March 2018 I remain fascinated by and ambivalent of the ways in which American Jewish sociology...
Jewish Community, Jews in America “How does our community, committed to Israel as well as a host of other social justice commitments, navigate collaboration with other faith and political leaders who not only oppose one critical piece of our community’s agenda but often even militate against it?” Author Drew Kaplan Date 25 October 2017 How does our community, committed to Israel as well as a host of other...