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Ofir served in the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) for two years, from 2008 to 2010 as a squad commander in the intelligence forces. Her...
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danaevankaplan
- May 11, 2017
- 4 min
Social justice and the Bloomberg Grant for Alleviation of Poverty in Mobile ---from Al.com, the news
By Rabbi Dana Evan Kaplan, Springhill Avenue Temple, Mobile One of the most important principals of Reform Judaism is the struggle for...
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danaevankaplan
- May 4, 2017
- 2 min
Our Upcoming UPB Service
This coming Friday night, May 5th, we will be having our quarterly Union Prayer Book Service. Each service has focused on a different set...
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danaevankaplan
- Apr 27, 2017
- 3 min
Jamaica Gleaner Column on Passover
Jews and some Christians throughout Jamaica are celebrating Passover, which began on the evening of April 10 and continues for seven...
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danaevankaplan
- Apr 20, 2017
- 4 min
Al.com Column on Passover
By Rabbi Dana Evan Kaplan, Springhill Avenue Temple, Mobile Jews throughout Alabama began celebrating Passover on the evening of April...
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danaevankaplan
- Apr 13, 2017
- 1 min
Mel S's Birthday Blessing
Mel, as you celebrate your birthday, May the road rise to meet you, May the wind be always at your back. May the sun shine warm on...
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danaevankaplan
- Apr 6, 2017
- 3 min
Repairing the Temple after the Christmas Day 2012 Tornado
There was a tornado that hit Mobile on Christmas Day 2012, which caused a great deal of damage throughout the city. A very large house to...
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danaevankaplan
- Mar 30, 2017
- 2 min
James Bowley A Hit as Scholar In Residence
Professor James Bowley of Millsap College was our Fran & Paul Brown Scholar-in-Residence on the weekend of March 24th! Here is the...
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danaevankaplan
- Mar 23, 2017
- 2 min
Our Retirement Blessing for Michael P.
We had a Retirement Blessing for Michael P. accompanied by his lovely wife Alicia at this past Friday Night services. It included several...
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danaevankaplan
- Mar 16, 2017
- 1 min
Motown Purimoke Purim Celebration
Yesterday, the students took part in our Purim service together with the adults. Jamie Novetsky put together a wonderful skit (Motown...
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danaevankaplan
- Mar 9, 2017
- 1 min
Preparing for Purim at the Springhill Avenue Temple!
We started preparing for Purim this past Sunday. Preparing for the Purim play. Baking Hamentashen. Drawing on our faces. Carol and Heidi....
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danaevankaplan
- Mar 2, 2017
- 4 min
Fulfilling a lifelong dream of hearing Bob Dylan right here in Mobile
Reprinted from Al.com http://www.al.com/opinion/index.ssf/2016/11/fulfilling_a_lifelong_dream_of.html By Rabbi Dana Evan Kaplan,...
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danaevankaplan
- Feb 23, 2017
- 4 min
My Latest Column in Al.com on India
A cycling trip through Kerala, India http://www.al.com/opinion/index.ssf/2017/02/a_cycling_trip_through_kerala.html Leading a...
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danaevankaplan
- Feb 16, 2017
- 1 min
Tu B'Shvat Seder and Tree Planting
We had a wonderful Tu B’Shvat with an outdoor Tu B'Shvat seder in the back lawn organized by our director of education, Patricia S.; our...
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danaevankaplan
- Feb 9, 2017
- 2 min
"Gathering brings Coast’s Reform Jews together" -- Published In the Sun Herald, South Miss
BY TAMMY SMITH tmsmith@sunherald.com Once a month for more than a year, Reform Jews have been meeting in Jackson County homes for...
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danaevankaplan
- Feb 2, 2017
- 2 min
Touring Kochi, Kerala, Southwestern India
We saw this in the tourist area of Kochi, formerly Cochin. I did not ask how much it would cost. Too big to bring home! The Kalypso...
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Dana Evan Kaplan
- Jan 26, 2017
- 1 min
Elephants!
The Indian woman above is taking a selfie with the elephant. Below, I am on the elephant. We went to 2 elephant parks during the bike...
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danaevankaplan
- Jan 19, 2017
- 3 min
My Bicycle Trip To India
I didn't have a chance to do very much this past summer. There was a little bit of upheaval and then I went off to Germany for a...
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Dana Evan Kaplan
- Jan 12, 2017
- 2 min
Sha’arai Shomayim Cemetery
The religious school recently made a trip to the Sha’arai Shomayim Cemetery to give our students a sense of what a Jewish cemetery is and...
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danaevankaplan
- Jan 5, 2017
- 4 min
David B's Bar Mitzvah Speech Saturday Morning October 30, 2016
Thank you all for coming to celebrate this special time in my life… …As I reflect, pause), I have come a long way from last since my...
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