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Rabbi Howard Kaplansky received his B.A. degree from Ohio State University, and was ordained Rabbi at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion where he received his M.A.H.L. and D.D. degrees.
Rabbi Kaplansky is Senior Rabbi of United Hebrew Congregation in St. Louis, Missouri. He previously served congregations in Springfield, Massachusetts and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and was the Director of the Midwest Council of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations.
Active in communal affairs, Rabbi Kaplansky has been President of the St. Louis Jewish Community Relations Council, the St. Louis Rabbinical Association, and the Association of Reform Rabbis. He has been on the Boards of Trustees of the St. Louis Jewish Federation, Jewish Family and Children's Service, the St. Louis Jewish Light, the Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis and combined Health Services of St. Louis. He was formerly vice-president of the St. Louis, Interfaith Clergy Council and of Doorways.
Every year for the spring semester, Rabbi Kaplansky teaches a course in Judaic Studies at Eden Theological Seminary, St. Louis, under the auspices of the Jewish Chautauqua Society.