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William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum
Leslie Gordon
Chanukah
Leslie Gordon’s Chanukah Message for 2023
By Leslie Gordon
For our annual Chanukah issue, we asked members of our community to share their responses.
Leslie Gordon
November 29, 2023, 2:30 pm
Leslie Gordon’s Chanukah Message for 2023
For our annual Chanukah issue, we asked members of our community to share their responses.
By Leslie Gordon
Adam Koplan, director of performing arts at Westminster School, shares his vision on how creative expression can be transformational in educating students // Photos by Howard Mendel
June 28, 2023, 11:31 am
Chai Style Art: Koplan is the King of Arts
Adam Koplan is making his mark in education at Westminster School, and culture by increasing the facets of the Breman Museum.
By Marcia Caller Jaffe
Stones of Remembrance laid on the crypt at the Memorial to the Six Million at Greenwood Cemetery. The plaque says, “On Sunday, April 25, 1965, were saved here for eternal rest ashes from the mass-grave in Dachau of the Jewish victims of the Nazi-Holocaust in Europe 1939-1945. May their memory be enshrined forever.”
May 12, 2023, 10:59 am
Stones of Remembrance
Students from public or private elementary, middle, and high schools are invited to participate in the Stones of Remembrance project.
By Compiled by AJT staff
May 11, 2023, 3:50 pm
Obituary: Robert S. Nemo
Robert S. Nemo, beloved Atlanta Jewish community member, passed away May 6, 2023.
Erica Rockstroh
July 13, 2022, 4:47 pm
Obituary: Erica Meyer Rockstroh
Erica Meyer Rockstroh was born on June 10, 1930, and passed away Tuesday, June 21, at the age of 92.
2022 Chesed Student Award winners. Top row (l to r): Isabelle Fishbein, Evie Drucker, Noah Meltzer, Casey Elinger, Amit Rau, Molly Fisher, Ella Goldstein, Emma Rosenberger, Koby Rothenberg and Teddy Goldstein. Bottom row (l to r): Ayelet Hearshen, Daryn Mand, Emma Okrent, Bess Needle, Hannah Levy, Lily Green and Reece Bashuk. Not pictured: Jonathan Harper, Ezra Heller and Zamir Norry.
June 3, 2022, 10:26 am
Hadassah Atlanta’s Chesed Student Awards Turn 30
Hadassah Greater Atlanta partnered with JumpSpark to honor 20 of the best and brightest young leaders from Atlanta synagogues, Jewish day schools and organizations.
By Compiled by AJT staff
Stones of Remembrance left at the Holocaust Memorial at Greenwood Cemetery.
June 2, 2022, 12:42 pm
Stones of Remembrance
The Stones of Remembrance Project is an annual activity that memorializes the one and a half million children who were killed in the Holocaust.
By Charles Hacker
Kedem Auction House in Jerusalem is auctioning a collection of two dozen items related to the 1915 lynching of Jewish factory manager Leo Frank, including a player piano roll featuring a song about the victim, Mary Phagan, and letters and legal memoranda from the ADL’s efforts to exonerate him. // (Credit: Kedem Auction House)
May 24, 2022, 1:37 pm
Leo Frank Memorabilia Auctioned in Jerusalem
The online auction, which began May 24 at the Kedem Auction House in Jerusalem, is anticipated to bring in some $8,000 to $12,000.
By Dave Schechter
Leslie Gordon
April 14, 2022, 3:48 pm
Leslie Gordon’s 2022 Passover Message
Leslie Gordon shares her inspiration and thoughts on this year's Passover holiday with the community.
March 18, 2022, 3:23 pm
History Requires Us Not to Look the Other Way
The Holocaust has been caught up in the debate over teaching uncomfortable subjects.
By Dave Schechter
Leslie Gordon
December 3, 2021, 3:01 pm
A Chanukah Message from Leslie Gordon
Read community insights, advice and perspectives during Chanukah.
By Leslie Gordon
Relocation of the exhibit was approved on Nov. 2 to Heritage Sandy Springs Museum near downtown.
November 9, 2021, 7:01 pm
Anne Frank Exhibit May Have Found Its Home
The process is far from over, but Heritage Sandy Springs would be the future home of the exhibit and the Georgia Commission on the Holocaust.
By Dave Schechter
Jeremy Katz has put most of the Breman’s visual archives and oral histories online.
September 7, 2021, 9:30 pm
The Breman Is Losing Its Archivist
Jeremy Katz has played a key role in bringing the museum’s archives and oral histories to a wider audience.
By Bob Bahr
Leslie Gordon is the executive director of The William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum.
September 3, 2021, 4:31 pm
Leslie Gordon’s 2021 Rosh Hashanah Message
Read community insights, perspectives and opportunities seen as we enter into the 5782/ 2021 New Year.
By Leslie Gordon
Hank Greenberg’s decision not to play baseball on Yom Kippur in 1934 continues to inspire.
September 3, 2021, 11:49 am
Baseball Legend Was A High Holy Days Hero
His decision to observe the High Holy Days during the 1934 American League playoffs still has a profound effect on Jewish Americans.
By Bob Bahr
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