Mel Scult – Reconstructing Judaism https://www.reconstructingjudaism.org Deeply rooted. Boldly relevant. Thu, 22 Sep 2022 15:51:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.2 https://www.reconstructingjudaism.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/reconjudaism-favicon.png Mel Scult – Reconstructing Judaism https://www.reconstructingjudaism.org 32 32 Kaplan on Creation: An Explanation of Jewish Mission https://www.reconstructingjudaism.org/dvar-torah/kaplan-creation-explanation-jewish-mission/ Tue, 23 Aug 2016 06:05:51 +0000 https://www.reconstructingjudaism.org/dvar-torah/kaplan-creation-explanation-jewish-mission/ The account in Genesis is perplexing to the modern person. We inevitably get bogged down with the first chapter of the Bible because it seems to conflict with our knowledge that comes from the scientific study of the natural world. Mordecai Kaplan being the modern man par-excellence accepted the scientific view of the universe but […]

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]]> Being Part of the Universe https://www.reconstructingjudaism.org/article/being-part-universe/ Fri, 06 May 2016 20:54:31 +0000 https://www.reconstructingjudaism.org/article/being-part-universe/ In these excerpts from the diaries of Mordecai Kaplan, the message of Rosh Hashanah is reframed as one of radical responsibility to a higher calling.

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