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

Posted Wednesday, December 31, 2025 7:26 am Photo: Lori Baker  Rabbi Dana Evan Kaplan Three American Jewish women who helped reshape politics, social justice and Jewish destiny at the turn of the 20th century — Henrietta Szold, Emma Goldman and Golda Meir — shared immigrant roots and Jewish identity, yet chose radically different paths: religious renewal, political rebellion and national leadership. Temple Beth Shalom of the West Valley Rabbi Dana Evan Kaplan will lead a thre

Temple Beth Shalom of the West Valley Rabbi Dana Evan Kaplan, right, is pictured with the only Jewish Moroccan tour guide, Raphael El-Maleh, who organized the Jewish museum in Casablanca, collecting Jewish ritual items and other historical documents from Jewish communities throughout Morocco. Posted Friday, November 14, 2025 10:00 am Temple Beth Shalom of the West Valley Rabbi Dana Evan Kaplan will lead an interfaith course about Jews and Judaism in Morocco in December. Kapla

Posted Thursday, November 20, 2025 5:41 am Jewish humor will be the focus of an interfaith course at Temple Beth Shalom of the West Valley, 12202 N. 101st Ave., in December. Because of a Jewish humor course’s popularity earlier this year, Rabbi Dana Evan Kaplan is offering a new course 10-11:30 a.m. Mondays, Dec. 1, 8 and 15.  In this adult education series, participants will watch video clips of a young comedian Modi Rosenfeld, known professionally as MODI, from some of his

Posted Friday, November 21, 2025 9:30 am Temple Beth Shalom of the West Valley is hosting a Thanksgiving interfaith service 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 21 at 12202 N. 101st Ave. Rabbi Dana Evan Kaplan and Cantor Baruch Koritan will be joined by clergy from Sun City churches who will be sharing Thanksgiving messages. They include Rev. Ann Utke, interim minister of First Presbyterian Church; Rev. Mark J. Makowski, associate pastor of The Church of the Palms; Pastor Greg Emery, Faith Pr

By Zev Black Rabbi Dana Evan Kaplan and Fay Henning-Bryant at Temple Beth Shalom of the West Valley’s Holocaust Remembrance Day services...

Shannon Levitt | Staff Writer Sep 4, 2025 Pictured clockwise from top left are Rabbi Bonnie Koppell, Rabbi Alicia Magal, Rabbi Jeremy...

Rabbi Dana Evan Kaplan Posted Tuesday, July 29, 2025 7:00 am Residents can learn about the Jewish High Holy Days during a three-week...

Ackee is the national fruit of jamaica. It can be poison if eaten before it's ripe but I don't think the intention here was to poison me!...

Mike, who was the president of the Temple in Alabama, and I are still in touch.

The Springhill Avenue Temple cemetery is a beautiful part of Mobile filled with history. One of the men buried in it, in particular, was...

Above is the ark in the synagogue in the new city. This is again from last year but I wanted to post it now to conclude what was a...

I went with the Brotherhood to a football game. It was exciting but we lost badly!