Christianity “It seems that love of the political enemy prompted Christianity to identify with those who had condemned and killed Jesus” Author Drew Kaplan Date 20 May 2015 It seems that love of the political enemy prompted Christianity to identify with those...
Uncategorized “…many scholars of illuminated Haggadot have been victims of interpretive paralysis, and that their work is often disappointing” Author Drew Kaplan Date 13 May 2015 …Marc Michael Epstein calls attention to a problem in art history scholarship that he...
Jewish “In the first century C.E., Judaism was marked by numerous sects and groups…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 12 May 2015 In the first century C.E., Judaism was marked by numerous sects and groups: Pharisees,...
Judaism “A sense of contact with the ultimate dawns upon most people when their self-reliance is swept away by violent misery” Author Drew Kaplan Date 30 April 2015 What I have learned from Jewish life is that if a man is not...
America, Jewish “How can we speak of reverence for man and of the belief that all men are created equal without repenting the way we promote the vulgarization of existence?” Author Drew Kaplan Date 15 April 2015 Survival, mere continuation of being, is a condition man has in common with animals....
Jewish, Jews “…it may be stated that the covenant in Egypt was a covenant of fate, while the covenant at Sinai was a covenant of destiny” Author Drew Kaplan Date 6 April 2015 When we probe the nature of our historical existence, we arrive at a very...
Judaism “The claim that harder standards are more authentic is Jewishly invalid” Author Drew Kaplan Date 8 January 2015 The claim that harder standards are more authentic is Jewishly invalid. “Fences” around the...
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...
Judaism “Without our particularist container, we lose authenticity; but if we only concentrate on the container…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 23 December 2014 Without our particularist container, we lose authenticity; but if we only concentrate on the...
Jewish Books “Just because ancient rabbis and sages believed in demons does not mean we are bound to do likewise” Author Drew Kaplan Date 22 October 2014 In his comments on the Shulhan Arukh‘s rulling, the Gaon of Vilna, known as...