Abby is joined by author Jenna Weissman Joselit to discuss her groundbreaking new biography of radical thinker Mordecai Kaplan, who reinvented Judaism for modern America. The book, "Mordecai M. Kaplan: Restless Soul," delves deep into the fascinating contradictions that drove one of twentieth-century Judaism's leading luminaries to create a new way of looking at an old faith by "reconstructing" it.

JBS: Jewish Broadcasting Service

Jewish Broadcasting Service

In the Spotlight: Jenna Weissman Joselit (Mordecai Kaplan)

MAY 14, 202626 MIN
JBS: Jewish Broadcasting Service

In the Spotlight: Jenna Weissman Joselit (Mordecai Kaplan)

MAY 14, 202626 MIN

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Abby is joined by author Jenna Weissman Joselit to discuss her groundbreaking new biography of radical thinker Mordecai Kaplan, who reinvented Judaism for modern America. The book, "Mordecai M. Kaplan: Restless Soul," delves deep into the fascinating contradictions that drove one of twentieth-century Judaism's leading luminaries to create a new way of looking at an old faith by "reconstructing" it.