"A Program for the Reconstruction of Judaism"
Journal article
By: Mordecai M. Kaplan
Date: August 1920
Source: Kaplan, Mordecai M. "A Program for the Reconstruction of Judaism." The Menorah Journal 6, no. 4, August 1920, 183–184. Reprinted in Emanuel S. Goldsmith, and Mel Scult, eds. Dynamic Judaism: The Essential Writings of Mordecai M. Kaplan. New York: Fordham University Press/The Reconstructionist Press, 1985, 39–40.
About the Author: Mordecai M. Kaplan (1881–1983), founder of the Jewish Reconstructionist movement, was born in Lithuania. In 1889, his family immigrated to the United States, where he earned a bachelor's degree from the City College of New York and a master's from Columbia University. After completing his education, Kaplan became a rabbi and taught at New York's Jewish Theological Seminary. He also authored numerous books, the most famous being Judaism as a Civilization...
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