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Rabbi David Geffen
December 11, 2024, 12:25 pm
Community Chanukah Messages for 2024
Cheers to 100 years and more of openly celebrating Chanukah in Jewish Atlanta.
By Compiled by AJT staff
Rabbi David Geffen
December 11, 2024, 10:48 am
Rabbi David Geffen’s Chanukah Message for 2024
For our Chanukah holiday issue, we invited members of our community to share their responses.
By Rabbi David Geffen
September 25, 2024, 3:17 pm
Rosh Hashanah Community Messages for 2024
Jewish Atlanta shares their thoughts and inspiration for the Jewish New Year.
By Compiled by AJT staff
Rabbi David Geffen
September 25, 2024, 1:38 pm
Rabbi David Geffen’s Rosh Hashanah Message for 2024
Rabbi David Geffen shares his thoughts and inspiration for the Jewish New Year.
By Rabbi David Geffen
November 15, 2023, 1:13 pm
Letter to the Editor: Rabbi David Geffen [Poem for Israel]
The AJT welcomes your letters. If you would like your letter to be published, please write 200 words or less, include your name, phone number and email, and send it to kaylene@atljewishtimes.com.
By Rabbi David Geffen
November 15, 2023, 1:11 pm
Letter to the Editor: Rabbi David Geffen
The AJT welcomes your letters. If you would like your letter to be published, please write 200 words or less, include your name, phone number and email, and send it to kaylene@atljewishtimes.com.
By Rabbi David Geffen
Rose Ida Lubin, Elisheva, z’l, was laid to rest at Mount Herzl cemetery // Photo Credit: Times of Israel
November 15, 2023, 10:27 am
Rose Ida z’l, All of Israel Will Miss You
Rose Ida Lubin, Elisheva, z’l, was laid to rest at Mount Herzl cemetery.
By Rabbi David Geffen
Israeli reserve soldiers, veterans and activists rally outside the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, protesting against the government's planned judicial overhaul, on February 10, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 14, 2023, 10:53 am
Former Atlanta Rabbis in Israel Speak Out About Government
New poll shows Israelis are concerned that the opposing views could lead to civil war.
By Jan Jaben-Eilon
The Touro Synagogue, built in 1963, is America’s oldest synagogue.
May 13, 2021, 6:24 pm
Hebron Rabbi Spoke on Shavuot in 1773 Newport
The Israeli rabbi spoke on the holiday at the then decade old Touro Synagogue.
By Rabbi David Geffen
Ivan and Shirley Millender stand with their son Michael and top-tier Atlanta caterer Nellie Peterson, who meticulously prepared and presented the food for Michael’s bar mitzvah.
October 28, 2020, 6:28 am
The Home Cooks of Kosher Kitchens
African American cooks for Jewish families learned kashrut, sometimes Yiddish, and endeared themselves to community. A few went on to become kosher caterers.
By Chana Shapiro
David Geffen remembers waving flags and holding a paper Torah aloft during Simchat Torah celebrations at Congregation Shearith Israel in 1946. The men would dance around the bimah with Torah scrolls.
October 9, 2020, 7:11 am
Simchat Torah and My Torah
David Geffen recalls his grandfather’s sukkah and how he shipped the lulav and etrog to others in the Southeast.
By Rabbi David Geffen
December 23, 2019, 1:16 pm
A Special Moment on a Rainy Day
Rabbi David Geffen shares an encounter with a woman he believes is his angel.
By Rabbi David Geffen
I made Hanukkah cards from some of the drawings of the noted Jewish cartoonist, Richard “Dick” Codor, a close friend.
December 18, 2019, 1:20 pm
The Observance of Hanukka in America
Rabbi David Geffen looks back at the changing practices of and attitudes toward Hanukka in the United States.
By Rabbi David Geffen
November 27, 2019, 11:05 am
Letters to the Editor: Nov. 29, 2019
If you would like your letter to be published, please write 200 words or less, include your name, phone number and email, and send it to editor@atljewishtimes.com.
November 6, 2019, 2:43 pm
Birthday: Rabbi David Geffen
Have something to celebrate? Share it with your community with free AJT simcha announcements.Send info to submissions@atljewishtimes.com.
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