Born 10 September 1895, in Bucharest, Romania,[1] he moved to London at the age of three with his widowed mother, Tillie Hohan.

In 1922, he founded Kaplan & Sprachman with Abraham Sprachman, which is mostly recognized for designing many movie theaters across Canada from the 1920s to the 1950s, and also for designing synagogues and buildings for the Jewish communities.

[2][3] His work was part of the architecture event in the art competition at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

[3] The Primrose Club commissioned Kaplan & Sprachman for its new building in Toronto in 1959.

[5][1] Kaplan & Sprachman designed the Eglinton Theatre in Toronto and the Vogue Theatre in Vancouver which were both designated National Historic Sites by the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada.