Israel Behind Israel’s “phenomenal success is a restless culture of self-criticism and responsibility that keeps the country on its toes and propels it forward” Author Drew Kaplan Date 11 December 2014 It’s not a coincidence that Israel is a global leader in scientific and cultural...
Israel, Middle East “The one-state/two-state debate is highly fraught not least because of proximity…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 9 December 2014 The one-state/two-state debate is highly fraught not least because of proximity. Too much history,...
Israel Israel is “not held up to a higher standard among nations, just an impossible one” Author Drew Kaplan Date 4 December 2014 “The Jews are a peculiar people: things permitted to other nations are forbidden to...
Israel, Jews “Israel was a collective statement on the part of an oppressed and persecuted people that they were tired of being afraid…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 24 November 2014 For thousands of years to be a Jew meant being afraid. Afraid of anti-Semites,...
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 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 “…to many Jews an infantalization of the soldiers has crept into perceptions, that [IDF] soldiers, fresh out of high school, remain child-like” Author Drew Kaplan Date 20 October 2014 One constant in almost all the informal wartime appeals was the fear that the...
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...
Israel, Jews “The best way to ensure that American Jews stay connected to Israel is to ensure that they stay connected to Judaism” Author Drew Kaplan Date 5 October 2014 …the best way to ensure that American Jews stay connected to Israel is to...
Israel, Rabbis When American rabbis speak about “the politics and foreign policy of the Jewish state”, they become “B-grade pundits, they undermine their authority” Author Drew Kaplan Date 2 October 2014 …although American rabbis may feel deeply about the politics and foreign policy of the...