Dana Evan Kaplan

I experienced my first full-fledged hurricane when Sandy hit Jamaica in October 2012. Jamaica was the first country hit by Sandy. It was...

I wrote a pet blessing ceremony when I was rabbi in Albany Georgia and I have updated it several times. We don't have a specific time of...

Back in Alabama, we took some of our religious school students to visit a local TV station. It had nothing to do with Judaism but it was...

Professor Marc Ellis invited me to speak through the Jewish studies program at Baylor University. I think I spoke three times. Once to a...

Visiting Dolphin Cove was a terrific experience. There's now increasing amounts of attention being paid to whether dolphins and other sea...

Message from Scholar In Residence Rabbi Dana Evan Kaplan This is a most unusual year to be a scholar in Residence at Congregation Beth...

Here's a photo of the golf course close to my house back in Arizona right after my arrival from Israel July 2024.

I thought it was funny that the guy was trying to read a book while waiting for his baggage!

I got to the airport pretty early and was the first in line at United.

Here's a few photos walking around Tel Aviv before checking out of my hotel and going to the airport this past July

This is an entry on Facebook published by Professor Jacob Neusner's son. Professor Neusner was a tremendous inspiration for me.  Today my...

Here are David and Paula Ben-Gurion in North Tel Aviv. I'm not sure how long they have been here but I don't recall them being here from...

Here's some more photos of the same Market. It's definitely a fun place to wander around for a couple of hours. In addition to spices...

I forgot to buy spices until the very last minute but I fortunately had a little bit of time on the very last day in Tel Aviv so I walked...

Amir and I studied together at the Hebrew Union College in Jerusalem in the early 1990s. I left the country immediately after our courses...

Skinny is trying to compete with his friend Casanova over who can develop more of a winning image!

Views from my hotel room

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