Tag: Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan

The Reconstructionist Rabbinical College has seen a significant number of students expressing anti-Zionist views, causing distress and departure for some students who felt isolated and silenced in expressing support for Israel.
Modernity has brought changes to Jewish prayer, impacting the siddur (prayer book).
The article discusses the early Jewish summer resorts in the Catskills, specifically focusing on the Fairmont and Grand View Hotel.
Last week marked the 100th anniversary of Judy Kaplan becoming the first American bat mitzvah.
In response to the Scopes Monkey Trial in 1925, which highlighted the issue of Darwinism, two New York Orthodox rabbis, Leo Jung and David de Sola Pool, offered contrasting perspectives on evolution in the Jewish Forum in 1926.