Kaplan Minyans

The Bnai Keshet Kaplan Minyan is named for Reconstructionist Judaism founder Mordecai Kaplan, who sought to create a Jewish framework for discussions of ethics, culture, history and current events. They are designed for people who enjoy a communal Shabbat and want to enrich their understanding of Jewish peoplehood in an alternative, less traditional setting.
The Kaplan Minyan, which meets in the Red Gables historic house across the parking lot from the synagogue’s main building, begins at 10:30am with selected songs and readings.

All sessions are Saturdays from 10:30am - noon unless otherwise noted 

May 11, 2019
Uri Regev: Now that the election is over...

Rabbi Regev, an internationally known leader and advocate of religious liberty and the liberal movements of Judaism in his native Israel and around the world will talk about the outcomes and significance of the Israeli election. 

Rabbi Regev serves as president and CEO of an educational and advocacy Israel-Diaspora partnership, "Freedom of Religion for Israel", and its Israeli counterpart, "Hiddush - For Religious Freedom and Equality," which he founded in 2009.

From 2002 - 2008, he served as president of the World Union for Progressive Judaism, the global umbrella organization of the Progressive, Reform, Liberal, and Reconstructionist movements. As head of the World Union, Rabbi Regev worked to strengthen moderate pluralistic Jewish life and democracy in the Jewish state and throughout the world. 

Prior to assuming leadership of the World Union, Rebbi Regev served as founding chair, and later as executive director and legal counsel of the Israel Religious Action Center, the public advocacy arm of the Reform movement in Israel. He has also served on the boards of many other Jewish organizations, including the World Zionist Organization, the Jewish Agency, Rabbis for Human Rights, the Overseers of the Jerusalem School of the Hebrew Union College, the Institute for Progressive Halacha, the Central Archives of the Jewish People, and others. 

June 15, 2019
Charles Rosen and Stephanie Greenwood: Cider and Tikkun Olam