Chat With Esther Kaplan Now Online!
For those of you who missed it, our first DefCon Book Club Chat with DefCon advisory board member Esther Kaplan is now up and can be accessed here. Esther provided very interesting insight into many of the ramifications of the religious right’s access to power and policy in the Bush White House. Check out the chat, and don’t forget to pick up a copy of her book, With God on Their Side.
Ms. Kaplan,
Please check out the above blog, Contextual Criticism…you’ll find it at http://heavenswork.blogspot.com. I also think you’ll find it of interest as it shares so many of your interests.
B’Shalom!
Hey Esther, I have read some of the ideas your organization promotes. Forgive me if I am wrong, but the Christian right seems to have the understanding that the Scriptures (much of which came from Jewish writers) are true and worthy of following for the good of mankind. The ten commandments aren”t a real hard pill to swallow. What I find most puzzling is that so many Jews in this country work their rears off trying to undermine what their own prophets brought to the world. There appears to be a healthy amount of schizy thinking and behavior in the American Jewish community. I’d like to know what drives you folks to continually beat up on the “Chritian right” . Actually, they are probably the best friends you will ever have. I can’t help but think that you guys have some jealousy thing at work. What else could explain the depths of bigotry ?