Mordecai Kaplan

Lithuanian american rabbi (1881-1983).

Born June 11th, 1881 in Švenčionys.

Died November 8th, 1983 at 102 years old in New York City.

Occupations
diarist, essayist, philosopher, philosopher of religion, rabbi, translator, university teacher
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Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel