I think some outsiders still think American Judaism is divided into Reform, Conservative Orthodox. In recent decades, it has become much more pluralistic, with several additional groups that could be seen as fledgling denominations and many others that are floating somewhere between institutional categories. On the other hand, some insiders believe that the American Jewish religious denominational structure has collapsed.
Dana Evan Kaplan
Dana Evan Kaplan is the rabbi of Congregation Kahal Kadosh Shaare Shalom, the United Congregation of Israelites, in Kingston, Jamaica. He also teaches Judaism at the United Theological College of the University of the West Indies.
He studied in Israel at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, where he was ordained as a Reform rabbi in 1994, and Tel Aviv University, where he was awarded a PhD in Jewish History in 1997.
Dana’s books include Contemporary American Judaism: Transformation and Renewal (Columbia University Press, 2009), The Cambridge Companion to American Judaism (Cambridge University Press, 2005), American Reform Judaism: An Introduction (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).
