Obituary: Miriam Saul - Atlanta Jewish Times

Our forever North Star, our guiding light.

Beloved wife, mother, friend, aunt, sister, cousin, teacher, and Mimi, Miriam Saul, passed away on Jan. 27, 2025, at the age of 75 years old.

Miriam spent her life guiding, supporting, teaching, and caring for others. It was a gift she shared with everyone around her, all over the world, but primarily close to home.

Born in Havana, Cuba, in 1949, Miriam immigrated to Atlanta at age 11 and began her life focused on learning and assimilating into American culture while staying true to her Jewish heritage.

She graduated from Oglethorpe University with high honors focused on early childhood education, married her husband of 48 years, Danny Saul, in 1976, and started a family.

As a kindergarten teacher at the Greenfield Hebrew Academy for over 20 years, she made a massive impact on hundreds of children that still talk about her to this day. Warm, loving, and passionate, Mrs. Saul was the teacher everyone wanted. She transitioned to other roles at GHA, including admissions and went on to lead many school musical productions, encouraging even more kids in new and different ways to find themselves and their creativity.

Alongside her professional career, she found a deep love for Israel. She was extremely involved in Zionist women’s organizations like Wizo, always hosting Israel scouts and Shlichim and traveling on multiple mission trips.

Upon leaving GHA, she began to find other passions and new ways to guide. After visiting Cuba for the first time since immigrating, she uncovered a side of herself that had been shut down for years – she fell back in love with her home country and the Cuban people and turned this into her next life’s purpose. She led hundreds of Jewish humanitarian trips with thousands of travelers including students, artists, doctors, writers, and photographers. She helped and supported the Jewish communities with love, friendship, resources, medicines, comfort and in so many other meaningful ways. Her trips impacted thousands.

Over the past few years, Miriam and Danny were regular volunteers at the JF&CS food pantry and Sandy Springs Solidarity as well as other organizations where she was a huge asset with her Spanish-speaking abilities. She became closely involved in the Daffodil Project honoring the 1.5 million children that perished in the Holocaust and even extended the program to Cuba. Once again, she was doing for others, giving of herself and affecting more and more lives along the way.

Through all of these phases, Miriam remained the most devoted wife, sister, friend, daughter, mom and Mimi guiding her family, and others through life, and teaching people in all the ways, always.

Miriam was a bright, colorful, vibrant, a presence that drew people in and made them never want to leave. She was a shoulder to cry on, an extra hand, and the one you could always count on. She was a lover of eccentric art, entertaining, holidays, Cuban music, dancing, soap operas, bargain shopping, and summer beach trips with the family. Her kids and grandkids were her everything.

Her love, comfort, and guidance will be forever missed by hundreds, but mostly by her adoring family. She is survived by her husband, Danny Saul, three children, Jamie Rindsberg (Michael), Courtney Saul (Joe), and Marshall Saul (Terri), four grandchildren (Benni, Ryan, Cori, and Olivia), sister, Lidia Peljovich (Israel) and brother, Mario Greszes), and countless friends that were family.

Funeral services were held at Arlington Cemetery on Thursday, Jan. 30, with Shiva services observed at the home of Miriam and Danny Saul, led by Rabbi Heller of B’nai Torah.

May her memory be a blessing and her lessons continue to teach, guide and be a part of us all.

Donations in her honor can be made to the The Davis Academy, The Epstein School, Sandy Springs Solidarity, or specifically to the Jewish community of Cuba (contact Courtney Saul for more information, clsaul@gmail.com). Arrangements by Dressler’s Jewish Funeral Care, 770-451-4999.

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