Mordecai Kaplan

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American Jew Jewish religious leader human philosopher rabbi theologian

Mordecai Kaplan was a 20th-century American rabbi, theologian, and philosopher best known for founding Reconstructionist Judaism, a modern movement that views Judaism as an evolving religious civilization.

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Label Occurrences
Mordecai Kaplan canonical 13
Mordecai Menahem Kaplan 2

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instanceOf American Jew ⓘ
Jewish religious leader ⓘ
human ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
rabbi ⓘ
theologian ⓘ
authorOf Judaism Without Supernaturalism ⓘ
Judaism as a Civilization ⓘ
The Future of the American Jew ⓘ
The Meaning of God in Modern Jewish Religion ⓘ
birthName Mordecai Kaplan self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Mordecai Menahem Kaplan
burialPlace Israel ⓘ
citizenship United States of America ⓘ
countryOfBirth Lithuania ⓘ
countryOfDeath United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1881-06-11 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1983-11-08 ⓘ
educatedAt City College of New York ⓘ
Columbia University ⓘ
Jewish Theological Seminary of America ⓘ
employer Jewish Theological Seminary of America ⓘ
ethnicGroup Jews ⓘ
familyName Kaplan ⓘ
fieldOfWork Jewish philosophy ⓘ
Jewish theology ⓘ
religious education ⓘ
founded Reconstructionist Judaism ⓘ
Society for the Advancement of Judaism ⓘ
givenName Mordechai ⓘ
surface form: Mordecai
knownFor founding Reconstructionist Judaism ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
Hebrew ⓘ
movement Reconstructionist Judaism ⓘ
name Mordecai Kaplan self-link ⓘ
notableIdea Judaism as an evolving religious civilization ⓘ
Reconstructionist concept of Jewish peoplehood ⓘ
notableWork Judaism as a Civilization ⓘ
occupation educator ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
rabbi ⓘ
theologian ⓘ
writer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Russian Empire ⓘ
Švenčionys ⓘ
placeOfDeath New York City ⓘ
positionHeld faculty member at Jewish Theological Seminary of America ⓘ
rabbi of the Society for the Advancement of Judaism ⓘ
religion Judaism ⓘ
residence New York City ⓘ

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Reconstructionist Judaism → foundedBy → Mordecai Kaplan ⓘ
Reconstructionist Judaism → influencedBy → Mordecai Kaplan ⓘ
Reconstructionist Judaism → notableFigure → Mordecai Kaplan ⓘ
Jewish Theological Seminary of America → hasNotableAlumni → Mordecai Kaplan ⓘ
Mordecai Kaplan → name → Mordecai Kaplan self-link ⓘ
Mordecai Kaplan → birthName → Mordecai Kaplan self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mordecai Menahem Kaplan
Reconstructionist Rabbinical College → foundedBy → Mordecai Kaplan ⓘ
Kaplan → hasNotableBearer → Mordecai Kaplan ⓘ
Kaplan → hasNotableBearer → Mordecai Kaplan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mordecai Menahem Kaplan
Society for the Advancement of Judaism → foundedBy → Mordecai Kaplan ⓘ
Society for the Advancement of Judaism → foundingRabbi → Mordecai Kaplan ⓘ
Judaism as a Civilization → author → Mordecai Kaplan ⓘ
Judaism Without Supernaturalism → author → Mordecai Kaplan ⓘ
The Future of the American Jew → author → Mordecai Kaplan ⓘ
The Future of the American Jew → contributor → Mordecai Kaplan ⓘ