Forgiveness
Hear from rabbis, leaders and neighbors in Atlanta as they reflect on what forgiveness means to them.
For our Rosh Hashanah issue, Jewish Atlanta shares their thoughts on forgiveness and helps prepare our hearts and minds for the upcoming Days of Awe.
To read their words of wisdom and gain inspiration, click on the names below:
Jon Albert, founder of Jack & Jill Late Stage Cancer Foundation
Marita Anderson, Jewish chaplain and wife of Temple Emanu-El Rabbi Spike Anderson
Rabbi Richard Baroff, president of Guardians of the Torah
Seth R. Baron, executive director of the FIDF Southeast Region
Rabbi Peter S. Berg, Senior Rabbi at The Temple
Rabbi Michael Bernstein, rabbi of Congregation Gesher L’Torah
Jane Horowitz Bick, board member of Eternal Life-Hemshech
Terri Bonoff, CEO of Jewish Family & Careers Services
Alan M. Dershowitz, professor of law emeritus at Harvard Law School
Rabbi Daniel Dorsch, rabbi of Congregation Etz Chaim
Rabbi Michoel Druin, head of school of the Chaya Mushka Children’s House Day School
Rabbi Chezky Edelson, educational director of Kollel Ner Hamizrach
Elana Frank, executive director and founder of Jewish Fertility Foundation
Sherry Frank, president of NCJW Atlanta Section
Rabbi Binyomin Friedman, rabbi at Congregation Ariel
Rabbi David Geffen, rabbi and former Atlantan
Margo Dix Gold, past international president of United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism and managing director of Hadassah Super South.
Rabbi Arnold M. Goodman, former senior rabbi of Ahavath Achim Synagogue
Carolyn Harari, director of camps for In the City Camps
Arnold Heller, chair of Atlanta-Ra’anana Sister City Committee
Jan Jaben-Eilon, contributor to the AJT
Meliss Jakubovic, online marketing strategist, life coach, and Israeli folk dance instructor
Karen Isenberg Jones, owner of Karen Jones PR —
Susanne Katz, director of exhibitions for The William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum
Steve Kleber, founder and president of Kleber & Associates
Rabbi Mark Hillel Kunis, rabbi of Congregation Shaarei Shamayim
Rabbi Micah Lapidus, director of Jewish and Hebrew Studies at The Davis Academy
Rabbi Ari Leubitz, head of school of the Atlanta Jewish Academy
Rabbi Brad Levenberg, rabbi at Temple Sinai and board member of the Atlanta Jewish Film Festival
Mike Leven, chairman and CEO of the Georgia Aquarium
Sally Mundell, founder of The Packaged Good, and Wexner Foundation scholar
Sheri Okun, account manager at the AJT
Rabbi Jordan M. Ottenstein, rabbi of Congregation Dor Tamid
Allison Padilla-Goodman, regional director of the ADL’s Southeast region
Josh Pastner, head men’s basketball coach at Georgia Tech
Billy Planer, founder of Etgar 36
Jody Pollack, executive director of the Atlanta Kosher BBQ Festival
Jared Powers, CEO of the Marcus Jewish Community Center of Atlanta
Eric Robbins, president and CEO of the Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta
Roni Robbins, associate editor of the AJT
Shai Robkin, chair of Atlanta Regional Council of the New Israel Fund
Flora Rosefsky, local artist and contributor to the AJT
Rabbi Laurence Rosenthal, Senior Rabbi of Ahavath Achim Synagogue and President of the Atlanta Rabbinical Association
Rabbi Neil Sandler, rabbi at Ahavath Achim Synagogue
Helen Scherrer-Diamond, community outreach director for Dressler’s Jewish Funeral Care and president of the Atlanta Lodge of B’nai B’rith International
Dena Schusterman, director of Chabad Intown Jewish Preschool
Dr. Terry Segal, licensed marriage and family therapist and columnist for the AJT
Chana Shapiro, educator, writer and illustrator
Howard Slomka, board member of Limmud Atlanta + Southeast
Gabby Leon Spatt, executive director of The Blue Dove Foundation
Rachel Stein, contributor to the AJT
Harley Tabak, president and CEO of Jewish HomeLife
Martine Tartour, contributor to the AJT
Rabbi Avrohom Tkatch, menahel of Yeshiva Ohr Yisrael of Atlanta
Rachel Wasserman, executive director of the Jewish Women’s Fund of Atlanta
Michele Weiner-Merbaum, president of Hadassah Greater Atlanta
Rabbi Ian Werbin, outreach coordinator and rabbi at Congregation Beth Jacob
Dov Wilker, AJC Atlanta regional director
Rabbi Mark Zimmerman, rabbi at Congregation Beth Shalom
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