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Sunday, November 8, 2026at 11:00 AM Eastern Standard Time (EST) Register to receive a Zoom link to join us online. Barring technical issues, this program will be added to our Recording Archive. Mordecai M. Kaplan spent his long life asking a challenging question: How could Judaism remain vibrant, meaningful, and relevant in the modern world? Born in…
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with Mati Boulakia-Bortnick Sunday, October 11, 2026 at 3pm Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) Register to receive a Zoom link to join us online. Barring technical issues, this program will be added to our Recording Archive. Mordecai M. Kaplan built the architecture of American Jewish life and remained, by his own account, profoundly alone inside it.…
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with Rabbi Jeffrey Schein April 12, 2026 Working from the soon-to-be-published (5787/2027) volumes The Art of Living: Salvation as Self Transcendence (by Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan, edited by Rabbi Richard Hirsh) and his own 21st Century Kaplanian Vision of Educational Growth, Jeffrey Schein introduces the group to the mysteries of Caleb (his grandson’s) noodle toodles and…
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February 2026, the Kaplan Center co-sponsored a special three-part Melton School series with Valley Beth Shalom, the Harold M Schulweis Institute. Rabbi Ed Feinstein sat down with historian Jenna Weissman Joselit, author of the forthcoming biography Mordecai M. Kaplan: Restless Soul for a candid and compelling exploration of Kaplan’s life and legacy. Purchase the book…
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with Rabbi Mitchell Smith March 8, 2026 As it turns out, there never was a cruse of oil that burnt for 8 days. Esther, not being from the royal circle, would never have been considered queen material in ancient Persia. The prohibition of hametz on Passover has nothing to do with the eating of matzah.…
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with Rabbi Elisheva Salamo, Executive Director of the Kaplan Center February 22, 2026 The global cosmetics market is experiencing continual growth, valued at over $446 billion, expected to almost double that by 2035. Enhancement of one’s appearance is a skill, a burden, a game, and it is the key to so much of how we…
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with Hadas Wolff-Yitzhak November 23, 2025 After October 7, Beit Avi Chai launched Shir Tikva (Song of Hope), an online series that brings Israeli musicians together to share the songs that give them comfort in these difficult days. Music has the power to carry both melody and text beyond words—offering perspective, hope, and connection in…
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with Craig Dershowitz November 16, 2025 Sometimes, the art you need is the art you embody. Scars can become too painful to see, and transformation must take place at the level of the body, not just the spirit. Healing Ink’s Craig Dershowitz will share with us the groundbreaking programme providing free tattoos to more than…
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with Dr. Rachel Korazim November 9, 2025 The calamity of October 7 and the war that followed had left Israel and the Jewish world in shock and despair. The unimaginable became our reality. As more details of the horror unfold, as we are facing the painful daily losses in battle and the plight of the…
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with Sharon Ann Musher September 14, 2025 In 1922, Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan, the founder of Reconstructionist Judaism, first initiated the Bat Mitzvah as a rite-of-passage for Jewish girls. Characterized as a lifelong supporter of women’s rights, Kaplan’s family, including his wife and four daughters, played a role in shaping his ideas about women, Jewish law,…