danaevankaplanNov 17, 20164 minWhat We Are Thankful ForAs we prepare to celebrate Thanksgiving, we want not only to enjoy turkey, but to take note of all the things that we are grateful for. I...
danaevankaplanNov 10, 20162 minOur Pet Blessing this past SundayWe had a great Second Annual Pet Blessing in Memory of Helen Small this past Sunday! Helen's husband and mother came to help us remember...
danaevankaplanNov 3, 20162 minCome to Our Pet Blessing this Sunday!This Sunday, November 6th, at 11:30 a.m., we will have our Second Annual Pet Blessing in Memory of Helen Small. Shortly after I arrived...
Dana Evan KaplanOct 27, 20161 minConsecration on Simchat TorahWe had a wonderful Simchat Torah featuring the consecration of four new students. The parents all came and were very proud. Thanks to...
danaevankaplanOct 20, 20161 minSukkot At the Springhill Avenue TempleWe had a wonderful Sukkot celebration, including lulavim and estrogim as well as a great chag dinner with hot dogs and all the trimmings!...
danaevankaplanOct 13, 20161 minHurricane Matthew Almost Hit My Jamaican House!Photo Credit: Samantha Ewan Hurricane Matthew has now passed and left Jamaica almost as it found it. I had to experience the whole thing...
danaevankaplanOct 6, 20162 minScapegoatWe brought a goat to the synagogue in Jamaica. It was a great way to show the children how the Bible can come alive. The dictionary...
danaevankaplanSep 29, 20162 minSelichot Service in the DarkWe held our Selichot service this past Saturday night by candlelight in the sanctuary using a rather avant garde liturgy that some felt...
danaevankaplanSep 22, 20162 minOur Wonderful New ShlichaOur wonderful new shlicha, Ofir, arrived on Friday, August 19. She is from Israel and has met a lot of welcoming people who’ve been...
danaevankaplanSep 15, 20161 minThe Gift ShopJudy Aronson and Amy Friedlander recently returned from the New York International Gift Show--a huge exhibition comprising an area of at...
danaevankaplanSep 8, 20161 minPatricia Silverman, Director of the Religious SchoolPatricia Silverman is our director of education at the Springhill Avenue Temple. She and her husband, Howard, were among the people who...
danaevankaplanSep 1, 20161 minReligious School & Hebrew ClassesPatricia Silverman is our director of education at the Springhill Avenue Temple, and recently talked to me about the opening of our...
danaevankaplanAug 25, 20162 minMini CooperI've always wanted a zippy car and I've more often than not been disappointed. In Jamaica, I was urged to get an SUV because of all the...
danaevankaplanAug 18, 20162 minConfirmations at the TempleThis is a brand new blog, so we may backtrack just a little bit until we can catch up. There’s been so much going on this past year. One...
danaevankaplanAug 11, 20161 minInterfaith ServiceRecently, there's been a lot of violence in society. Several religious leaders got together and we decided to have a service to pray for...
danaevankaplanAug 4, 20162 minConference in GermanyI was thrilled to be invited to deliver a paper at an academic conference in the Federal Republic of Germany called “Re-Framing American...
Dana E. KaplanAug 1, 20161 minFrom the Caribbean to the GulfMoving to a new city is often a bit difficult, but settling into Mobile, Alabama, has been a breeze. I had never visited Mobile before...
danaevankaplanJul 13, 20161 minA New Review for The New Reform JudaismRecently, ReformJudaism.org published a review of my work, The New Reform Judaism, by Rabbi P.J. Schwartz, the assistant rabbi at Temple...