Jeffrey A. Gopen’s Chanukah Message for 2024
For our Chanukah holiday issue, we invited members of our community to share their responses.
In my line of work, I am fortunate that I get to interact with Centenarians nearly every day. We just celebrated the 103rd birthday of one of our residents at The William Breman Jewish Home and the 101st for one of our very first residents at Berman Commons. As CEO of Jewish HomeLife, one of the most rewarding parts of my job is listening to all the stories from every facet of their very full lives—famous people they’ve met, interesting jobs they’ve held, and people they’ve loved. The wisdom and life experiences that come with living 100 years or more is priceless. The same goes for the Atlanta Jewish Times. What a wonderful testament to the vibrancy of our Atlanta Jewish community that we have a local newspaper that has sustained for an entire century, supporting all our triumphs, simchas, holidays, challenges and opportunities. The stories, the people and the history that have filled your pages tell the dynamic story of Jewish Atlanta, and I’m honored to be part of that. Happy 100th to the Atlanta Jewish Times, and Happy Hanukkah to all.
Jeffrey A. Gopen is President and CEO of Jewish HomeLife.
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