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Guests threw white rose petals to celebrate the couples wedding // Photos by Jamie Reichman
August 9, 2023, 2:29 pm
Fairy Tale Wedding for ‘Princess Jacqueline’
Wearing a tiara and her grandmothers’ rings, Jacqueline Morris married Aaron Graubert with much sentiment and an homage to their varied interests.
By Marcia Caller Jaffe
Mark Jacobson was only a few years out of college when he was hired by The Temple.
March 29, 2023, 10:23 am
The Temple’s Jacobson Honored for 45 Years of Service
The executive director of The Temple is believed to have served The Temple longer than any executive director at any synagogue in America.
By Bob Bahr
May 11, 2022, 12:36 pm
Rabbinic Statement on Reproductive Freedom
The Atlanta Rabbinical Association expresses its collective perspective on the issue of the U.S. Supreme Court potentially overturning Roe V. Wade.
By Atlanta Rabbinical Association
Josiah Benator in front of congratulatory lawn signage.
March 9, 2022, 11:40 am
Josiah Benator’s One Hundred Years of Service
Jewish war hero and beloved scoutmaster Josiah Benator celebrates his centennial.
By Chana Shapiro
August 13, 2021, 11:43 am
Atlanta’s First Female Rabbi Looks Back
Forty-two years have passed since The Temple made history by hiring Rabbi Devon Lerner.
By Dave Schechter
Rabbi Dayle Friedman is committed to lead CBH’s transition and to help the congregation find its dream rabbi.
August 13, 2021, 11:37 am
CBH Selects Spiritual, Musical Interim Rabbi
Rabbi Dayle Friedman, an author and musician known for her expertise in geriatrics, is helping Congregation Bet Haverim formulate the future.
By Marcia Caller Jaffe
Ann Schoenberg interviewed Sherry Frank in 1993. (Courtesy of Sherry Frank)
August 12, 2021, 4:27 pm
Legacy of Legendary Jewish Georgians
An innovative online catalog system now brings the voices and faces of The Breman Museum’s vast oral history collection directly onto your computer.
By Flora Rosefsky
Death due to fentanyl overdoses has increased seven-fold over the past four years.
July 31, 2020, 6:31 am
‘Deaths of Despair’ Are Growing During COVID-19
The executive director of The Blue Dove Foundation tells a national mental health convention about the Jewish community’s response to rising numbers of addiction deaths.
By Bob Bahr
Sherry Frank called her friend John Lewis “a hero to the world, but he was a champion of causes central to the Jewish community.”
July 27, 2020, 6:58 am
Farewell to My Hero John Lewis
Decades of treasured memories of a steadfast friend of Israel and the Jewish community.
By Sherry Frank
John Robert Lewis was an American politician and civil rights leader who served in the United States House of Representatives for Georgia's 5th congressional district from 1987 until his death in 2020.
July 20, 2020, 7:34 am
Jewish Atlanta Remembers John Lewis with Affection, Respect
Called a “hero,” a “mensch” and “a special gift to the Jewish community” by those who knew and interacted with him.
By Dave Schechter
Photo courtesy of Bill Rothschild and the William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum// Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King with Rabbi Jacob Rothschild and Janice Rothschild at the January 1965 dinner in Atlanta honoring King’s receiving the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize.
June 19, 2020, 7:35 am
Rothschild Helped Lay Path for Today’s Activist Rabbis
At a time when many Southern Jews felt compelled to balance their racial and religious identities, the Pittsburgh native felt no such reticence.
By Dave Schechter
The room design by Jim White evoked the glamour of old Hollywood.
February 12, 2020, 9:49 am
AJFF Spotlights Our Shared Heritage
Most poignant at AJFF opening night was the variety of patrons and guests who socialized to affirm the positivity of black-Jewish cooperation and enjoy "Shared Legacies."
By Marcia Caller Jaffe
January 29, 2020, 1:35 pm
Shared Legacies
For more 2020 AJFF previews, visit www.atlantajewishtimes.com/two-decades-in-the-making/
By Bob Bahr
May 9, 2019, 6:49 am
Get Away, But Stay
Leaving town and traveling around can be an exciting opportunity, but it can also be an expensive proposition. Many have been looking for fun closer to home.
By Eddie Samuels
Clockwise from top left: Edward Hope Smith, 14 years old; Alfred "Q" James Evans, 13 years old; Milton Harvey, 14 years old; Eric Antonio Middlebrooks, 14 years old; LaTonya Yovette Wilson, 7 years old and Angel Latrice Lenair, 12 years old.
April 16, 2019, 12:16 pm
Our Neighbors’ Affliction is Our Affliction
On the eve of Pesach 1981, AJT wrote: “the Jewish community and the city as a whole are faced with another affliction - the tragedy of the dead and missing children."
By Dave Schechter
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