Haredim/Haredi-ism, Marriage “…there is no such concept [of “falling in love”] in the haredi world” Author Drew Kaplan Date 3 January 2017 …there is no such concept in the haredi world (and...
Haredim/Haredi-ism, Judaism “But how can you be a light if almost no one can see you?” Author Drew Kaplan Date 27 June 2016 …Orthodox answer is “to keep the commandments.” That suffices, we are reassured, because when...
Haredim/Haredi-ism “…it is difficult to accept a haredi message about women’s more private roles when haredi kollel culture means that their women have to take jobs requiring much more exposure to the broader world…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 18 May 2016 In general, it is difficult to accept a haredi message about women’s more private...
Haredim/Haredi-ism, Modern Orthodoxy “The main goal of attacking the Modern Orthodox efforts so vigorously, then, is not to dictate Modern Orthodox behavior but to clarify the limits of ‘Haredi feminism'” Author Drew Kaplan Date 11 August 2015 There is a “silent” revolution taking place in which Haredi women are increasingly taking...
Haredim/Haredi-ism, Modern Orthodoxy Diminishing Numbers of Modern Orthodox Jews in America Contrasted with Haredim in America Author Drew Kaplan Date 3 February 2015 As compared with the 3 percent of American Jews who (according to Pew) identify...
Haredim/Haredi-ism “…in haredi communities in America and especially in Israel, “learning,” regardless of aptitude, has replaced working as a male adult norm” Author Drew Kaplan Date 1 February 2015 In traditionally religious European communities, for example, most men worked for a living; the...
Haredim/Haredi-ism “The haredi camp encompasses both a number of hasidic sects and the spiritual descendants of their no less pious historical antagonists…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 27 January 2015 The haredi camp encompasses both a number of hasidic sects and the spiritual descendants...
Haredim/Haredi-ism, Israel “The preoccupation of the dati le’umi world with the settlement issue…has paradoxically contributed to enhancing…the influence of the haredim” Author Drew Kaplan Date 17 December 2014 The preoccupation of the dati le’umi world with the settlement issue—with seeing God’s will...
Hasidim, Israel, Orthodoxy “…in Merkaz those learning are doing so for the sake of the nation, while in the haredi yeshivot those learning are doing so for themselves…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 25 November 2014 A number of years ago I asked someone in Merkaz ha-Rav how his yeshiva...
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...