# Mordecai Kaplan

> Mordecai Menahem Kaplan was an American Conservative rabbi, writer, Jewish educator, professor, theologian-philosopher, activist, and religious leader who founded the Reconstructionist movement of Judaism with his son-in-law, Rabbi Ira Eisenstein. He has been described as a "towering figure" in the recent history of Judaism for his influential work in adapting it to modern society, contending that Judaism should be a unifying and creative force by stressing the cultural and historical character of the religion as well as theological doctrine.

*Lithuanian American rabbi (1881-1983)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Writer / Author
- **Category:** Writers
- **Born:** 1881-06-11
- **Died:** 1983-11-08
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 54.3 / 100
- **Momentum:** 21.5 / 100  (trend: RISING)
- **Historical depth:** 20.0 / 100
- **Now attention:** 30.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 60.0 / 100

## Sources
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- [Mordechai Kaplan](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mordechai_Kaplan)
- [Mordechaj Kaplan](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mordechaj_Kaplan)
- [Mordechai M. Kaplan](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mordechai_M._Kaplan)
- [Mordecai Kaplan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mordecai_Kaplan)
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- [מרדכי קפלן](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%A8%D7%93%D7%9B%D7%99_%D7%A7%D7%A4%D7%9C%D7%9F)
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- [Каплан, Мордехай](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD%2C_%D0%9C%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%B9)
- [Mordekaý Kaplan](https://tk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mordeka%C3%BD_Kaplan)
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- [莫迪凱·卡普兰](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%8E%AB%E8%BF%AA%E5%87%B1%C2%B7%E5%8D%A1%E6%99%AE%E5%85%B0)
- [Wikiquote](https://he.wikiquote.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%A8%D7%93%D7%9B%D7%99_%D7%A7%D7%A4%D7%9C%D7%9F)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q555541)

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