Bücher der Reihe American Jewish Civilization

This critical examination of the life of Mordecai Kaplan is based on Kaplan's unpublished 27-volume diary, thousands of personal letters, sermons, and Scult's own long-term relationship with Kaplan.

Mordecai M. Kaplan (1881-1983), founder of Reconstructionism, was a pre-eminent American Jewish thinker and rabbi. His life, which he meticulously recorded, embodies the American Jewish experience of the first half of the 20th century. This first volume covers his early years as a rabbi.

This work examines the historical relationship between American Jewry, the Jewish community in Israel and its predecessor, the ""yishuv"", the Jewish settlement in Palestine. The articles in this book range from Zionist movements in America to Israel's representation in contemporary prayer books.