Eisenstein, Judith Kaplan, 1909-1996
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Judith Kaplan (September 10, 1909 – February 14, 1996), the oldest daughter of Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan, was the first person to celebrate a bat mitzvah publicly in America on March 18, 1922 at age 12. During her life she was an author, theologian, musicologist and composer. She earned bachelor's and master's degrees from Columbia University and studied at the Institute of Musical Art, now the Juilliard School.
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| creatorOf | Neumann, Richard J. [Miscellaneous folk song collection / composed, arranged or transcribed by Richard J. Neumann] | Jewish Theological Seminary of America | |
| creatorOf | Eisenstein, Judith Kaplan. Correspondence with American Musicological Society, 1961. | University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library | |
| creatorOf | Lipsicas, Hillel, 1904-1980. Cantor Hillel Lipsicas papers, 1874-1986 (bulk, 1925-1986). | Jewish Historical Society of Maryland Library | |
| creatorOf | Rosenbaum, Samuel, 1919-1997. [Jewish cantata collection] / collected by Cantor Samuel Rosenbaum. | Jewish Theological Seminary of America |
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| spouseOf | Eisenstein, Ira, 1906-2001 | person |
| employeeOf | Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion | corporateBody |
| employeeOf | Jewish Theological Seminary of America. Teachers Institute | corporateBody |
| childOf | Kaplan, Mordecai Menahem, 1881-1983 | person |
| associatedWith | Lipsicas, Hillel, 1904-1980. | person |
| associatedWith | Neumann, Richard J. | person |
| associatedWith | Reconstructionist rabbinical college Wyncote, Pa. | corporateBody |
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| Silver Spring | MD | US | |
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| Manhattan | NY | US | |
| Philadelphia | PA | US |
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Birth 1909-09-10
Death 1996-02-14
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