The American Judaism of Mordecai M. Kaplan

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Preface Acknowledgments Contributors Contents Introduction: Kaplan and jewish Modernity Robert M. Seltzer PART I. CONTEXTS lX xiii XV 1. Kaplan and the Retrieval of the Haskalah 19 Emanuel S. Goldsmith 2. The Reconstruction of jewish Religion Out of Secular Culture 35 Eliezer Schweid PART 2. STAGES IN A LIFE 3· Becoming Centered: Community and Spirituality in the Early Kaplan 53 Mel Scult 4· Kaplan and Israel Friedlaender: Expectation and Failure 94 Baila Round Sharael 5· Kaplan and Cyrus Adler 122 Richard Libowitz v vi CONTENTS 6. Kaplan and Milton Steinberg: A Disciple's Agreements and Disagreements 140 Simon Noveck PART 3· INTELLECTUAL CONTEMPORARIES 7· Kaplan and john Dewey 173 Allan Lazaroff 8. Kaplan and Henry Nelson Wieman 197 Emanuel S. Goldsmith 9· Ahad Ha-Am in Kaplan: Roads Crossing and Parting 221 Meir Ben-Horin 10. Kaplan, Abraham joshua Heschel, and Martin Buber: Three Approaches to jewish Revival 234 S. Daniel Breslauer PART 4· REINTERPRETING JUDAISM II. A Critical Assessment of Kaplan's Ideas of Salvation 257 Harold M. Schulweis 12. Kaplan's Approach to Metaphysics 271 William E. Kaufman 13· Kaplan and Process Theology 283 jacob]. Staub 14. Kaplan's Reinterpretation of the Bible 294 Mel Scult 15. Kaplan as Liturgist 319 Ira Eisenstein PART 5· THE IDEOLOGIST 16. Kaplan and the Role of Women in judaism 335 Carole S. Kessner 17. Kaplan's Influence on jewish Social Work 357 Harriet A. Feiner CONTENTS vii 18. Kaplan and Jewish Education: Reflections on His Influence 370 William Cutter 19. The Quest for Economic Justice: Kaplan's Response to the Challenge of Communism, 1929-1940 385 Rebecca Trachtenbery Alpert 20. Reflections on Kaplan's Zionism 401 jack]. Cohen Complete Bibliography of the Writings of Mordecai M. Kaplan 415 Index 453 ...