Dana Evan Kaplan

Shirley Lois Boyd May 30, 1936 – December 29, 2025 IN THE CARE OF Pine Crest Funeral Home & Pine Crest Cemetery Shirley L. Boyd, who was 89 years old, died on December 29, 2025. She was a resident of Mobile, Alabama. Shirley was the oldest child of William Clyde Boyd and Mollie Estelle Olshansky. Shirley, who grew up in an Orthodox Jewish household, is survived by a sister, Marlene Kay Cabic and a brother, Norman David Boyd, her aunt Sue Reed and a niece, Naomi Cabic. Shirley

Submitted photo/Lori Baker Rabbi Dana Evan Kaplan Posted Monday, January 5, 2026 11:00 am In a three-part interfaith series, Rabbi Dana Evan Kaplan of Temple Beth Shalom of the West Valley, will explore Judaism’s boldest and mysterious teachings about the afterlife, drawing from biblical texts, rabbinic debates, medieval philosophy and Jewish mysticism. “We will ask why the rabbis spoke so intensely about what awaits us beyond this life. Does Judaism believe in Heaven and Hel

by: Chad Petri Posted: Jan 24, 2016 / 10:46 AM CST Rabbi Dr. Dana Evan Kaplan is a busy man. He’s head of the oldest reformed Jewish congregation in Alabama. That’s Spring Hill Temple. He takes over for Donald Kunstandt. Kunstandt retired last year after nearly 30 years as rabbi at Spring Hill Temple. Kaplan is the interim rabbi and he said part of his job is to help members of the congregation decide their direction. “Before they move on over the next 28 years or whate