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Rabbi Dana Evan Kaplan Dana Evan Kaplan is a Reform rabbi known for his writings on Reform Judaism and American Judaism. He has advocated for a theologically coherent approach to Reform Judaism rather than encouraging a pluralistic approach to belief without limits. He has been the rabbi of Temple B’nai Israel, in Albany, Georgia since 2001. He graduated Magna Cum Laude from Yeshiva University, received rabbinical ordination from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in Jerusalem in 1994 and a PhD in History from Tel Aviv University in 1997. His books include Contemporary American Judaism (Columbia University Press, 2009), The Cambridge Companion to American Judaism (Cambridge University Press, 2005), American Reform Judaism (Rutgers University Press, 2003), Platforms and Prayer Books : Theological and Liturgical Perspectives on Reform Judaism (Rowman & Littlefield, 2002) and Contemporary Debates in American Reform Judaism: Conflicting Visions (Routledge, 2001). He has also written on other subjects, including American Jewish History and Jews in various diaspora communities.

Bibliography
 * Contemporary American Judaism: Transformation and Renewal, Columbia University Press, June 2009.
 * Cambridge Companion to American Judaism, Editor. New York and Cambridge; Cambridge University Press, 2005.
 * American Reform Judaism: An Introduction.  New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, 2003.  Named “A Significant Jewish Book” by Reform Judaism    magazine, winter 2003.  2nd printing June 2005.
 * Platforms and Prayer Books: Theological and Liturgical Perspectives on Reform Judaism, Editor. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield, 2002.
 * Contemporary Debates in American Reform Judaism: Conflicting Visions, Editor. New York and London: Routledge, 2001.