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Goldsmith, Emanuel S. ; Mel Scult; Robert M. Seltzer : THE AMERICAN JUDAISM OF MORDECAI M. KAPLAN

New York : New York University Press., 1990.

8vo. Xviii, 460 pages. First edition. SUBJECT (S) : Reconstructionist Judaism; Kaplan, Mordecai Menahem, 1881-1983. CONTENTS: Introduction: Kaplan and Jewish modernity, Robert M. Seltzer; Kaplan and the retrieval of the haskalah, Emanuel S. Goldsmith; The reconstruction of Jewish religion out of secular culture, Eliezer Schweid; Becoming centered: community and spirituality in the early Kapln, Mel Scult; Kaplan and Israel Friedlaender: expectation and failure, Baila Round Shargel; Kaplan and Cyrus Adler, Richard Libowitz; Kaplan and Milton Steinberg: a disciple's agreements and disagreements, Simon Noveck; Kaplan and John Dewey, Allan Lazarovv; Kaplan and Henry Nelson Wieman, Emanuel S. Goldsmith; Ahad Ha-Am in Kaplan: roads crossing and parting, Meir Ben-Horin; Kaplan, Abraham Joshua Heschel, and Martin Buber: three approaches to Jewish revival, S. Daniel Breslauer; A critical assessment of Kaplan's idea of salvation, Harold M. Schulweis; Kapln's approach to metaphysics, William E. Kaufman; Kaplan and process theology, Jacob J. Straub; Kaplan's reinterpretation of the Bible, Mel Scult; Kaplan as liturgist, Ira Eisenstein; Kaplan and the role of women in Judaism, Carole S. Kessner; Kaplan's influence on Jewish social work, Harriet A. Feiner; Kaplan and Jewish education: reflections on his influence, William Cutter; The quest for economic justice: Kaplan's response to the challenge of communism, 1929-1940, Rebecca Trachtenberg Alpert; Reflections on Kaplan's Zionism, Jack J. Cohen. SERIES: Reappraisals in Jewish social and intellectual history. ISBN: 0814730248. Kaplan (1881-1983) , born in Lithuania, was a founder of the Reconstructionist movement in the United States. His family moved to the U. S. When he was nine, and he was later ordained at the Jewish Theological Seminary and was a rabbi in New York. In 1909 Kaplan began working at the Seminary, under Solomon Schechter, first as a dean and soon after began a half-century long teaching career. His Reconstructionist views “[meant] that Judaism should be considered from a pragmatic, historical point of view, rather than a metaphysical, revelational one[, that the] focus of the content of Jewish life is the Jewish people, its needs, and its responses to challenge, rather than revealed texts or metaphysical constructions....Tradition can guide but must not dictate. ”(EJ, Cohen) Very good condition. (AMR-35-12)

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