This Chanukah, celebrate the Festival of Lights through the beauty of art, creativity, and tradition with our Online Chanukah Gift Calendar.
For $18, you’ll receive an email that unlocks a new artistic surprise each night of Chanukah — a blend of beauty, reflection, and light. Each evening reveals something to uplift the spirit: a piece of music, a short video or artwork, a creative project, or an inspiring reflection designed for contemplation and hope.
Your purchase also helps support the important work of the Kaplan Center, spreading his wisdom and understanding of relevant ways to approach Judaism in the 21st century.
May your Chanukah be filled with light, creativity, and peace.
What’s New ? מה חדש
Webinars and More
“For Everything There is a Season”: What Shall Be After
with Elyssa Moss Rabinowitz
November 2, 2025
Poems for Our Days
with Rachel Korazim
November 9, 2025
Healing Ink
with Craig Dershowitz
November 16, 2025
Shir Tikva (Song of Hope)
with Hadas Wolff-Yitzhak
November 23, 2025
Kaplanian Scholarship
Looking to deepen your knowledge of Mordecai Kaplan’s life and philosophy?
- Meet a great companion guide in the form of Mel Scult’s annotated bibliography keep on home page
- Read scholarly articles about Kaplan
- Watch video reminiscences about Kaplan’s life
- Learn about Kaplan on One Foot: Mel Scult’s Eight Core Principles of Kaplan’s Philosophy
- Watch Mel Scult’s talk about Kaplan’s Understanding of Naturalistic Prayer
- Read Dr. Jeffrey Schein’s article on democracy, “Memory on Trial”
Kaplanian Voices
Our Kaplanian voices series seeks to sensitize us to the unique ways many of us experience the very notion of Peoplehood in 2023. Below are excerpts from conversation between Rabbis Jeffrey Eisenstat, founding director of our movement’s Camp Havaya, and former camp counselors about their initial exposures to the philosophies of Mordecai Kaplan a decade ago and its present meaning to them as young adult Jews in their thirties.
Visit the Ira Eisenstein portal where you will find….
- Introductions by Rabbi Richard Hirsh to Ira Eisenstein’s books Creative Judaism and What We Mean by Religion with digital copies of those currently out-of-print volumes now available on our website
- Explore the full set of resources related to teaching Mordecai Kaplan through Ira Eisenstein’s writings with these resources
- Reflections about Ira Eisenstein as theologian and wise leader by Rabbis Dennis Sasso and Jeffrey Schein
- A recording of Rabbi Eisenstein’s contributions that was hosted by the SAJ:Judaism that Stands For All as part of its centenary celebration
Throughout this website we offer many resources about Mordecai Kaplan’s influential writings and philosophy and how Kaplan’s legacy continues to be woven through contemporary thought and practice.