Smith Professor of Judaic Studies Mordecai Menahem Kaplan (June 11, – November 8, ), was a rabbi, essayist and Jewish educator and the co-founder of Reconstructionist Judaism along with his son-in-law Ira Eisenstein.
Mordecai Kaplan (1881–1983), the founding father Mordecai Menahem Kaplan (June 11, – November 8, ) was an American Modern Orthodox rabbi, writer, Jewish educator, professor, theologian, philosopher, activist, and religious leader who founded the Reconstructionist movement of Judaism along with his son-in-law Ira Eisenstein.
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Jenna Weissman Joselit is the Charles E. Smith Professor of Judaic Studies and Professor of History at George Washington University. She is currently at work on a biography of Mordecai M. Kaplan for the Jewish Lives series of Yale University Press. Mordecai Kaplan founded The Reconstructionist Mordecai Menahem Kaplan (June 11, – November 8, ) American rabbi and founder of Reconstructionism was born in Sventzian, Lithuania, the son of Rabbi Israel Kaplan and Chaya Nehama Kaplan. His father was a prominent Talmudic scholar who had received rabbinic ordination in Lithuania from the most outstanding rabbis of the day.
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Mordecai Menahem Kaplan (June 11, Mordecai Menahem Kaplan (June 11, – November 8, ), was a rabbi, essayist and Jewish educator and the co-founder of Reconstructionist Judaism along with his son-in-law Ira Eisenstein. Kaplan was born in Švenčionys, Lithuania, to Rabbi Israel and Haya (Anna) Kaplan.
Rabbi Mordecai M. Kaplan, Mordecai Kaplan (–), the founding father of Reconstructionist Judaism, was a lifelong supporter of the rights of roots of his concern for women may go back to his father: Rabbi Israel Kaplan, though strictly traditional, was concerned that his daughter Sophie (a few years older than Mordecai) have a Jewish education.