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Dr. Benjamin Kaplan
12017-03-14T12:34:16-07:00Special Collections, Edith Garland Dupré Library0d0dc2592d85ffae32e8b7bf0b1e276aa3f654cf161185plain2017-04-06T13:28:08-07:00Special Collections, Edith Garland Dupré Library0d0dc2592d85ffae32e8b7bf0b1e276aa3f654cfDr. Benjamin Kaplan (1906-1972) was a professor of sociology at University of Southwestern Louisiana (now University of Louisiana at Lafayette). For over 25 years, he wrote and lectured on a variety of topics. One topic that was very close to his heart was the state of Judaism. His writings on Judaism took on many forms and explored many different aspects: philosophy, traditions, Jewish families, antisemitism, and modern day Jewish college students. He was also a frequent member of Temple Shalom.
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12017-03-21T13:30:39-07:00Special Collections, Edith Garland Dupré Library0d0dc2592d85ffae32e8b7bf0b1e276aa3f654cf"The Kadish"4First page of an essay by Dr. Kaplan called "The Kadish." It is about his views on the Kadish, which is the prayer for the dead.media/coll0078_b0001_f0002_0005.jpgplain2017-04-06T13:17:04-07:00Special Collections, Edith Garland Dupré Library0d0dc2592d85ffae32e8b7bf0b1e276aa3f654cf
12017-03-21T13:52:58-07:00Special Collections, Edith Garland Dupré Library0d0dc2592d85ffae32e8b7bf0b1e276aa3f654cf"The Eternal Stranger"4Cover of “The Eternal Stranger: A Study of Jewish Life in the Small Community." The book was written by Dr. Kaplan and published by Bookman Associates in 1957. The book covers Jewish communal life and relations between communities and larger societymedia/EternalStranger_Cover.jpgplain2017-04-06T13:16:30-07:00Special Collections, Edith Garland Dupré Library0d0dc2592d85ffae32e8b7bf0b1e276aa3f654cf
12017-03-21T13:42:41-07:00Special Collections, Edith Garland Dupré Library0d0dc2592d85ffae32e8b7bf0b1e276aa3f654cf"Some Observations Regarding Jewish College Students"3First page of the essay "Some Observations Regarding Jewish College Students" written by Dr. Kaplan. This essay is about his views on Jewish college students and his fears that they may not be embracing their Jewish identities in this environmentmedia/coll0078_b0001_f0002_0008.jpgplain2017-04-06T13:13:40-07:00Special Collections, Edith Garland Dupré Library0d0dc2592d85ffae32e8b7bf0b1e276aa3f654cf
12017-03-21T13:32:27-07:00Special Collections, Edith Garland Dupré Library0d0dc2592d85ffae32e8b7bf0b1e276aa3f654cfSome Children Have Jewish Parents2First page of the essay "Some Children Have Jewish Parents" by Dr. Kaplan. It explores his views on Jewish children and their relationship with the non-Jewish worldmedia/coll0078_b0001_f0002_0006.jpgplain2017-04-06T13:13:07-07:00Special Collections, Edith Garland Dupré Library0d0dc2592d85ffae32e8b7bf0b1e276aa3f654cf
12017-03-21T13:43:59-07:00Special Collections, Edith Garland Dupré Library0d0dc2592d85ffae32e8b7bf0b1e276aa3f654cfSLI Alumni News2Picture of Dr. Kaplan for an article about him from S.L.I. Alumni News, June 1947. The article talks about his life, his work, and his interestsmedia/coll0078_b0009_f0005_0004.jpgplain2017-04-06T13:19:14-07:00Special Collections, Edith Garland Dupré Library0d0dc2592d85ffae32e8b7bf0b1e276aa3f654cf
12017-03-21T13:38:57-07:00Special Collections, Edith Garland Dupré Library0d0dc2592d85ffae32e8b7bf0b1e276aa3f654cf"Judaism and the Family"4First page of an essay by Dr. Kaplan called "Judaism and the Family." This essay is about his views on Jewish families and how they have changed over timemedia/coll0078_b0001_f0002_0007.jpgplain2017-04-06T13:21:44-07:00Special Collections, Edith Garland Dupré Library0d0dc2592d85ffae32e8b7bf0b1e276aa3f654cf
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