By Kaplan
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Thursday, December 24, 1942 The contribution which Judaism has made and should continue to make to democracy and the American way of life is best summarized in the motto enunciated by the prophet Zachariah [4:6]. “Not by might nor by power but by my Spirit saith the Lord of Hosts” and to add the supplement…
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[Presented with thanks to HebrewBooks.org and to Aharon Varady of the Open Siddur Project.]
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(August 12, 2019) Kaplan is much undervalued as a theologian. We think of him as a sociological thinker, with his central concept of “Judaism as a Civilization.” But, of course, he is much more than that. We might refer to him as the sociologist become theologian. Below we will see the theologian at work. Kaplan…
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JTS Digital Collection Kaplan Diaries Excerpts December 3, 1935 — Kaplan Becomes a Grandfather for the First Time, in Typical Kaplanian Fashion (from Mel Scult’s “collection”): “I was lecturing this morning at the Seminary. The passage in the Midrash I was interpreting was in Gen[esis] R[abbah] XXX. It read tinok ben yomo … [ Hebrew: a newborn…
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“Society Lays Plan for New Magazine” (JTA) “Dr. Kaplan Suggests New Name for ‘Conservative’ Wing in American Jewry” (JTA)
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[All quotations are from Judaism as a Civilization unless otherwise indicated.] The Ultimate Goals of Jewish Education (Page 479) When a child grew up [in previous Jewish times] Judaism helped him in the conduct of his daily affairs and qualified him for membership in the social group without which he would have had no status…