A two-day Midwest conference on Reconstructionism at which Dr. Mordecai Kaplan, founder of the movement, will be honored at a testimonial dinner, will be held here September 8 and 9, it was announced today.
The questions to be discussed at the conference, whose theme will be “Toward a United Community,” include: specific areas for active collaboration among Jewish religious bodies; methods of achieving a more rationally organized as well as more representative Jewish community; and, whether the movement is ready to establish an official Midwest Reconstructionist Foundation.
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