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.

Aliases (1)

Mordecai Menahem Kaplan ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
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 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	Mordecai →
knownFor	founding Reconstructionist Judaism →
languageOfWorkOrName	English → Hebrew →
movement	Reconstructionist Judaism →
name	Mordecai Kaplan →
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 →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Reconstructionist Judaism → Reconstructionist Rabbinical College →	foundedBy
Mordecai Kaplan ("Mordecai Menahem Kaplan") →	birthName
Jewish Theological Seminary of America →	hasNotableAlumni
Reconstructionist Judaism →	influencedBy
Mordecai Kaplan →	name
Reconstructionist Judaism →	notableFigure