Judaism: Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan (Reconstructionist Judaism)

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Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan is the founder of Reconstructionist Judaism.

Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mordecai_Kaplan
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/kaplan.html

Reconstructionist Judaism
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reconstructionist_Judaism
Reconstructionist Judaism is a modern American-based Jewish movement based on the ideas of Mordecai Kaplan (1881–1983). The movement views Judaism as a progressively evolving civilization.[1] It originated as a branch of Conservative Judaism before it splintered. The movement developed from the late 1920s to 1940s, and it established a rabbinical college in 1968.

Judaism As a Civilization: Toward a Reconstruction of American-Jewish Life
Initially published in 1934; Jewish Publication Society of America (1994)
http://www.amazon.com/Judaism-As-Civilization-Reconstruction-American-Jewish/dp/0827605293

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