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	Mordecai Kaplan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Due to Kaplan's evolving position on Jewish theology, he was later condemned as a heretic by Young Israel and the rest of Orthodox Judaism, and his name is no longer mentioned in official publications as being one of the movement's founders.
		Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan's theology held that in light of the advances in philosophy, science and history, it would be impossible for modern Jews to continue to adhere to many of Judaism's traditional theological claims.
		Kaplan's theology went beyond this to claim that God is the sum of all natural processes that allow man to become self-fulfilled.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mordecai_Kaplan (638 words)

	Kaplan Family
		Josef Kaplan was born in Kalisz in 1913.
		Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan's meteoric rise as one of the most effective, persuasive, scholarly and prolific exponents of Judaism in the English language came to an abrupt end on January 28, 1983, with his sudden death at the age of 48.
		Rabbi Kaplan was born in New York City and was educated in the Torah Voda'as and Mir Yeshivos in Brooklyn.
	www.eilatgordinlevitan.com /kurenets/k_pages/kaplan.html (1101 words)

	B'nai Havurah - Mordechai Kaplan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Kaplan defined Judaism as "the evolving religious civilization of the Jewish People." Evolving: as he demonstrates, Judaism has always evolved, from the biblical phase to rabbinic to modern.
		Kaplan rejected the concept of the “choseness” of the Jews, claiming that the Jewish vocation as well as the vocation of all self-identified groups, leads us to a specific path to self-realization through the development and expression of our inherited traditions.
		Kaplan’s influence on Judaism, especially in North America has been widespread, especially in regard to the status of women, and democratizing and equalizing congregational and community life in general.
	www.bnaihavurah.org /Kaplan/Kaplan2.htm (432 words)

	B'nai Havurah - Mordechai Kaplan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Reconstructionist thought was conceived by Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan and set forth in his seminal work, Judaism as a Civilization, published in 1934.
		Kaplan defined Judaism as “the evolving religious civilization of the Jewish People.”
		To help our members feel more connected and comfortable with the wide-ranging ideas of Mordecai Kaplan, we will be publishing excerpts from his work over the next few months in Kol Havurot.
	www.bnaihavurah.org /Kaplan/Kaplan.htm (164 words)

	The Bulletin Archive 27> (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Mordecai Kaplan (1881-1983), the great religious thinker and founder of the Reconstructionist movement in Judaism, was born in Lithuania.
		While continuing to teach at JTS for five decades, Kaplan edited and translated the writings of Moses Luzzatto (an 18th century poet and kabbalist), published essays on Hermann Cohen (a 19th century German philosopher), and founded The Reconstructionist magazine in 1935, a periodical which espoused his evolving liberal philosophy.
		Rabbi Kaplan perceived that the "religious" nature of Judaism could be seen through this unique concept of "civilization." He believed that Jewish civilization expressed its genius by clarifying the purposes and values of human existence, in wrestling with God, and in the ritual of the home, synagogue, and community.
	www.emanuelnyc.org /bulletin/archive/28.html (425 words)

	Mordechai Kaplan
		Kaplan was profoundly influenced by the new social science of sociology and recent progress in the physical sciences.
		Kaplan continued to study and teach throughout his life until his death in 1983 at the age of 102.
		Kaplan did not understand God as a supernatural force in the universe, but rather as the power which makes possible personal salvation, which Kaplan understand as the "worthwhileness of life." "God is the sum of all the animating organizing forces and relationships which are forever making a cosmos out of chaos," Kaplan wrote.
	www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/biography/kaplan.html (687 words)

	S.C.J. FAQ: Section 2.6. Who We Are: What about other movements?
		Kaplan's conception of G-d was a transnatural one -- he spoke of "the power in the Universe that makes for salvation", rather than an anthropomorphic G-d intervening to reward and punish.
		Kaplan did not believe in G-d, but he did believe that nature existed; he also believed that the universe was open to the possibility that people could better themselves.
		Kaplan's personal theology was extremely rationalistic, but in forming his movement's seminary he probably did not realize the long term effects.
	www.shamash.org /lists/scj-faq/HTML/faq/02-06.html (1031 words)

	H-Net Review: Alan Davidson on A Modern Heretic and a Traditional Community: Mordechai ...
		To Kaplan, the Jewish community was having increasing difficulty keeping second and third generation Jews within the fold precisely because neither the Orthodox Judaism nor the Reform Judaism of the time were useful expressions of Jewish tradition to the second generation of American Jews.
		Kaplan was also closely connected with the general shift in emphasis in the Jewish communal agenda from concern with the economic well-being and assimilation of American Jews to an emphasis on Jewish survival, both demographically and qualitatively.
		Kaplan was arguably one of the earliest Jewish communal leaders to argue what is now paradigmatic among leaders and observers of American Jewish life--it is not just an issue of whether American Jews will survive, but it is also an issue of what this survival will consist of, or look like.
	www.h-net.msu.edu /reviews/showrev.cgi?path=22606917884663 (1423 words)

	Avodah V2 #148
		Kaplan graduated JTS in 1902, and became the senior rabbi at Kehillath Jeshurun.
		Kaplan insisted that the institution > be called the Jewish Center, because he wanted to move away from the > old-fashioned idea of a synagogue to an all-embracing center for Jewish > living.
		Having just reviewed a book on exactly this issue (see www.h-net.msu.edu) although Mordechai Kaplan did attend YU he received the bulk of his training at JTS (albeit JTS was considered to be an Orthodox institution up until around 1920 or so).
	www.aishdas.org /avodah/vol02/v02n148.shtml (4505 words)

	Adat Shalom Reconstructionist Congregation: Reading List
		Kaplan, Mordechai M. Meaning of God in Modern Jewish Religion.
		Kaplan's disciple and son-in-law, Ira Eisenstein, digested JC into a much slimmer volume, Creative Judaism (1936; oft reprinted).
		American Judaism of Mordecai M. Kaplan, a series of essays on Kaplan's life and thought, some of which are very interesting.
	www.jrf.org /adatsmd/reading.html (1506 words)

	LIPMAN ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING LTD - LPMA Report of Foreign Issuer (6-K) EXHIBIT 2
		Kaplan is a director of Alony-Hetz Properties and Investments Ltd., a company listed on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange that specializes in foreign real estate and financial investments.
		Kaplan is an independent director as defined under the rules of the Nasdaq Stock Market and the U.S. securities laws.
		Jacob Perry, Meir Shamir and Avraham Nussbaum are designees of Mivtach Shamir Holdings and Ishay Davidi and Mordechai Gorfung are designees of Mez-Op Holdings.
	sec.edgar-online.com /2004/06/22/0000950136-04-001978/section5.asp (2787 words)

	Reconstructionist Press - By Mordecai. M. Kaplan
		Kaplan confided his impressions, wrestled with his conscience, and recorded his experience in his journal with passionate intensity and uncommon candor.
		One of the most popular of Kaplan’s works, this 1985 reissue is filled with wit and wisdom.
		A far-ranging survey of the problems and prospects of contemporary American Jewish life that reveals the astounding vision and no-nonsense practicality of Reconstructionism’s founder.
	www.jrf.org /pub/cat-kaplan.html (256 words)

	Kaplan, Mordecai Menahem, The Library of the Jewish Theological Seminary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Kaplan, Mordecai Menahem, The Library of the Jewish Theological Seminary
		Kaplan (1881–1983) was founder of the Reconstructionist movement in Judaism.
		Collection also includes miscellaneous letters, 1910, 1955, 1957; and program for celebration of Kaplan’s 70th birthday.
	www.jtsa.edu /library/archives/jtsarchives/kaplan_mordecai.shtml (148 words)

	Amazon.ca: Books: Sacred Fragments (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Gillman attended the seminary during the waning years of Mordechai Kaplan's influence and during the hay day of the influence of Abraham Joshua Heschl.
		His non-rational mystical approach was the precise opposite of what Mordechai Kaplan had taught for decades.
		Gilman's exploration of these subjects is broad-ranging and well-documented, drawing on sources from within the Jewish tradition as varied as Moses Maimonides to A.J. Heschel, from Samson Raphael Hirsch to Mordechai Kaplan.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/0827603525 (1027 words)

	(Julius KANTOR - Rebecca Jo KAPLAN ) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Elyse Anne KAPLAN (18 NOV 1949 - ____)
		Marcia Millicent KAPLAN (21 AUG 1933 - ____)
		Rebecca Jo KAPLAN (18 OCT 1987 - ____)
	www.blacher.homechoice.co.uk /ind0044.html (64 words)

	How You Can Help (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Write to these officials right away, demanding they stop punishing Mordechai Vanunu, dismiss the new charges against him, lift the restrictions, and let him go.
		OTHER THINGS YOU CAN DO * Write a note of support to Dr. Mordechai Vanunu, c/o Cathedral Church of St. George, 20 Nablus Rd., P.O. Box 19122, Jerusalem 91191, Israel or email vmjc1954@gmail.com.
		* Speak about Mordechai, and recite his poem I Am Your Spy at anti-nuclear and peace events.
	www.nonviolence.org /vanunu/youcanhelp.html (143 words)

	Religion in America in the 1950
		I would become a Reconstructionist Jew much later, but the ideology of Mordechai Kaplan even then matched my own upbringing in the late 1950's and 1960's.
		Abram went to see the mayor of Atlanta one night, and while the latter was in his slippers and robe finalized the agreement.
		Kaplan, Mordechai, A New Zionism, New York, The Herzl Press and The Reconstructionist Press, 1959.
	www.chatham.edu /PTI/ReligioninAmericanSociety/1950s_curriculum.htm (5244 words)

	Articles - Mordecai Kaplan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Rabbi Mordechai Menahem Kaplan (June 11, 1881- November 8, 1983) founded Reconstructionist Judaism.
		He helped to create the Young Israel Modern Orthodox movement with Rabbi Israel Friedlander.
		In 1909 Kaplan joined the staff at JTS, where he had his greatest impact by teaching Conservative Jewish students over a 50 year period.
	www.gaple.com /articles/Mordecai_Kaplan (708 words)

	Shabbat in Yerushalayim
		Midway through the service, the Yachadniks break and mingle for a brief snack and a discussion -in a mixed group of men and women- of the Torah portion.
		We proceed to Kehila Mevakashe Derekh, the synagogue which was founded by Rabbi Mordechai Kaplan (founder of the Reconstructionist Movement in America).
		As the meal draws to a close, Jack speaks to us all, remarking on the common bond we have, as followers, in a sense, of the teachings of Rabbi Kaplan.
	members.aol.com /lutherjett/8-26.html (2471 words)

	KOWARSKY Genealogical Facts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		.....3 Mordecai Kaplan b: 1881 in Lithuania d: 1983 in USA # of children: 4
		.....3 Sophie Kaplan d: in Brooklyn, NY # of children: 2
		* Mordechai Kaplan was the founder of the Reconstructionist Movement in Judaism.
	www.barrison.net /kowarsky.html (311 words)

	Canadian Jewish News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		MONTREAL —Rabbi Mordechai Kaplan, founder of Reconstructionism, once said, “Creativity is the most divine phase of reality.”
		Maybe that’s why Congregation Dorshei Emet, Montreal’s Reconstructionist synagogue, can stage a film festival and not have to go further than its own membership to put together a program.
		Advance tickets are on sale at the synagogue (486-9400) or they can be purchased at the door.
	www.cjnews.com /viewarticle.asp?id=4713 (862 words)

	Aaron Lansky and the Revival of Yiddish
		Long-time members of this congregation know my constant complaint, that Judaism is retreating before mediocrity, that it lacks new inspiration and new creativity.
		That we need an infusion of talented young people, that congregations are retreating to orthodoxy because Mordechai Kaplan's drive to rejuvenate Judaism as a creative civilization has run out of steam.
		But I am happy to report today on a small vigorous movement in the opposite direction, in a place where few would have expected it.
	www.phy6.org /outreach/Jewish/Yiddish.htm (1206 words)

	Korelicze, Belarus
		Fourth row: Gershovitz, Mordechai Mordechovitz, Shmerl Yankelevitz, Yitschak Stoller, Anshel Abramovich, Shlomo Gertsovsky, Moshe Lipkin, Avraham Berman, .., Shaul Lubentsky, Yehuda, Mottel Mordechovitz, Chone (?), Lipkin, Abramovich, Yaakov Gershenovsky, , Yosef Lipkin, Bragel (a Christian).
		Second row: Chaim Bussel, Chaya Leah Kaplan, Alter Greenfeld, Shifra Levitt, Berl Poluzhky, Fanye Lipshitz, Menucha Abramovich, Rivka Yellin.
		Second row: Leah Kaplan, Shifra Levitt, Chaya Leah Kaplan, ..
	www.jewishgen.org /yizkor/Korelicze/kor003.html (1796 words)

	Guide to the Papers of the Schoolman Familyn.d., 1889-1994P-716Processed by Alisa Rose
		Correspondents in the collection include Dr. Alexander Dushkin, Rabbi Mordechai Kaplan, Henrietta Szold, and Otto Frank.
		Schoolman’s staunch devotion to Jewish education was paralleled in his personal life as well as in his commitment to other Jewish causes.
		He was a lifelong member of the Reconstructionist Foundation, and a follower of the Reconstructionist approach to Judaism, espoused by his synagogue, the Society for the Advancement of Judaism (SAJ), and made popular by its founder Rabbi Mordechai Kaplan, a teacher and friend of Schoolman.
	www.cjh.org /academic/findingaids/AJHS/nhprc/SchoolmanFamilyb.html (3044 words)

	Keddem Reconstructionist Philosophy: A Reconstructionist Community
		What does it mean to be Reconstructionist, and how is it different from other approaches to Judaism?
		Reconstructionist Judaism has its roots in the perceptions and writings of Rabbi Mordechai Kaplan.
		The foundations of Reconstructionism lie in the Conservative movement, but the driving concern of Reconstructionism is the creation and articulation of a Judaism that could be sustained, that could survive the 20
	www.keddem.org /foot/99-04.html (618 words)

	Question 2.6: What about other movements?
		Next Document: Question 2.7: What are some of the Orthodox sub-groups?
		Answer: Reconstructionism Philosophically, Reconstructionism has its roots in the work of Mordechai Kaplan, who argued for a naturalistic conception of G-d and a functionalist view of Judaism as a religious civilization.
		Reconstructionism Today Kaplan's personal theology was extremely rationalistic, but in forming his movement's seminary he probably did not realize the long term effects.
	www.faqs.org /faqs/judaism/FAQ/02-Who-We-Are/section-7.html (979 words)

	Amazon.com: Books: Sacred Fragments: Recovering Theology for the Modern Jew (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Gillman has written a very readable book that covers a lot of ground.
		He provides analysis and descriptions of the views of many influential thinkers in this area including: Martin Buber, Franz Rosenzweig, Mordecai Kaplan, Richard Rubenstein, et al.
		The author also includes certain non-Jewish influences such as Paul Tillich.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0827604033?v=glance (1969 words)

	Cong. Bnei Israel Anshe Kadan at Washington Cemetery, Brooklyn.
		Ex-Presidents: Goodman Telzer, Max Horowitz, Jacob Volk, Sussman Volk, Wolf Kahn, Abel Weitzer, Moses S. Shill, Harris Schulman, Victor Gordon, Louis Branenberg, Abraham Kaplan, Breina T. Meryash, Sarah Volk, Rachel Branenberg, Yetta Kaplan, Anna B. Cohen
		Trustees: Samuel Zinner, Jacob Zack, Isidor Haimowitz, Frank Cohen, William J. Jaffe
		in memory of my beloved mother, possibly sister of Yetta Kaplan
	mywebpages.comcast.net /acassel/keidan/tombstones/anshe-kadan.html (1843 words)

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