** NOTE NEW DATES ** In this six week course, Rabbi Stone will discuss
the life, theology, and impact on the Jewish community of Mordecai
Kaplan, founder of Reconstructionist Judaism and one of the 20th
century’s most prominent Jewish thinkers. Born in tsarist Russia, he
emigrated to the United States at age 8 and attended both Columbia
University, and the Jewish Theological Seminary. His first major book,
Judaism as a Civilization, contained a detailed criticism of existing
Jewish movements and a call for the “reconstruction” of Jewish
life. In 1968, his growing movement opened the Reconstructionist
Rabbinic College in Philadelphia as a step toward “an evolving
religious civilization.” Kaplan is a strong advocate of cultural and
religious pluralism, and he maintains that American Jews should
participate fully and creatively in both Jewish and American
civilizations. Rabbi Stone will engage participants in a review of his
work and involved discussions of his impact. Don’t miss this
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