Forum on Contemporary Values
Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan: His Life and His Legacy
Richard Hirsh, Executive Director of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association, moderates a panel discussion about the life and legacy of Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan. This event was co-produced by the Jewish Reconstructionist Federation. Panelists include Dr. Mel Scult, Professor Emeritus in the Judaic Studies Department at Brooklyn College; Dr. Deborah Dash Moore, Professor of Religion at Vassar College; and Dr. Harlan J. Wechsler, a Conservative Rabbi and Visiting Assistant Professor at the Department of Philosophy at the Jewish Seminary of America. Dr. Scult speaks about Kaplan and the idea of “Judaism as a civilization”; Dr. Moore speaks about the influence of Kaplan’s legacy on Jewish Feminism; and Rabbi Wechsler speaks about Kaplan’s work from a Conservative perspective. The discussion is followed with questions from the audience.
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