Melody Sucharewicz: For German Jews, time to wield kippa and Krav Maga | The Times of Israel

Maieutics” is a wonderfully phonetic term, which Socrates simplified by comparing to the activities of a midwife. It describes a form of didactic dialogue that helps the vis-à-vis to reach an understanding over a certain matter with the help of targeted questions – just like the midwife helps a mother to give birth.