The Life and Legacy of Rabbi Mordecai M. Kaplan with Jenna Weissman Joselit and Amy E. Schwartz

Mordecai M. Kaplan was a pioneering Jewish thinker, rabbi, and teacher who founded the Reconstructionist movement (known as the fourth branch of American Judaism) in the 1920s. He redefined Jewish identity, introduced new rituals and reevaluated the role of tradition. Jenna Weissman Joselit, author of Mordecai M. Kaplan: Restless Soul, discusses Kaplan’s life and legacy and the enduring questions he raised about faith, belonging, and the meaning of Jewish life in the modern world. In conversation with Moment Opinion and Books Editor Amy E. Schwartz.