Wednesday, June 11 Holidays, festivals, celebrations, days to remember for all faiths & beliefs around the world Birthday of Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan 1881, founder of Reconstructionist Judaism. He perceived Deity to be a genderless Cosmic Force of Nature, and promoted a Judaism that recognizes gender equality and rejects violence and social injustice. Death day 11/8/1983 Rabbi Kaplan wrote The Meaning of God in Modern Jewish Religion and Judaism as a Civilization. Reconstructionist Judaism values personal autonomy and democratic decision-making as well as religious law and tradition. It embraces science and diverse views of Deity. It exhorts Jews to work for progressive ethical and social evolution in Judaism and society. Accession of Guru Hargobind Sahib, sixth Sikh guru, commemorated. Guru Hargobind lived 1595-1644; guru 1606-1644. a/k/a Guru Hargobind Gur Ghaddhi Nanakshahi calendar
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