Israel, Jews in America In the 1990s, “the relative ordinariness of Israel left room for other topics – and spirituality made the most sense” Author Drew Kaplan Date 23 February 2015 The mini (and short lived) spiritual explosion… took place in the 90’s, the era...
Israel “…four language clusters bounce off one another in interesting ways during the Mandate period…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 16 February 2015 Mandate Palestine was the nexus of four language clusters; the language of the home...
Israel, Jews, Jews in America “It is ultimately up to Diaspora Jews to make a decision. You are either native to Eretz Yisrael or…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 12 February 2015 It is ultimately up to Diaspora Jews to make a decision. You are either...
Modern Orthodoxy “Modern Orthodox Jews care about Israel because they have a strong sense of peoplehood, and they have a strong sense of peoplehood because they care about Israel” Author Drew Kaplan Date 6 January 2015 The Pew Portrait of Jewish Americans, the rich national data set utilized by Wertheimer,...
Israel “The uniform of a senior officer, like the robe of a judge, is a symbol that the officer is acting on behalf of the national interest…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 5 January 2015 …the more senior a commander, the greater the obligation to conceal his or her...
Israel, Middle East “Israel today is surrounded on four out of five borders…. No other country faces such a threat” Author Drew Kaplan Date 1 January 2015 Israel today is surrounded on four out of five borders — South Lebanon, Gaza,...
Israel “The ascendance of politicians like Bennett is not a sign that Israelis have lost their desire for peace, but rather…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 21 December 2014 The ascendance of politicians like Bennett is not a sign that Israelis have lost...
Gaza, Israel “Judge combatants by their intentions, not their accuracy” Author Drew Kaplan Date 17 December 2014 Judge combatants by their intentions, not their accuracy: One can only imagine, with horror,...
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...
Israel, Middle East “We seem to take for granted that Arab countries can’t catch up to Israel on the freedom front, but isn’t that the bigotry of low expectations?” Author Drew Kaplan Date 16 December 2014 Imagine if the young people who risked their lives protesting during the long-gone Arab...