Mordecai Menahem Kaplan (1881-1983) was an American rabbi, Jewish educator, theologian and professor who founded Reconstructionist Judaism, a modern movement he developed together with his son-in-law, Rabbi Ira Eisenstein. Kaplan argued for adapting Jewish practice to the conditions of modern life by treating Judaism as an evolving religious civilization, giving weight to its cultural and historical character alongside its theology rather than to doctrine alone. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Mordecai Menahem Kaplan (Hebrew: מֹרְדֳּכַי מְנַחֵם קַפְלַן; June 11, 1881, November 8, 1983) was an American Conservative rabbi, writer, Jewish educator, professor, theologian-philosopher, activist, and religious leader who founded the Reconstructionist movement of Judaism with his son-in-law, Rabbi Ira Eisenstein.
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Mordecai Menahem Kaplan (Hebrew: מֹרְדֳּכַי מְנַחֵם קַפְלַן; June 11, 1881, November 8, 1983) was an American Conservative rabbi, writer, Jewish educator, professor, theologian-philosopher, activist, and religious leader who founded the Reconstructionist movement of Judaism with his son-in-law, Rabbi Ira Eisenstein.
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was an American Conservative rabbi, writer, Jewish educator, professor, theologian-philosopher, activist, and religious leader who founded the Reconstructionist movement of Judaism with his son-in-law, Rabbi Ira Eisenstein.
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However, this did not stop him from publishing the Reconstructionist Sabbath Prayer Book in 1945, in which, among other unorthodoxies, he denied the literal accuracy of the biblical text.
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