University “Money, from JVP and others, is flowing to the campus for BDS activities, but the amounts, at least those that are visible, appear relatively trivial…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 5 November 2015 SJP also gets free assistance, according to the ICC, from the National Campus BDS...
University “The hostile-environment issue is the one to watch; the Jewish community’s traditional commitment to freedom of expression will be under challenge” Author Drew Kaplan Date 16 September 2015 One approach to fighting BDS, advocated especially by those who dramatically overstate the problem,...
Anti-Semitism, University “…it is important that members of the campus community, including its leadership, speak up when there are hate crimes…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 27 July 2015 …it is important that members of the campus community, including its leadership, speak up...
Sex, University A problem with sex on-campuses is “how to define consent” Author Drew Kaplan Date 8 December 2014 Not long ago, nonmarital sex on college campuses was flatly suppressed. Sex could be...
Hillel, Israel “Israel engagement…must enlarge our educators, our Hillel directors, and our student leaders” Author Drew Kaplan Date 18 November 2014 Israel engagement, in responding to this micro-crisis and in the work more broadly, must...
Hillel, Young Adults “We must ask ourselves: which behaviors, skills, and dispositions are we hoping to cultivate among young Jews, and how might they best be imparted?” Author Drew Kaplan Date 13 November 2014 In addition to more funding and more personnel to expand projects of the pluralistic...
Hillel, Israel, University “…there is a strategic error already starting to emerge in the Jewish community’s predictable response to these concerns…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 6 November 2014 School is back in session, and amidst all the excitement of new beginnings there...
Hillel Hillel professionals “did not go into Jewish education to win a Kafkaesque “color war” mapped onto complex geopolitical realities” Author Drew Kaplan Date 30 October 2014 Our colleagues working at Hillels around the country are talented, and they are driven...
Israel Considering What Justice Means on Campus vs Compassion Author Drew Kaplan Date 20 October 2014 I always wonder about – by the way, in talking about mercy and compassion...
Hillel, Jewish Community, Jewish Organizations, Jews We invest so much money in Jewish teens and youth and then just hope for the best. It is a misuse of funds unless… Author Drew Kaplan Date 9 September 2013 It is a rare occurrence when I get an e-mail from a Jewish high...