Mordecai Menahem Kaplan (1881–1983)
Author of Judaism as a Civilization: Toward a Reconstruction of American-Jewish Life
About the Author
Mordecai Kaplan was born in Lithuania and immigrated with his family to the United States in 1889. He was ordained at the Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS) and received a master's degree from Columbia University. He first served as an associate rabbi of Kehillath Jeshurun, an Orthodox synagogue in show more New York, and later joined the faculty of JTS. Kaplan continued teaching and writing until his death in 1983, at the age of 102. Mel Scult, professor emeritus of Judaic studies at Brooklyn College, is the author of Judaism Faces the Twentieth Century: A Biography of Mordecai Kaplan and the editor of Communings of the Spirit: The Journals of Mordecai M. Kaplan, Volume l 1913-1934. show less
Series
Works by Mordecai Menahem Kaplan
Judaism as a Civilization: Toward a Reconstruction of American-Jewish Life (1934) 224 copies, 2 reviews
Communings of the Spirit: The Journals of Mordecai M. Kaplan 1913-1934 (American Jewish Civilization Series) (2001) 13 copies
If not now, when?: Toward a reconstitution of the Jewish people; conversations between Mordecai M. Kaplan and Arthur A.… (1973) 9 copies
Sabbath prayer book : with a supplement containing prayers, readings and hymns and with a new translation (1979) 5 copies
The New Haggadah 1 copy
New American Haggadah — Author — 1 copy
The Reconstructionist Papers 1 copy
Festival Prayer Book with Supplementary Prayers and Readings and with a New English Translation 1 copy
MESILLAT YESHARIM 1 copy
Associated Works
The Path of the Just (1990) — Ed. & Tr., some editions; Translator, some editions; some editions — 293 copies, 1 review
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Common Knowledge
- Birthdate
- 1881-06-11
- Date of death
- 1983-11-08
- Burial location
- Glendale, New York
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA (naturalized)
- Places of residence
- Lithuania (birthplace)
New York, New York, USA - Education
- City College of New York
Jewish Theological Seminary of America
Columbia University (M.A. | Ph.D.) - Occupations
- Rabbi
religious thinker
essayist
educator
writer - Organizations
- Society for the Advancement of Judaism
- Short biography
- Rabbi Kaplan held the first public celebration of a Bat Mitzvah in the United States in 1922. During the period from the 1920s to the 1940s, he and his son-in-law, Rabbi Ira Eisenstein, helped develop Reconstructionist Judaism into a major movement in North American Judaism.
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While this book is very dated, it is still very also very much worth reading for the action items, the program that he list, and also for the structure and which he lays out his vision of civilizations in general, and Judaism in particular as a civilization.
His call for Judaism to become even more social justice oriented is extremely crucial in these days.
His call for Judaism to become even more social justice oriented is extremely crucial in these days.
Written right to left. Small illustrations in black and gray don't show off Leonard Weisgard's use of bright colors in his many children's books. The introduction explains the changes, omissions, and additions made.
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Statistics
- Works
- 53
- Also by
- 4
- Members
- 843
- Popularity
- #30,327
- Rating
- 3.8
- Reviews
- 4
- ISBNs
- 31
- Favorited
- 1
His call for Judaism to become even more social justice oriented is extremely crucial in these days.