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Mordecai Kaplan

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Mordecai Kaplan's Degrees

Bachelors Philosophy City College of New York
Masters Philosophy Columbia University
PhD Philosophy Columbia University

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Why Is Mordecai Kaplan Influential?

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According to Wikipedia, Mordecai Menahem Kaplan was a Lithuanian-born American rabbi, writer, Jewish educator, professor, theologian, philosopher, activist, and religious leader who founded the Reconstructionist branch of Judaism along with his son-in-law Ira Eisenstein. He has been described as a "towering figure" in the recent history of Judaism for his influential work in adapting it to modern society, contending that Judaism should be a unifying and creative force by stressing the cultural and historical character of the religion as well as theological doctrine.

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Mordecai Kaplan's Published Works

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Published Works

Judaism as a Civilization (1934) (79)
Judaism as a Civilization: Toward a Reconstruction of American-Jewish Life (1934) (71)
The Future of the American Jew (1950) (28)
The Greater Judaism in the Making: A Study of the Modern Evolution of Judaism (1967) (10)
Judaism without supernaturalism : the only alternative to orthodoxy and secularism (1958) (7)
Report of Committee on Jewish Education of The Kehillah (Jewish Community) Presented at its First Annual Convention, New York, February 27, 1910 (1949) (6)
The purpose and meaning of Jewish existence : a people in the image of God (1964) (4)
The purpose and meaning of Jewish existence (1964) (4)
Isaiah 6:1-11 (4)
The new Haggadah for the Pesah Seder = הַגָּדָה שֶׁל פֶּסַח : סֵדֶר חָדָשׁ (1942) (2)
The Belief in God and How to Teach It (1940) (1)
Philo and the Midrash (1933) (1)
The Effect of Intercultural Contacts upon Judaism (1934) (1)
Basic values in Jewish religion (1957) (1)
The Evolution of the Idea of God in Jewish Religion (1967) (1)
Dynamic Judaism : the essential writings of Mordecai M. Kaplan (1985) (1)
The Rabbinic Training for Our Day (1933) (0)
Kaplan's Edition and Translation of the Mesillat Yesharim (1937) (0)
The faith of America : prayers, readings and songs for the celebration of American holidays (1951) (0)
The Jewish Conception of Education (1942) (0)
The Organization of American Jewry (1935) (0)
Joseph Bragin — Educator (1933) (0)
What the American Jewish Woman Can Do for Adult Jewish Education (1932) (0)
Back Matter (1935) (0)
In Tribute to Alexander M. Dushkin (1971) (0)
The Impact of Dr. Benderly's Personality (1949) (0)

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