Modern Heretic and a Traditional Community Mordecai M. Kaplan, Orthodoxy, and American Judaism

Name: Modern Heretic and a Traditional Community Mordecai M. Kaplan, Orthodoxy, and American Judaism
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ISBN: 9780231504492

ISBN-10: 0231504497

ISBN-13: 9780231504492

Edition: N/A

Authors: Jeffrey S. Gurock, Jacob J. Schacter

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Mordecai Kaplan, the founder of the Reconstructionist movement, was the most influential and controversial radical Jewish thinker in the twentieth century. This book examines the intellectual influences that moved Kaplan from Orthodoxy and analyzes the combination of personal, strategic, and career reasons that kept Kaplan close to Orthodox Jews, posing a question crucial to the understanding of any religion: Can an established religious group learn from a heretic who has rejected its most fundamental beliefs?

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List price: $31.99
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication date: 2/3/1997
Binding: E-Book
Pages: 256



Acknowledgments


A Modern Heretic and a Traditional Community


Introduction



An Orthodox Rabbi's Son on the Lower East Side



Training at the Seminary for the American Orthodox Rabbinate



Promoting American Orthodoxy While Beset by Doubts in a Yorkville Pulpit



An Unrecognized Opponent



Hiring a Critic at the Jewish Center



The Struggle for Control of the Jewish Center



Learning from a Heretic?


Conclusion: Walking with Mordecai Kaplan


Notes


Index