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  1. "#JennaWeissmanJoselit was looking for a project that wasn’t so “heavily freighted” after her #book on the #American “embrace” of the #TenCommandments came out in 2017. “Out of the blue,” an editor at the #Jewish Lives #biography series, a #Yale #University Press and #LeonDBlack Foundation project, asked her to #write a book about #Rabbi #MordecaiKaplan, founder of #Reconstructionist #Judaism.

    “Without missing a beat and without thinking what this entailed, I said, ‘Yes, yes. Of course, of course,’” the Charles E. Smith #professor of #Judaicstudies and of #history at #GeorgeWashingtonUniversity told JNS.

    She didn’t question why she was chosen. “I’m not the obvious person. I’m not an intellectual #historian,” #WeissmanJoselit said. “I don’t swim in those high-minded #philosophical, #theological waters.”

    The historian had known of #Kaplan and had explored a “smidgen” of his diaries, but not all 70 years of them..."

    jns.org/feature/reconstruction

  2. "#JennaWeissmanJoselit was looking for a project that wasn’t so “heavily freighted” after her #book on the #American “embrace” of the #TenCommandments came out in 2017. “Out of the blue,” an editor at the #Jewish Lives #biography series, a #Yale #University Press and #LeonDBlack Foundation project, asked her to #write a book about #Rabbi #MordecaiKaplan, founder of #Reconstructionist #Judaism.

    “Without missing a beat and without thinking what this entailed, I said, ‘Yes, yes. Of course, of course,’” the Charles E. Smith #professor of #Judaicstudies and of #history at #GeorgeWashingtonUniversity told JNS.

    She didn’t question why she was chosen. “I’m not the obvious person. I’m not an intellectual #historian,” #WeissmanJoselit said. “I don’t swim in those high-minded #philosophical, #theological waters.”

    The historian had known of #Kaplan and had explored a “smidgen” of his diaries, but not all 70 years of them..."

    jns.org/feature/reconstruction

  3. "#JennaWeissmanJoselit was looking for a project that wasn’t so “heavily freighted” after her #book on the #American “embrace” of the #TenCommandments came out in 2017. “Out of the blue,” an editor at the #Jewish Lives #biography series, a #Yale #University Press and #LeonDBlack Foundation project, asked her to #write a book about #Rabbi #MordecaiKaplan, founder of #Reconstructionist #Judaism.

    “Without missing a beat and without thinking what this entailed, I said, ‘Yes, yes. Of course, of course,’” the Charles E. Smith #professor of #Judaicstudies and of #history at #GeorgeWashingtonUniversity told JNS.

    She didn’t question why she was chosen. “I’m not the obvious person. I’m not an intellectual #historian,” #WeissmanJoselit said. “I don’t swim in those high-minded #philosophical, #theological waters.”

    The historian had known of #Kaplan and had explored a “smidgen” of his diaries, but not all 70 years of them..."

    jns.org/feature/reconstruction

  4. "#JennaWeissmanJoselit was looking for a project that wasn’t so “heavily freighted” after her #book on the #American “embrace” of the #TenCommandments came out in 2017. “Out of the blue,” an editor at the #Jewish Lives #biography series, a #Yale #University Press and #LeonDBlack Foundation project, asked her to #write a book about #Rabbi #MordecaiKaplan, founder of #Reconstructionist #Judaism.

    “Without missing a beat and without thinking what this entailed, I said, ‘Yes, yes. Of course, of course,’” the Charles E. Smith #professor of #Judaicstudies and of #history at #GeorgeWashingtonUniversity told JNS.

    She didn’t question why she was chosen. “I’m not the obvious person. I’m not an intellectual #historian,” #WeissmanJoselit said. “I don’t swim in those high-minded #philosophical, #theological waters.”

    The historian had known of #Kaplan and had explored a “smidgen” of his diaries, but not all 70 years of them..."

    jns.org/feature/reconstruction

  5. "#JennaWeissmanJoselit was looking for a project that wasn’t so “heavily freighted” after her #book on the #American “embrace” of the #TenCommandments came out in 2017. “Out of the blue,” an editor at the #Jewish Lives #biography series, a #Yale #University Press and #LeonDBlack Foundation project, asked her to #write a book about #Rabbi #MordecaiKaplan, founder of #Reconstructionist #Judaism.

    “Without missing a beat and without thinking what this entailed, I said, ‘Yes, yes. Of course, of course,’” the Charles E. Smith #professor of #Judaicstudies and of #history at #GeorgeWashingtonUniversity told JNS.

    She didn’t question why she was chosen. “I’m not the obvious person. I’m not an intellectual #historian,” #WeissmanJoselit said. “I don’t swim in those high-minded #philosophical, #theological waters.”

    The historian had known of #Kaplan and had explored a “smidgen” of his diaries, but not all 70 years of them..."

    jns.org/feature/reconstruction

  6. Have you read any books by R. Ira Eisenstein? Along with R. #MordecaiKaplan, he helped create the original form of #ReconstructionistJudaism (which in many ways is different from the movement that we know today.) What do you think of Eisenstein's ideas? What books of his do you recommend?

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    @mazeldon
    #JewishBooks #JewishHistory

  7. Have you read any books by R. Ira Eisenstein? Along with R. #MordecaiKaplan, he helped create the original form of #ReconstructionistJudaism (which in many ways is different from the movement that we know today.) What do you think of Eisenstein's ideas? What books of his do you recommend?

    merrimackvalleyhavurah.wordpre

    @mazeldon
    #JewishBooks #JewishHistory

  8. Have you read any books by R. Ira Eisenstein? Along with R. #MordecaiKaplan, he helped create the original form of #ReconstructionistJudaism (which in many ways is different from the movement that we know today.) What do you think of Eisenstein's ideas? What books of his do you recommend?

    merrimackvalleyhavurah.wordpre

    @mazeldon
    #JewishBooks #JewishHistory

  9. Have you read any books by R. Ira Eisenstein? Along with R. #MordecaiKaplan, he helped create the original form of #ReconstructionistJudaism (which in many ways is different from the movement that we know today.) What do you think of Eisenstein's ideas? What books of his do you recommend?

    merrimackvalleyhavurah.wordpre

    @mazeldon
    #JewishBooks #JewishHistory