Interview with Professor Lawrence Kaplan
on December 22, 2008 at the 40th Association for Jewish Studies Conference Transcribed Using the Services of Olivia Wiznitzer Co-edited by Lawrence Kaplan and Baruch Pelta Lawrence Kaplan received his BA from Yeshiva College, his MA and PhD from Harvard University, and his rabbinical ordination from Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary. He has taught at McGill University since 1972, and is currently Professor of Rabbinics and Jewish Philosophy in its Department of Jewish Studies. In the spring of 2004 he…