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It is often observed that for Mordecai Kaplan (and others) democracy was the religion of America. The Kaplan Center appreciates our grant from the Jewish Partnership for Democracy: A More Perfect Union. This grant allowed us to embark on a “religious” journey from February through October 2024. Each month we selected a passage from Mordecai Kaplan…
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The Kaplan Center joins the family and many communities touched by Rabbi Goldsmith in mourning his death and celebrating his life. He was a student, disciple, and colleague of Mordecai Kaplan of the highest order. In this folder, you will find four different tributes to his life: Later in the year, The Kaplan Center will…
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Between 1972 and 1975, Dr. Mel Scult conducted about 50 hours of taped interviews with Mordecai Kaplan, some of his family, and several of his students. In these recordings, Kaplan talks about his early life and the influences of his parents and teachers on the development of his world view What jumps out immediately is…
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with Rabbi Lee Friedlander and Harriet Feiner January 8, 15, 22, and 29, 7-8:30pm Eastern The thought of Mordecai Kaplan through the eyes of his son-in-law and creative interpreter, Rabbi Ira Eisenstein, whose two volumes Creative Judaism and What We Mean by Religion provide shorter more succinct renderings of Kaplan’s classics Judaism as a Civilization…
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Mel Scult’s Eight Core Principles of Kaplan’s Philosophy written by Dr. Mel Scult, and sponsored by The Mordecai Kaplan Center for Jewish Peoplehood and SAJ-Judaism That Stands For All
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with Drs. Arnie Eisen, David Ellenson, and Nancy Fuchs Kreimer D’var torah by Dr. Deborah Waxman, moderated by Dr. Eric Caplan November 12, 2023 Our first of a three part series in honor of the 40th Yahzeit of Mordecai Kaplan and the 90th anniversary of Judaism as a Civilization! Arnold Eisen served as Chancellor of…
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Over the past year, The Kaplan Center has:
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Thank you and congratulations to the following congregations and communities that have joined us as Institutional Friends: