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Halakhah, Jewish, Politics in America

“When you vote, you hopefully evaluate the full gamut of issues and discover that on some issues one party’s views are more in accordance with Torah and on others it is the other party’s, and often neither are”

Author Drew Kaplan Date 10 December 2019
I understand that we have both College Democrats and College Republicans chapters on our...
Tagged Halakhah, Jewish Life, Politics, Politics in America, Torah values |
Jews

“The phenomenon of a minority people arising out of the ashes of Auschwitz to reframe not only their world but to also profoundly impact the broader culture may best summarize this century of Jewish influence”

Author Drew Kaplan Date 10 April 2018
…out of the trauma and tragedy of the earlier decades of the 20th century,...
Tagged Holocaust, Israel, Jewish Life, Jewish studies, Jews |
Jewish Education, Jews in America, Philanthropy, Tzedakah

“Are there assumptions – correct or incorrect – in Jewish communal life that ‘the community’ is supposed to be the principal fiduciary in the financial needs of Jewish households?”

Author Drew Kaplan Date 22 March 2018
I’ve been thinking about the implied economy in educational institutions, especially as it is...
Tagged financial aid, Jewish ecosystem, Jewish Life, Philanthropy |
Jewish Community, Jewish Organizations, Synagogues

“The legacy rabbinate and top-heavy institutions are not sustainable in the long term”

Author Drew Kaplan Date 20 March 2018
Religious leaders have no right to complain about intermarriage rates in the US when...
Tagged Jewish Life, legacy institutions, Organized Jewish Community |
Politics in America, Rabbis

“I want to know what my rabbi thinks of Jacob and Rachel, not of Pence and Pelosi”

Author Drew Kaplan Date 14 June 2017
I know outstanding rabbis on the left of the political spectrum and others on...
Tagged Jewish Life, Politics, politics from the pulpit, pulpit rabbis, rabbis |
Jewish

“You may feel genuinely inspired by the trite and over-used. Most aren’t”

Author Drew Kaplan Date 12 December 2016
Here are some of my favorites Jewish clichés. Don’t hesitate to add yours: “All...
Tagged Dr. Erica Brown, Erica Brown, Jewish Life |
Conversion

“Converts who request funding should probably be explicit about the costs and their own contribution to the process”

Author Drew Kaplan Date 6 September 2016
Some people were bewildered that there was anything other than minor administrative costs associated...
Tagged Conversion, Converts, Jewish Life, Judaism |
Jewish Community, Jews in America

“…my impressions of much of Los Angeles Jewish life — creative, casual, relaxed — particularly compared to New York”

Author Drew Kaplan Date 28 January 2016
…consistent with my impressions of much of Los Angeles Jewish life — creative, casual,...
Tagged American Jewish Life, Jewish Life, Los Angeles, New York |
Jewish Community, Jewish Organizations, Philanthropy

“…if we don’t tackle the quest for meaning in the Jewish world, at some point all of our programs are going to run out of steam”

Author Drew Kaplan Date 7 December 2015
I think reflection and ideas in the Jewish world today are devalued. We’re extremely...
Tagged Jewish community, Jewish Life, Jewish Organizations, Philanthropy |
Jewish Community, Jewish Organizations, Rabbis, Synagogues

“…the rabbi sometimes hears contradictory sounds — sometimes described as ‘the voice of the prophet’ or sometimes ‘the voice of the profit'”

Author Drew Kaplan Date 12 August 2015
…an ongoing struggle that many rabbis and clergy of various faiths wage within themselves....
Tagged American Jewish Community, Jewish Life, rabbis |
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