{"product_id":"a-year-with-mordecai-kaplan-9780827612723","title":"A Year with Mordecai Kaplan","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYou are invited to spend a year with the inspirational words, ideas, and counsel of the great twentieth-century thinker Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan, through his meditations on the fifty-four weekly Torah portions and eleven Jewish holidays.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The author . . . [hopes that his work] 'will stimulate reader contemplation, elicit personal reflections that further illustrate or develop the ideas in this book, and motivate readers to make our tradition's profound teachings ever more meaningful and impactful in their own lives.' \u003ci\u003eA Year with Mordechai Kaplan\u003c\/i\u003e does just that, while at the same time sharing the wisdom, passion, and insights that Kaplan can continue to offer us into the next phase of Jewish life.\"—Jonathan Fass, \u003ci\u003eJewish Book Council\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Mordecai Kaplan's illuminating commentary based on Jewish tradition and his own life experiences give us new wisdom. Rabbi Reuben explores Kaplan's wide-ranging thought, Jewish religious experience, and human experience in a way that is clear and emotionally sensitive.\"—\u003ci\u003eReviews by Amos Lassen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Rabbi Reuben’s commentary makes for wonderful Shabbat reading—inviting us to engage with Torah, Kaplan and contemporary human experience in ways that are nourishing, optimistic and inspire us with hope.\"—Elsie Stern, \u003ci\u003eReconstructing Judaism\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“There is no greater sage than Mordecai Kaplan to walk us into an appreciation of how religion can add depth and insight to the experience of modernity, and no rabbi with greater sensitivity to guide us along the way than Steven Carr Reuben. Newcomers to Kaplan and longtime aficionados alike will revel in spending a year with Mordecai Kaplan. Relying on the spirit and smarts of these two rabbis not only enlightens us but elevates us.”—Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson, dean of the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies, American Jewish University\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eA Year with Mordecai Kaplan\u003c\/i\u003e is inspirational. It reminds me of a less mystical Larry Kushner and a more anecdotal Harold Kushner.”—Rabbi Arnold Rachlis, University Synagogue, Irvine, California\u003cbr\u003e“Rabbi Steven Carr Reuben’s selection of insightful passages from the writings of Mordecai Kaplan and illuminating commentary from Jewish tradition and his own life experiences generate a treasure trove of wisdom to delight the mind and move the heart. \u003ci\u003eA Year With Mordecai Kaplan\u003c\/i\u003e is a spiritual gift!”—Rabbi David Ellenson, chancellor of Hebrew Union College–Jewish Institute of Religion\u003cbr\u003e“As Steven Reuben probes Torah, Kaplan’s wide-ranging thought, Jewish religious experience, and human experience in wonderfully clear and often penetrating reflections, Reuben and Kaplan together awaken our desire to be ‘champions of holiness.’”—Ellen Davis, Amos Ragan Kearns Professor of Bible and Practical Theology, Duke Divinity School\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eForeword, by Rabbi David A. Teutsch    \u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments    \u003cbr\u003e Introduction    \u003cbr\u003e 1. Genesis (Bere’shit)\u003cbr\u003e Bere’shit: Fulfillment    \u003cbr\u003e Noaḥ: Good Enough    \u003cbr\u003e Lekh Lekha: Purpose    \u003cbr\u003e Va-yera’: Interconnectedness    \u003cbr\u003e Ḥayyei Sarah: Lovingkindness    \u003cbr\u003e Toledot: Family    \u003cbr\u003e Va-yetse’: Seeking    \u003cbr\u003e Va-yishlaḥ: God-Wrestling    \u003cbr\u003e Va-yeshev: Thoughtlessness    \u003cbr\u003e Mikkets: Dreams    \u003cbr\u003e Va-yiggash: Destiny    \u003cbr\u003e Va-yeḥi: Appreciation    \u003cbr\u003e 2. Exodus (Shemot)\u003cbr\u003e Shemot: Revelation    \u003cbr\u003e Va-’era’: Mercy    \u003cbr\u003e Bo’: Hardened Heart    \u003cbr\u003e Be-shallaḥ: Action    \u003cbr\u003e Yitro: Self-Interest    \u003cbr\u003e Mishpatim: Human Dignity    \u003cbr\u003e Terumah: Indwelling    \u003cbr\u003e Tetsavveh: Light    \u003cbr\u003e Ki Tissa’: Giving    \u003cbr\u003e Va-yak’hel: Community    \u003cbr\u003e Pekudei: Building    \u003cbr\u003e 3. Leviticus (Va-yikra’)\u003cbr\u003e Va-yikra’: Prayer    \u003cbr\u003e Tsav: Firelight    \u003cbr\u003e Shemini: Godliness    \u003cbr\u003e Tazriaʿ: Witness    \u003cbr\u003e Metsoraʿ: Defilement    \u003cbr\u003e ’Aḥarei Mot: Scapegoat    \u003cbr\u003e Kedoshim: Holiness    \u003cbr\u003e ’Emor: Hunger    \u003cbr\u003e Be-har: Oppression    \u003cbr\u003e Be-ḥukkotai: Free Will    \u003cbr\u003e 4. Numbers (Be-midbar)\u003cbr\u003e Be-midbar: Wilderness    \u003cbr\u003e Naso’: Blessings    \u003cbr\u003e Be-haʿalotekha: Humility    \u003cbr\u003e Shelaḥ-Lekha: Perception    \u003cbr\u003e Koraḥ: Rebellion    \u003cbr\u003e Ḥukkat: Anger    \u003cbr\u003e Balak: Dwellings    \u003cbr\u003e Pinḥas: Women    \u003cbr\u003e Mattot: Vows    \u003cbr\u003e Maseʿei: Vengeance    \u003cbr\u003e 5. Deuteronomy (Devarim)\u003cbr\u003e Devarim: Discovery    \u003cbr\u003e Va-’etḥannan: Oneness    \u003cbr\u003eʿEkev: Gratitude    \u003cbr\u003e Re’eh: Choice    \u003cbr\u003e Shofetim: Justice    \u003cbr\u003e Ki Tetse’: Indifference    \u003cbr\u003e Ki Tavo’: Experiencing God    \u003cbr\u003e Nitsavim: Generations    \u003cbr\u003e Va-yelekh: Teaching    \u003cbr\u003e Ha’azinu: Rock    \u003cbr\u003e Ve-zo’t ha-berakhah: Divine Kiss    \u003cbr\u003e 6. Holidays\u003cbr\u003e Rosh Hashanah: Sovereignty of God    \u003cbr\u003e Yom Kippur: Transformation    \u003cbr\u003e Sukkot: Gratitude    \u003cbr\u003e Shemini Atzeret: Sharing the Divine Presence    \u003cbr\u003e Simḥat Torah: Celebration    \u003cbr\u003e Hanukkah: Rededication    \u003cbr\u003e Purim: Resilience    \u003cbr\u003e Pesach: Freedom    \u003cbr\u003e Yom ha-Shoah: Living in the Shadow    \u003cbr\u003e Yom ha-Atzmaut: Building a Just Nation    \u003cbr\u003e Shavuot: Torah    \u003cbr\u003e Epigraph Source Acknowledgments    \u003cbr\u003e Notes    \u003cbr\u003e Bibliography    ","brand":"Jewish Publication Society","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406202315095,"sku":"9780827612723","price":17.09,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780827612723.jpg?v=1730494912","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-year-with-mordecai-kaplan-9780827612723","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}