Formerly a stage actress in Vancouver during the 1970s, Beth Kaplan repairs the tarnished reputation of her great-grandfather Jacob Gordin, a legendary Yiddish playwright, in Finding the Jewish Shakespeare: The Life and Legacy of Jacob Godin (Syracuse University Press, $24.95).

In 2021, Kaplan's Loose Woman: My odyssey from lost to found ( ‎ Iguana Books, 2020) was shortlisted for a Whistler Independent Book Award in the non-fiction category. It's the story of how, with the help of six damaged Frenchmen, a gifted, damaged young woman begins, at last, to trust and forgive.

BOOKS

Jewish Shakespeare: The Life and Legacy of Jacob Godin (Syracuse University Press $24.95)

Loose Woman: My odyssey from lost to found (Iguana Books, 2020) $24.95 978-1771804271

[BCBW 2007] "Jewish" "Theatre"