Acknowledgements

Research by Rory Schonning.

Design by Jacob Weinberg, Rory Schonning, and Erin Hess.

Audio excerpts from Rabbi Mordecai M. Kaplan Answers “Questions Jews Ask” and other audio recordings provided courtesy of the Reconstructionist Archives with the generous support of Dan Cedarbaum.

Pages excerpted from the original script of Rabbi Mordecai M. Kaplan Answers “Questions Jews Ask” provided courtesy of the Reconstructionist Archives through the generous donation of Joseph Maizlish.

Citations

Kaplan on Jewish Identity
 The New Jew
 - Audio excerpt from“Questions Jews Ask” Record VI, Side B Band 7. Jewish Reconstructionist Foundation, 1966. Reconstructionist Archives Object ID# 2010.03.0219.
- Script from “Questions Jews Ask” Record VI, Side 2, pages 1-4. Reconstructionist Archives.
Being a Jew
- Audio excerpt from Mordecai Kaplan speaking at Niles Township Jewish Congregation, Nov. 28, 1958. Reconstructionist Archives Object ID# 2010.01.0022.02.
Win for Religion
- Audio excerpt from “Questions Jews Ask” Record III, Side B, Band 8. Jewish Reconstructionist Foundation, 1966. Reconstructionist Archives Object ID# 2010.03.0219.
- Script from “Questions Jews Ask” Record III, Side 2, pages 14-15. Reconstructionist Archives.
Reconstructionist God
 - Audio excerpt from“Questions Jews Ask” Record VI, Side B, Band 1. Jewish Reconstructionist Foundation, 1966. Reconstructionist Archives Object ID# 2010.03.0219.
- Script from “Questions Jews Ask” Record VI, Side 2, pages 6-7. Reconstructionist Archives.

Kaplan on Social Justice
 Vocation of Sanctification
 - Audio excerpt from Mordecai Kaplan speaking at Niles Township Jewish Congregation, Nov. 28, 1958. Reconstructionist Archives Object ID #2010.01.0022.01.
Obligation to Others  
- Audio excerpt from Kaplan lecture to lay audience at University of Judaism, 1965. Reconstructionist Archives Object ID# 2010.01.0017.
Jew as Better American
 - Audio excerpt from “Questions Jews Ask” Record I, Side B, Band 8. Jewish Reconstructionist Foundation, 1966. Reconstructionist Archives Object ID # 2010.03.0219.
- Script from “Questions Jews Ask” Record I, Side 2, pages 11-12. Reconstructionist Archives.

Kaplan on Re-imagining Jewish Communities
 Establishing a Synagogue
- Audio excerpt from Mordecai Kaplan speaking at Niles Township Jewish Congregation, Nov. 28, 1958. Reconstructionist Archives Object ID# 2010.01.0022.01.
Revitalize Jewish Worship
- Audio excerpt from“Questions Jews Ask.” Record VI, Side B, Band 4. Jewish Reconstructionist Foundation, 1966. Reconstructionist Archives Object ID# 2010.03.0219.
- Script from “Questions Jews Ask.” Record VI, Side 2, pages 9-12. Reconstructionist Archives.
Organic Community
 - Audio excerpt from“Questions Jews Ask.” Record IV, Side B, Band 3. Jewish Reconstructionist Foundation, 1966. Reconstructionist Archives Object ID# 2010.03.0219.
- Script from “Questions Jews Ask.” Record IV, Side 2, pages 6-7. Reconstructionist Archives.
Remote Past
 - Audio excerpt from“Questions Jews Ask.” Record III, Side B, Band 5. Jewish Reconstructionist Foundation, 1966. Reconstructionist Archives Object ID# 2010.03.0219.
- Script from “Questions Jews Ask.” Record III, Side 2, pages 9-10. Reconstructionist Archives.
Creating Spiritual Capital for the New World
- Audio excerpt from Mordecai Kaplan speaking at The Society for the Advancement of Judaism 30th Anniversary, 1952. Reconstructionist Archives Object ID# 2010.01.0024.
Challenges of Fellowship in Synagogue
- Audio excerpt from Mordecai Kaplan speaking at The Society for the Advancement of Judaism 30th Anniversary, 1952. Reconstructionist Archives Object ID# 2010.01.0024.

Kaplan on Teaching Reconstructionism
 Effects of Reconstructionism  
- Audio excerpt from Mordecai Kaplan speaking at The Society for the Advancement of Judaism 30th Anniversary, 1952. Reconstructionist Archives Object ID# 2010.01.0024.
Independent Thinking for Revitalization
- Audio excerpt from Mordecai Kaplan speaking at Niles Township Jewish Congregation, Nov. 28, 1958. Reconstructionist Archives Object ID# 2010.01.0022.02.
Unconscious Evolution
 - Audio excerpt from“Questions Jews Ask.” Record VI, Side A, Band 3. Jewish Reconstructionist Foundation, 1966. Reconstructionist Archives Object ID# 2010.03.0219.
- Script from “Questions Jews Ask.” Record VI, Side 1, pages 5-7. Reconstructionist Archives.
Training Ethical Character
 - Audio excerpt from“Questions Jews Ask.” Record V, Side A, Band 6. Jewish Reconstructionist Foundation, 1966. Reconstructionist Archives Object ID# 2010.03.0219.
- Script from “Questions Jews Ask.” Record V, Side 1, pages 11-13. Reconstructionist Archives.
University of Reconstructionism  
- Audio excerpt from Mordecai Kaplan speaking in 1965. Reconstructionist Archives Object ID# 2010.01.0015.

Kaplan on Israel
 Operation Jewish Future  
- Audio excerpt from Mordecai Kaplan, date/location unknown. Reconstructionist Archives Object ID# 2010.01.0036.
Jewish Sense of Common Destiny  
- Audio excerpt from Mordecai Kaplan speaking in 1952. Reconstructionist Archives Object ID# 2010.01.0023A.
Torah from Zion
 - Audio excerpt from“Questions Jews Ask.” Record V, Side B, Band 1. Jewish Reconstructionist Foundation, 1966. Reconstructionist Archives Object ID# 2010.03.0219.
- Script from “Questions Jews Ask.” Record V, Side 2, pages 1-3. Reconstructionist Archives.
Religion and Nationalism
- Audio excerpt from“Questions Jews Ask.” Record V, Side B, Band 6. Jewish Reconstructionist Foundation, 1966. Reconstructionist Archives Object ID# 2010.03.0219.
- Script from “Questions Jews Ask.” Record V, Side 2, page 13-15. Reconstructionist Archives.