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\textit{I. Kaplansky} [Can. J. Math. 6, 374-381 (1954; Zbl 0058.10505)] proved that every ring isomorphism \(\phi\) of a semiprimitive associative complex Banach algebra \(A\) onto another of the same kind \(B\) yields a vector space decomposition \(A= A_1\oplus A_2\oplus A_3\) such that \(A_1\) is finite-dimensional, and \(\phi\) is linear on \(A_2\) and conjugate linear on \(A_3\). In the paper under review, the above result is extended to noncommutative Jordan algebras (in particular, to alternative and Jordan algebras). The proof follows the pattern of the associative case, but unlike associative algebras, infinite-dimensional primitive Jordan Banach algebras need not have infinite spectrum. Nevertheless, infinite-dimensional primitive Jordan Banach algebras having finite spectrum are precisely those Jordan Banach algebras defined by a continuous nondegenerate symmetrical bilinear form on an infinite-dimensional Banach space. As it is shown, ring isomorphisms between such algebras are continuous, which implies, by a standard argument, that they are either linear or conjugate-linear.