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Kaplan

American  
[kap-luhn] / ˈkæp lən /

noun

  1. Mordecai Menahem 1881–1983, U.S. religious leader and educator, born in Lithuania: founder of the Reconstructionist movement in Judaism.


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District Judge Lewis Kaplan, who oversaw the Carroll trials, to release the $5 million award held in escrow from the assault case.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 10, 2026

Judge Lewis Kaplan on Wednesday ordered that a clerk release the money - with interest - from an account where Trump deposited it after the ruling.

From BBC Jul. 8, 2026

When Muir sent out his update, that spread had ballooned to around 183 basis points and the trend was also picked up by JPMorgan’s derivative strategy team, led by Bram Kaplan.

From MarketWatch Jul. 2, 2026

"Today's Supreme Court decision affirms once and for all the jury's unanimous verdict that President Donald J. Trump sexually assaulted and defamed E. Jean Carroll," said Carroll's attorney Roberta Kaplan.

From Barron's Jun. 29, 2026

He had a more candid relationship with my classmate Hillar Kaplan, an artist in Los Angeles and one of the group of girls in high school who orbited around him.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove

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