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Mordecai Kaplan

Mordecai Kaplan
Rabbi Mordecai M. Kaplan
Honorific-prefixRabbi Dr.
NameMordecai M. Kaplan
CaptionRabbi Mordecai M. Kaplan
OrganisationJewish Theological Seminary of America, Society for the Advancement of Judaism, Reconstructionist Rabbinical College
SemichaJewish Theological Seminary of America
Birth NameMottel Kaplan
Birth DateJune 11, 1881
Birth PlaceŠvenčionys, Lithuania
Death DateNovember 8, 1983(age 102)
Death PlaceNew York City
BuriedGlendale, New York
NationalityAmerican
DenominationOrthodox Judaism, Conservative Judaism, Reconstructionist Judaism
ParentsRabbi Israel and Haya (Anna) Kaplan
SpouseLena Rubin (c.1885 � 1958), Rivka Rieger
ChildrenDr. Judith Eisenstein, Hadassah Musher, Dr. Naomi Wenner and Selma Jaffe-Goldman

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Mordecai Menahem Kaplan (June 11, 1881 � November 8, 1983), was a rabbi, essayist and Jewish educator and the co-founder of Reconstructionist Judaism along with his son-in-law Ira Eisenstein.


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