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Reconstructionist Judaism

The movement founded by Mordecai Kaplan (1922) that treats Judaism as an 'evolving religious civilization' rather than a revealed religion.

The religious movement founded by Mordecai Kaplan (Society for the Advancement of Judaism, 1922; Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, 1968). Treats Judaism as an 'evolving religious civilization' rather than a divinely-revealed legal system; deeply influenced by American pragmatism (Dewey).

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