A biography exploring the life of American Jewish thinker Horace M. Kallen will be celebrated during a launch event held at the Israel & Golda Koschitzky Centre for Jewish Studies at 91ÑÇÉ« on Sept. 15.
The book, Horace Kallen Confronts America: Jewish Identity, Science, and Secularism, is written by Rabbi Matthew Kaufman, a 91ÑÇÉ« alumni and reconstructionist rabbi.
This intellectual biography explores the thought and career of Kallen, revealing how his views on science, secularism and religion made on impact on authors, publishers, editors and readers, offering a new lens through which to examine Jewish identity and American pluralism.
Kaufman received a PhD in humanities from 91ÑÇÉ« and has served reconstructionist, reform, and conservative Jewish communities in the United States and Canada for more than 20 years.
The event takes place at 2 p.m. on the seventh floor of the Kaneff Tower at 91ÑÇÉ«. Admission is free, but seats are limited. There will be a kosher (dairy) reception to follow.
RSVP to the event by emailing cjs@yorku.ca.