Judaism “The Jewish New Year is an example of viewing reality with our eyes shut, of seeing things more deeply, more carefully” Author Drew Kaplan Date 24 September 2014 Mircea Eliade, a specialist in world religions, wrote in his book “The Sacred and...
Judaism Whence Might the Myth Derive that Jews Have Sex Through a Hole in a Sheet? Author Drew Kaplan Date 10 September 2014 I have no idea if there is anyone today who uses a sheet for...
Young Adults “You can’t ignore the Internet…It’s where millennials are living their Judaism” Author Drew Kaplan Date 21 August 2014 “You can’t ignore the Internet,” Mejia said. “It’s where millennials are living...
Jewish Thought “whereas Christianity acknowledges only the religious enemy, Judaism only recognizes the political enemy” Author Drew Kaplan Date 30 July 2014 Both Judaism and Christianity teach charity and forgiveness to the personal enemy, as well...
Jewish Thought “Not talking about sexuality” can give off the message that Judaism has nothing to offer Author Drew Kaplan Date 29 July 2014 Not talking about sexuality, especially when it is so much talked about in movies...
Marriage “as much as we are stymied by halachah in these awful agunah situations, we are thankful to halachah for having created the marriages and the families that so many of us enjoy” Author Drew Kaplan Date 11 May 2014 There are indeed any number of ways that a couple and a rabbi can...
Divorce “…there is never, ever an excuse or justification for extortion” for a Get Author Drew Kaplan Date 8 May 2014 …there is never, ever an excuse or justification for extortion. No one, not our...
Marriage, Talmud “While the Torah itself spoke of marriage in only a legalistic way, the talmudic literature reinvented marriage as a deeply committed, truly covenanted relationship” Author Drew Kaplan Date 7 May 2014 While the Torah itself spoke of marriage in only a legalistic way, the talmudic...
Intermarriage, Jewish, Judaism “One of the central characteristics of post-biblical Judaism is its prohibition of intermarriage…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 27 April 2014 One of the central characteristics of post-biblical Judaism is its prohibition of intermarriage. A...
Jewish “You can’t bring anything Jewish to a conversation if you don’t know it” – Lawton Author Drew Kaplan Date 18 April 2014 I’m constantly being told by Americans that American Jews are out and proud, unlike...