Mordecai Kaplan

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Rabbi
Philosopher
Theologian
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:Reconstructionist_Rabbinical_College
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:American_Jewish_Congress
gptkb:World_Union_for_Progressive_Judaism
gptkb:Jewish_Theological_Seminary
gptkb:Union_of_American_Hebrew_Congregations
gptkbp:awards Honorary_Doctorate_from_Hebrew_Union_College
Honorary_Doctorate_from_the_Jewish_Theological_Seminary
gptkbp:born June 11, 1881
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Mount_Hebron_Cemetery
gptkbp:children gptkb:David_Kaplan
Miriam_Kaplan
Ruth_Kaplan
gptkbp:contribution Cultural Judaism
Jewish_philosophy
Jewish_community_organization
Jewish_education_reform
gptkbp:died May 8, 1983
gptkbp:field Education
Judaism
Philosophy
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Mordecai Kaplan
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:David_Hartman
gptkb:Arthur_Green
gptkb:Abraham_Joshua_Heschel
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:William_James
gptkb:John_Dewey
gptkb:Martin_Buber
gptkb:Emmanuel_Levinas
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Founding_Reconstructionist_Judaism
gptkbp:legacy Interfaith dialogue
Reconstructionist movement
Modern_Jewish_thought
Jewish_community_leadership
Jewish_identity_development
gptkbp:nationality American
gptkbp:philosophy Pragmatism
Naturalism
Religious Naturalism
Cultural Pluralism
gptkbp:religion Judaism
gptkbp:spouse Miriam_Kaplan
gptkbp:wrote Judaism_as_a_Civilization
The_Future_of_the_American_Jew
The_Meaning_of_God_in_Modern_Jewish_Religion