America, Judaism “…the Jewish parent’s Hanukkah-time invitation to share his or her culture comes with the best of intentions” Author Drew Kaplan Date 25 December 2014 …the Jewish parent’s Hanukkah-time invitation to share his or her culture comes with the...
Jews “While his return of the money was definitely a kiddush ha-shem, I think that his speech has the potential to be a hillul ha-shem, nullifying the kiddush ha-shem” Author Drew Kaplan Date 10 December 2014 Recently, the news was awash with the great kiddush ha-shem performed by Rabbi Noah...
Thanksgiving “Thanksgiving is a much needed model for an increasingly secular American Jewry” Author Drew Kaplan Date 27 November 2014 Thanksgiving is a much needed model for an increasingly secular American Jewry. Where “cultural...
Jews “The greatest threat to Jewish life in the United States is not the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. It’s religious illiteracy” Author Drew Kaplan Date 29 September 2014 The greatest threat to Jewish life in the United States is not the Israeli-Palestinian...
Haredim/Haredi-ism, Orthodoxy Some Wacky Results about Orthodox Jews in the Pew Forum Report on Jewish Americans Author Drew Kaplan Date 11 September 2014 …the survey informs us that 1% of Ultra-Orthodox Jews had a Christmas tree last...
Jews in America “The Pew data are best seen as a starting point for future research, as they raise a host of interesting questions” for the Jewish community Author Drew Kaplan Date 18 August 2014 The Pew data are best seen as a starting point for future research, as...
Jews “It is clear that people, Jews included, do care about research. It provokes their thinking and reflection” Author Drew Kaplan Date 13 August 2014 It is clear that people, Jews included, do care about research. It provokes their...
Jewish “Am Hanivchar means that we were chosen to engage in a mission” Author Drew Kaplan Date 11 August 2014 My peers and their parents assumed that the term “Chosen People” meant that Jews...
Jewish Considering what makes up the “Jewish civil religion” Author Drew Kaplan Date 7 August 2014 The Jewish civil religion entails transnational Jewish solidarity and the sense of belonging to...
Jews “The Jewish nation experienced collective pain this summer” Author Drew Kaplan Date 6 August 2014 The Jewish nation experienced collective pain this summer, as Jews around the world rallied...