A New Approach to Jewish Life (with a separate signed note from the author)

Mordecai M. Kaplan; With a New Introduction by Jacob Neusner

Editore: Published for The Jewish Reconstructionist Foundation by Hartmore House, Bridgeport, Connecticut, 1973

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Inside the book when I purchased it was a signed note from the author to the previous owner. I have provided a photograph. It reads: 'To David White with all good wishes, Mordecai M. Kaplan'. The book is in excellent condition. You can see the covers in the photos. They are exceptionally clean. The brown lettering on the front and spine is very bright and free of wear. The cover edges and corners are in excellent shape, no rubbing. The page edges are very clean. The binding of the book is very solid from cover to cover with nicely tight pages throughout and nicely tight covers as well. The interior of the book is in exceptional condition. The pages are very clean. Scrolling through, I'm not finding any instances of soiling. I'm not finding any conspicuous creasing, no corner creases, no placeholder creases. There are no markings. There are no attachments. And no one has written their name or anything else anywhere in the book. You can see the dust jacket in the first few photos. The covers are very clean, there's a thin scuff off the top edge of the front cover just adjacent to its top corner. There's also a thin scuff at the top edge of the spine. On the rear cover there are four scuffs (see fourth photo). There's also a small tear off the top edge with a tiny loss just above it. The front flap looks very good. The edge on the rear flap that is adjacent to the edge of the rear cover also has a thin bit of scuffing. It's less conspicuous because the color is white. There are three pinprick-sized holes along this edge. The jacket is NOT price-clipped, not clipped at all. It will be fitted with a protective cover after the photos of scanned. From the jacket: 'At the beginning of his career, America's leading philosopher of Judaism wrote this remarkable little book which was issued originally in a limited edition. Here Dr. Mordecai M. Kaplan sets forth many of the basic principles and concerns which were later developed in his monumental Judaism As A Civilization. While seeking to reformulate 'The Meaning of Torah' in modern terms, he pleads for the revitalization of Jewish home life, the intensification of Jewish education, and the strengthening of the bonds between the Jews of the world and the Jews in the Land of Israel. As a professor of the Jewish Theological Seminary and founder of its Teacher's Institute, as founder of the Society for the Advancement of Judaism and of the Jewish Reconstructionist Foundation, as originator of the 'Jewish Center' and of the 'Bat Mitzvah' ceremony, Rabbi Kaplan has shaped the course of American Jewish history.'.

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• Titolo: A New Approach to Jewish Life (with a separate signed note from the author)
• Editore: Published for The Jewish Reconstructionist Foundation by Hartmore House, Bridgeport, Connecticut
• Data di pubblicazione: 1973
• Rilegatura: Hardcover
• Condizione: Near Fine
• Condizione della sovraccoperta: Good
• Cataloghi dei venditori:
  • One-Of-A-Kind
  • Signed
  • Jewish, Judaism, Judaica