Mordecai Kaplan

Rabbi, Author

1881 – 1983

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Who was Mordecai Kaplan?

Mordecai Menahem Kaplan, was a rabbi, essayist and Jewish educator and the co-founder of Reconstructionist Judaism along with his son-in-law Ira Eisenstein.

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Born
Jul 11, 1881
Švenčionys
Also known as
  • Mordecai Menahem Kaplan
Religion
  • Judaism
Ethnicity
  • Jewish people
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • Columbia University
  • City College of New York
  • Jewish Theological Seminary of America
  • Etz Chaim Yeshiva (Manhattan)
Lived in
  • New York City
  • Manhattan
Died
Nov 8, 1983
New York City

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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