{"product_id":"a-year-with-mordecai-kaplan-wisdom-on-the-weekly-torah-portion-paperback","title":"A Year with Mordecai Kaplan: Wisdom on the Weekly Torah Portion - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSteven Carr Reuben\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDavid Teutsch\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A pioneer of ideas and action--teaching that \"Judaism is a civilization\" encompassing Jewish culture, art, and peoplehood; demonstrating how synagogues can be full centers for Jewish living (building one of the first \"shuls with a pool\"); and creating the first-ever bat mitzvah ceremony (for his daughter Judith)--Kaplan transformed the landscape of American Jewry. Yet much of Kaplan's rich treasury of ethical and spiritual thought is largely unknown. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Rabbi Steven Carr Reuben, who studied closely with Kaplan, offers unique insight into Kaplan's teachings about ethical relationships and spiritual fulfillment, including how to embrace godliness in everyday experience, our mandate to become agents of justice in the world, and the human ability to evolve personally and collectively. Quoting from the week's Torah portion, Reuben presents Torah commentary, a related quotation from Kaplan, a reflective commentary integrating Kaplan's understanding of the Torah text, and an intimate story about his family or community's struggles and triumphs--guiding twenty-first-century spiritual seekers of all backgrounds on how to live reflectively and purposefully every day.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRabbi Steven Carr Reuben\u003c\/b\u003e is senior rabbi emeritus of Kehillat Israel Reconstructionist Congregation in Pacific Palisades, California, and a past president of the Board of Rabbis of Southern California. He is the author of numerous books, including \u003ci\u003eChildren of Character: Leading Your Children to Ethical Choices in Everyday Life \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eMaking Interfaith Marriage Work\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 296\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 9 x 8.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 01, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52740421812531,"sku":"9780827612723","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/R0tHQnc4VlJBRW9NTmdlLzIzQmplZz09.webp?v=1764072172","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/a-year-with-mordecai-kaplan-wisdom-on-the-weekly-torah-portion-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}