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

by Jeffrey Gurock and Jacob Schacter
A Modern Heretic and a Traditional Community: Mordecai M. Kaplan, Orthodoxy, and American Judaism

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ISBN13: 9780231106269
ISBN10: 0231106262



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Mordecai M. Kaplan, the founder of the Reconstructionist movement, was the most influential and controversial radical Jewish thinker in the twentieth century. A Modern Heretic and a Traditional Community follows Kaplan from his earliest days as a member in good standing in the Orthodox community, through his period of private estrangement, into his public divorce from Orthodoxy, and ultimately through his many decades as Reconstructionism's leader. Jeffrey S. Gurock and Jacob J. Schacter examine the intellectual influences that moved Kaplan from Orthodoxy and analyze the combination of personal, strategic, and career reasons that kept Kaplan close to Orthodox Jews. More than a biography, A Modern Heretic and a Traditional Community is also a social history of American Orthodoxy and of American Judaism over the last century. Demonstrating how Orthodoxy in America was not a monolithic entity but rather allowed for a wide range of beliefs and practices, the book makes a distinct contribution to the fabric of American social history, Judaism, and the history of religion in the United States.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [163]-210) and index.

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ISBN:
9780231106269
Binding:
Hardcover
Publication date:
02/03/1997
Publisher:
Columbia University Press
Language:
English
Pages:
256
Height:
.78IN
Width:
6.30IN
Thickness:
.78 in.
LCCN:
96032329
Number of Units:
1
Illustration:
Yes
Series Volume:
16-17
UPC Code:
2800231106261
Author:
Jeffrey S. Gurock
Author:
Jacob J. Schacter
Author:
Jeffrey Gurock
Author:
Jacob Schacter
Subject:
Biography
Subject:
Orthodox Judaism -- New York (State) -- New York -- Relations -- Nontraditional Jews.
Subject:
Rabbis
Subject:
Kaplan, Mordecai Menahem
Subject:
Reconstructionist judaism
Subject:
Orthodox judaism
Subject:
Rabbis -- United States.

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