Dana Evan Kaplan

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tour guide, Raphael El-Maleh, who organized the Jewish museum in Casablanca, collecting Jewish ritual items and other historical documents from Jewish communities throughout Morocco.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...