Dynamic Judaism : : The Essential Writings of Mordecai M. Kaplan / / Emanuel Goldsmith, Mel Scult.

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• VerfasserIn: Goldsmith, Emanuel,; Scult, Mel,
• MitwirkendeR: Goldsmith, Emanuel S.,; Scult, Mel,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Fordham University Press, , [2022]; ©1991
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (264 p.)

Mordecai M. Kaplan was born in a small Lithuanian town on the outskirts of Vilna on a Friday evening in June of 1881. Kaplan was raised in a predominately Jewish atmosphere, which is shown by the fact that he knew his day of birth only by the Jewish calendar until he went to the New York Public Library as a young man to look up the corresponding date. His family was extremely traditional, and his father, Israel Kaplan, was a learned man.Kaplan's concept of Judaism as an evolving religious civilization was widely influential in 20th-century American Jewish life, and his founding of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College created a new denomination. This book contains a biographical essay and excerpts from all of his major works.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Mordecai M. Kaplan: His Life -- Mordecai M. Kaplan: His Interpretation of Judaism -- I The Modern Predicament -- II Jewish Peoplehood -- III The Quest for the Divine -- IV Torah in Our Day -- V Interpreting the Torah, the Prophets, and the Rabbis -- VI Interpreting Medieval and Modern Judaism -- VII Judaism and Community in America -- VIII Ethics -- IX Jewish Education -- X Worship and Ritual -- XI Reconstructionist Judaism -- Bibliography -- Index