Katie Gaffin's Rosh Hashanah Message for 2024

Something that’s always fascinated me about history is that no matter what time period we’re in, people have always had the same hopes and dreams for the future. Granted 100 years ago those specific dreams probably involved an end to prohibition and a vaccine for Polio rather than the flying cars and time travel we dream of today, but these dreams still have the same root hope which humanity has always strived for: a better future for those who come after us. True to my human form, that’s what I hope for in the next 100 years as well. I like to imagine that future people will talk about our habits with the same horror and disbelief we have when learning about how much lead used to be in everything. Oh, and I want them to have flying cars and time travel of course.

Katie Gaffin is the Events & PR Coordinator for the Atlanta Jewish Times.