Resolution Adopted by the CCAR
95th Birthday of Dr. Mordecai M Kaplan
Adopted by the CCAR at the 87th Annual Convention of
the Central Conference of American Rabbis
1976
WHEREAS Mordecai M. Kaplan is one of the most illustrious Jewish leaders of our times
whose innovative interpretations of Jewish existence have influenced us in many ways,
and
WHEREAS in defining Judaism as an evolving religious civilization Mordecai M. Kaplan
has added immeasurably to our understanding, and
WHEREAS in founding the Jewish Reconstructionist movement Mordecai M. Kaplan has placed
within the framework of Jewish life of the twentieth century a method of Jewish living
that is rational and meaningful, and
WHEREAS Mordecai M. Kaplan has had a distinguished career as a teacher and preacher
of Judaism, and
WHEREAS Mordecai M. Kaplan’s many writings have edified, challenged, inspired, and
WHEREAS Mordecai M. Kaplan is about to celebrate his 95th birthday,
BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED that the Central Conference of American Rabbis conveys to
him its sincerest congratulations, its abiding respect and its fervent hope for years
of continued creative thinking and that it lauds him and prays for him “Ad meah ve-esrim shana.”