Lithuanian rabbi, founded Reconstructionist Judaism (died 1983)

Mordecai Kaplan

Mordecai Menahem Kaplan was an American Conservative rabbi, writer, Jewish educator, professor, theologian-philosopher, activist, and religious leader who founded the Reconstructionist movement of Judaism with his son-in-law, Rabbi Ira Eisenstein. He has been described as a "towering figure" in the recent history of Judaism for his influential work in adapting it to modern society, contending that Judaism should be a unifying and creative force by stressing the cultural and historical character of the religion as well as theological doctrine.

Born

1881

June 11

Died

1983

Era

1880s

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173 Marcomannic Wars: The Roman army in Moravia is encircled by the Quadi, who have broken the peace treaty (171). In a violent thunderstorm emperor Marcus Aurelius defeats and subdues them in the so-called "miracle of the rain".
631 Emperor Taizong of Tang sends envoys to the Xueyantuo bearing gold and silk in order to seek the release of Chinese prisoners captured during the transition from Sui to Tang.
786 A Hasanid Alid uprising in Mecca is crushed by the Abbasids at the Battle of Fakhkh.
980 Vladimir the Great consolidates the Kievan realm from Ukraine to the Baltic Sea. He is proclaimed ruler (knyaz) of all Kievan Rus'.

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The world in 1983

When Mordecai departed

april 12 Harold Washington is elected as the first black mayor of Chicago.
april 25 Cold War: American schoolgirl Samantha Smith is invited to visit the Soviet Union by its leader Yuri Andropov after he read her letter in which she expressed fears about nuclear war.
april 25 Pioneer 10 travels beyond Pluto's orbit.
april 28 The West German news magazine Stern begins publishing excerpts from the purported diaries of Adolf Hitler, later revealed to be forgeries.

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Alexander Bain 1818– Scottish philosopher and academic (died 1903) Athol Fugard 1932–2025 South African-American actor, director, and playwright (died 2025) Carlos Seixas 1704–1742 Portuguese organist and composer (born 1704) Carmine Coppola 1910–1991 American composer and conductor (born 1910) Claire Holt 1988– Australian actress Joseph Warren 1741– American physician and general (died 1775) Kodak Black 1997– American rapper Lynsey de Paul 1948–2014 English singer-songwriter, pianist, producer, cartoonist and actress (died 2014) Maggie Gripenberg 1881–1976 Finnish dancer and choreographer (born 1881)

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Also born in 1881

Artur Phleps 1881–1944 Romanian-German general (died 1944) Béla Bartók 1881–1945 Hungarian pianist and composer (died 1945) Branch Rickey 1881–1965 American baseball player and manager (died 1965) Edith Nourse Rogers 1881– American social worker and politician (died 1960) Elizabeth Madox Roberts 1881– American poet and author (died 1941) Eulalio Gutiérrez 1881– Mexican general and politician, President of Mexico (died 1939) Giovanni Papini 1881–1956 Italian journalist, author, and poet (died 1956) Henry Maitland Wilson 1881–1964 English field marshal (born 1881) James Newland 1881–1949 Australian soldier and policeman (died 1949)

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