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Mordecai Kaplan
2 articles
beginner
Bat Mitzvah History: From Judith Kaplan to a Global Tradition
How the bat mitzvah went from one rabbi's radical experiment in 1922 to a near-universal Jewish rite of passage — and why it took decades for the rest of the world to catch up.
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intermediate
Reconstructionist Judaism: Civilization, Not Just Religion
Reconstructionist Judaism, founded on Mordecai Kaplan's vision of Judaism as an evolving religious civilization, is the smallest of the major Jewish denominations but has had outsized influence on how modern Jews think about community, identity, and belonging.
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