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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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Brentwood 7, Viewpoint 0: Jack Kaplan threw a perfect game with 15 strikeouts.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2026

Eduardo Kaplan is a senior publishing editor at The Wall Street Journal.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

Mordecai Kaplan defined God as a spiritual and ethical power within us that urges us to do good.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

Mordecai Kaplan defined God as a spiritual and ethical power within us that urges us to do good.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 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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