# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mordecai-kaplan
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:03:06.689Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/mordecai-kaplan"
name: "Mordecai Kaplan"
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description: "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."
tagline: "Lithuanian American rabbi (1881-1983)"
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1881-06-11"
deathDate: "1983-11-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump