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ATLANTA JEWISH TIMES AUGUST 31, 2022 | 5 THIS WEEK PUBLISHER MICHAEL A. michael@atljewishtimes.comMORRIS MANAGING PUBLISHER & EDITOR KAYLENE kaylene@atljewishtimes.comLADINSKYBusinessManagerJODIDANISjodi@atljewishtimes.com EDITORIAL Associate Editor DANIEL Onlinedaniel@atljewishtimes.comELKINDContentCoordinatorSASHAHELLERsasha@atljewishtimes.comProofreader&ContributorFRANPUTNEYEditorialInternROBERTGARBER CONTRIBUTORS THIS ISSUE ALLEN H. LIPIS BOB BAHR DAVE SCHECHTER DAVID OSTROWSKY JAN ROBYNMARCIAJABEN-EILONCALLERJAFFERACHELSTEINSPIZMANGERSON ADVERTISING Senior Account Manager BRENDA brenda@atljewishtimes.comGELFAND Senior Account Manager & Team Supervisor MICHAL michal@atljewishtimes.comBONELL CREATIVE & DESIGN Creative Director LILLI Lilli@atljewishtimes.comJENNISON COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT Administrative Coordinator KYRA kyra@atljewishtimes.comGOLDMAN GENERAL OFFICE 404-883-2130 The Atlanta Jewish Times is printed in Georgia and is an equal opportunity employer. The opinions expressed in the Atlanta Jewish Times do not necessarily reflect those of the newspaper. Periodicals postage paid at Atlanta, Ga. POSTMASTER send address changes to Atlanta Jewish Times 270 Carpenter Drive Suite 320, Atlanta Ga 30328. Established 1925 as The Southern SandyISATLANTAwww.atlantajewishtimes.comIsraeliteJEWISHTIMES(ISSN#0892-33451)PUBLISHEDBYSOUTHERNISRAELITE,LLC©2022ATLANTAJEWISHTIMESPrintedbyWaltonPressInc.MEMBERConexx:AmericaIsraelBusinessConnectorAmericanJewishPressAssociationSprings/PerimeterChamberofCommercePleasesendallphotos,storiesandeditorialcontentto:submissions@atljewishtimes.com CONTENTS NEWS .............................................. 6 ISRAEL 16 BUSINESS .................................... 20 SPORTS ....................................... 22 OPINION 26 SYNAGOGUE GUIDE 28 HOLIDAY FLAVORS ................... 40 CHAI STYLE ................................ 47 ARTS 50 CALENDAR .................................. 52 COMMUNITY ............................... 56 OY VEY 58 BRAIN FOOD................................ 59 OBITUARIES ................................ 60 CLOSING THOUGHTS 64 MARKETPLACE .......................... 65 A holiday Cornish hen recipe by Carol Nemo. The full recipe appears on page 38. A Season of Transitions As we approach the new year, 5783, the AJT is proud to bring you our 2022 Synagogue Guide and Holiday Flavors is sue, which is packed with all the recipes, stories and information you’ll need to celebrate the High Holy Days. In addition to our latest news on antisemitism here in Atlanta (“Swastika Desecrates Atlanta’s Rainbow Cross walk”), we take a comprehensive look at local staff changes (“B’nai Torah Wel comes New Rabbi;” “Rabbi Hillel Norry Assumes Snellville Job”) and find out how local congregations are preparing for their busiest season. From junior and se nior clergy (“Atlanta Congregations Rise to Meet Holiday Challenges”) to commu nity leaders (“Local Antisemitic Incidents Spark Concern and Outrage”) and safety and security (“Synagogues Address High Holy Days Safety Concerns”), our Syna gogue section is full of timely reporting on Atlanta’s religious institutions, large and small.Ifall the talk about the High Holy Days and breaking the fast makes you hungry, turn the page to our Holiday Flavors section. Here you’ll find ideas to spice up your holiday table, including instructions on how to make Honey and Horseradish Glazed Norwegian Salmon by Farmers & Fishermen’s Kirk Halpern and Eli Brafman’s Roasted Sweet Potatoes and Fresh Figs recipe. There’s a delicious Roasted Eggplant Dip recipe from Bread winner’s Geoff Melkonian you have to try, a Vegetable Egg Frittata recipe from Added Touch Catering and Carol Nemo’s special recipe for Holiday Cornish Hens. And don’t skip our favorite com munity recipes, including roasted lamb, brussels sprouts, cranberry walnut relish, saffron panna cotta and Ap felkuchen, a German apple cake. There’s a lot more on the way, so stay tuned for our upcoming Rosh Hashanah issue.
On Aug. 20, Roger Waters performed at Atlanta’s State Farm Arena, where the End Jew Hatred grassroots civil rights movement and its partners from the At lanta Israel Coalition gathered outside the venue in solidarity to protest Jew-ha tred and bigotry. Most remember Roger Waters from his days as co-founder and lead singer of the Pink Floyd band, which he left in 1985. End Jew Hatred is a grassroots civil rights movement whose mission is to eliminate Jew-hatred through peaceful direct action and education. There were 15 people who attended the protest and handed out hundreds of flyers to concert goers. Their mission was to educate those attending about the hatred and bigotry Waters is known to spread, which they believe directly promotes hostility and division within society. The protesters stated that his unhinged rants deny Jew ish identity, indigeneity, and self-deter mination.“Itwas eye-opening to see how many people were unaware of Waters’ public an tisemitic stance,” said Cheryl Dorchinsky, founder of AIC and who recently accepted the position of director of community en gagement for End Jew Hatred. “Our pres ence made a difference,” she went on to say, explaining how their efforts opened the eyes of many Waters fans to the truth of the celebrity’s Jew-hatred. Dorchinsky has been participat ing as an advocate for End Jew hatred for about two years. She stated that she is determined to “fight the good fight;” she is regularly joined by her husband Steven Dorchinsky and longtime friend Tova Shraga at many solidarity rallies, events and protests that she organizes.
By Kaylene Ladinsky
Dorchinsky reported to the AJT that she plans to travel and continue End Jew Hatred’s movement educating people about Waters and other celebrities who also participate in Jew-hatred, as well as the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) againstAccordingIsrael. to the group, as they passed out the flyers and people learned the harsh reality of Waters’ bigotry, they received several different responses from those waiting in line to attend the concert. Some mocked them, but many listened in complete surprise to the in formation. Dorchinsky stated that she approached two men wearing kippot and shared the flyer, and they responded that this was their second time attend ing a Waters concert but with this new information it will be their last. Another person who received a flyer later con tacted Dorchinsky sharing that once she was made aware, she became sensitive to the Jew-hatred symbols and rhetoric displayed during the event and left the concert feeling disgusted. There were several concertgoers who confronted the group about their support for Palestine, many identifying themselves as Jewish. The protesters re sponded with the same support for the Palestinians and tried to explain that they can support the Palestinians, while also participating in ending Jew-hatred.
Jeffrey Jacobson and Cheryl Dorchinsky standing outside State Farm Arena before the Roger Waters concert to holding a #ENDJEWHATRED banner.
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Jeffrey Jacobson, a local CPA, retired U.S. Treasury agent and a member of Temple Emanu-El, Israel America Coali tion and Atlanta Israel Coalition, has been participating in the End Jew Hatred movement since July. The AJT asked Ja cobson why he joined the protest, and he stated that he recently attended a presen tation by Lana Merman at Temple Ema nu-El, where the author discussed her book “Artists Under Fire: The BDS War Against Celebrities, Jews, and Israel. “She [Lana Merman] was a fantastic speaker, and she inspired me to get involved.
Protesters Join Roger Waters Fans at State Farm Arena
Several supporters of the End Jew Hatred movement showed up in solidarity to educate concertgoers.
When I realized Roger Waters was per forming at State Farm Arena on August
Steven Dorchinsky and his son are standing in front of CNN holding a #ENDJEWHATRED banner. This concertgoer confronted the group and yelled, "F**k the Jews" directly into the camera.
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According to a spokesman for End Jew Hatred, “Now more than ever, we need to stand united and unafraid, and be empowered to fight for the future we deserve – a future in which bigotry is erased from society and our children to never have to experience discrimina tion, harassment, or violence. A future in which we finally #EndJewHatred.”
Jewish Family & Career Services 4549 Chamblee Dunwoody Road | Atlanta, GA 30338 Most needed items include: canned tuna, canned fruit, canned vegetables, rice, beans, tomatoes,cannedanddrypasta 20, I proposed the idea of a protest,” said Jacobson.Ironically, a celebrity known to have made many public antisemitic remarks on stage – including a man who turned to the camera and yelled, “F--- the Jews!” – was on full display next to CNN’s headquarters, which is attached to the State Farm Arena. As CNN was preparing to air Dana Bash’s television special, "Rising Hate: Antisemi tism in America," where she spoke with one expert about the alarming presence of antisemitic imagery and language in the gaming and entertainment world, Waters was performing literally next door to the co-anchor’sJacobsonheadquarters.toldtheAJT that the en thusiasm and passion of the volunteer protestors, and the fact they educated so many concertgoers who were unaware of Waters’ positions and support of the BDS movement, is what inspired him the most.
EJH pledges to continue holding grass roots actions like this one, including in oth er cities where Waters will be performing, and called for unity and solidarity in the face of ever-increasing Jew-hatred in the United States and across the world. Next stop is Madison Square Garden in New York City where Waters is per forming at the end of this month. ì These concertgoers were open to hear what the group had to share about Jew-hatred, and were surprised to learn about the hatred and bigotry Waters is known to spread.
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On Thursday, Aug. 11, the one-yearold Chabad of Buckhead and Brookhav en sponsored its second Black and White party at a chandeliered and mirrored speakeasy parlor in the heart of the Buckhead Village. Rabbi Yisrael New wel comed the young crowd with appetizers, desserts and drinks.
Rabbi New addressed the group by explaining the origin of the Black and White theme: “The Talmud states there was no happier day on the Jewish cal endar as that of day Tu B’Av — not even Sukkot, Simchas Torah or Hannukah! Unmarried girls would dress in their fin est white clothing and ‘speed date’ with the young men in the local vineyards. So, you see speed dating is not a new con cept. And back then they had to decide on the spot about selecting a mate, there was no six-month courtship. It was a wonder ful celebration and in modern Israel is re ferred to as ‘Chag Ahavah.’ Communities all over the world have adopted this idea and make a Tu’ B’Av party for the young Jews.”The black and white theme was chosen because the women traditionally wore white, while black is the contrast ing color for the men.
Chabad of Buckhead and Brookhav en already has a jam-packed calendar of events for next year, beginning with the High Holy Days in September. Rabbi New encourages anyone in the area to join them for services, a class, or pro gramming and to find out why Chabad is the place to be for a young Jew in the city. ì
Another member of the CYP Leader ship Committee, software sales exec Sa sha Avchukov, chatted with Ben Brasch, also a software engineer. “We (at CYP) strive to keep together as a Jewish com munity post-college because Atlanta is so spread out,” Avchukov said. Brasch recalled that he grew up playing sports against Rabbi New. Marketing coordi nator Kayle Rothenberg stated that she came to hang out with friends. Phys. Ed. teacher Micah Hirschman ran into first cousin Ariana Barton, who was visiting Atlanta from Colorado, where she goes to school.Guests enjoyed the photobooth out front as Israeli music blared. The décor, with couches and counters to facilitate the night’s goal of meeting and mingling between likeminded singles, was the work of Nechami Kessler. Robin Varon catered the array of humus, guacamole, fruit trays and homemade desserts.
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Chabad of Buckhead and Brookhav en’s initial focus was to engage the youth community, and Chabad Young Profes sionals (CYP) was founded as a home for post-college Jews to engage with the Jew ish community.“Parentsappreciate knowing that their children have a warm, wholesome and safe environment to relax in and take a break from the stress of college life,” said Rabbi New. “Upon graduating college, many students are thrown into ‘real life,’ often in a completely new city where they know no one. That’s where CYP comes in. Until people settle down with a family, it can be tough to create and maintain a sense of community life. For many, life is ‘job, eat, sleep, repeat.’ CYP opens the door to social, profes sional and educational programming for young Jews and creates a young, active and connected community.”
Just one year ago, Chabad of Buck head and Brookhaven opened its doors, and is now a blossoming center for Jew ish life in the heart of Atlanta. Rabbi Yis rael New, a native Atlantan who has deep roots in the Jewish community here, was appointed to lead the new Chabad. He is the son of Rabbi Yossi and Dassie New, who have led Chabad of Georgia since the early 1980s and have since established 18 chapters around the state.
The speakeasy venue was decorated by Nechami Kessler Outdoors, at the photo booth, Erin Cohen, Sasha Avchukov and Oryah Bunder posed for the camera.
Rabbi Yisrael New welcomed the young crowd, shown here with Ben Brasch and Sasha Avchukov Kayle Rothenberg came to hang out with friends, shown here with Michael Brainin, a field engineer at Honeywell. Ariana Barton met up with first cousin Micah Hirschman, a middle school Phys. Ed. teacher.
CYP Leadership Committee member Ethan Arbiser, an environmental data analyst at Cox Enterprises, agrees. “At lanta is booming and young people are moving in by the droves,” he said. “CYP is here to welcome them with open arms, regardless of background or affiliation. Much of the programming is subsidized, ensuring all young people are welcome as they begin to grow their careers.”
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For months, family and friends of Marlene D. Colon had focused on the date Aug. 8, a Monday. That was when the trial of her accused killer had been sched uled to begin in Fulton County Superior Court. A popular fitness instructor, the 73-year-old Colon was murdered in her Sandy Springs home on Fawndale Way on April 5, According2021.to one of Colon’s two sons, the new date for the start of the murder tri al is Feb. 6, 2023. Jonathan Colon said the logjam in the courts has been caused by the COVID pandemic. “With the court sys tem backlog, [the trial] could get pushed again to summer 2023, is my understand ing,” he told the AJT. He acknowledged that both he and his family “are unsettled for the delay in justice. As we want justice for our mom, so she can rest in peace and we can move on with our lives.”
The accused, Chelci Chisholm — also known as Malka Padalon — is an Israeli who had apparently been living in Colon’s house for a few weeks, according to Sandy Springs detectives. Chisholm has been charged with murder, felony murder, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and obstruction of a law enforce ment officer. (Police reported that Colon was hit with a blunt object.) Chisholm’s Israeli driver’s license, provided by po lice, indicated that she was born in 1962. Law enforcement officials found Chisholm and the body of Colon at the latter’s house, after receiving a 911 call. Chisholm has been in police custody since she was arrested. Her first court ap pearance, on April 7, resulted in her bond being denied. She pleaded not guilty in front of Judge Ural Glanville in a brief ar raignment on Jan. 31. According to court records, the lead defense attorney is Alis sa Lea Jones. Public defender Elizabeth Markowitz has also been assigned to the case.Court documents indicate that Chisholm had given police a Duluth address where she had lived until a few years ago with an ex-boyfriend. The house has since been sold. But it was at that Duluth ad dress, in December 2017, that Chisholm allegedly attacked the boyfriend with whom she owned the house. According to Gwinnett County documents, Chisholm was charged with misdemeanor battery and simple assault. Those court docu ments indicate that Chisholm forfeited her bond and did not appear at a bench trial scheduled for October 2018. Chisholm had apparently left the At lanta area and returned to Israel, before coming back to Atlanta not long before Colon’s murder. At least one childhood friend of Co lon expressed doubt about the reasons for the trial’s delay. “I guess we have to accept COVID” as the reason for the de lay, said Carol Salus, who grew up with Colon in Cleveland, Ohio. “I miss talking to Marlene. We had many good times as children. I remember being at a birth day party and each of the girls covered her clothes with plastic covers from the dry cleaners. We were put into pairs and fed each other ice cream. The ice cream game was done while blindfolded. You can imagine the mess!” Recalling her friend, Salus added, “We reunited at our 40th high school reunion and became good friends as adults. She was vivacious, and I miss her warmth and kindness. I could talk to her about problems, and she always listened and gave me thoughtful answers. Many people listen but don’t hear; Marlene cared and Colonheard.”wasa popular aqua aerobics and Zumba instructor at the Marcus Jew ish Community Center of Atlanta and the Breman Jewish Home. Her license plate read ZUMBA4U. In particular, she en joyed working with the elderly and with children with disabilities. In addition to her two sons, Jonathan and Loren, she is survived by grandchil dren Matthew and Julianne and more than a dozen first cousins. Her family is trying to be patient with the delays in the court system and wait for the justice they seek. “We know it is still a long road ahead with the legal system,” said son Jonathan Colon. ì Murder suspect Chelci Chisholm is also known as Malka Padalon. Marlene D. Colon was a popular aqua aerobics and Zumba instructor. Son Jonathan Colon (left) with his mother and brother Loren, says the family wants justice for his mother.
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Colon Murder Suspect Rescheduled Trial for February
“These prisoners were marked by pink triangle badges and, according to many survivor accounts, were among the most abused groups in the camps.”
A swastika spray-painted on the “rainbow” crosswalks at the intersection at Piedmont and 10th Street in Atlanta was powerwashed away Wednesday night by a city crew within hours of its discovery.
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A photograph provided to the AJT showed the swastika before its removal. The crosswalks’ color scheme reflects the LGBTQ+ flag: stripes of red, orange, yel low, green, blue and violet.
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Joshua Lesser, rabbi emeritus of Congregation Bet Haverim, is known for his advocacy in both the Jewish and LGBTQ+“Seeingcommunities.aswastika painted on our city’s rainbow crosswalks is distressing as a gay Jewish man,” Lesser told the AJT. “This should be a stark reminder of the need for solidarity when bigotry strikes and seeks to divide. The swastika, seen as a prime symbol of antisemitism, is a signifier of so much more than that. Not only does it represent anti-Jewish and white supremacist points of view, it is also a homophobic and ableist hate sym bol. The horror of the Holocaust binds us in our deaths and should be a catalyst today for banding together in support so that we might root out hatred in all forms for life. I am grateful for our May or’s swift response and for the people of ATLDOT and APD who worked quickly in the rain to minimize the harm of this of fensiveTheact.”multicolored crosswalks were installed for the Atlanta Gay Pride Festi val in October Then-Mayor2015.Kasim Reed announced in 2017 — one year after the mass killing of patrons at a gay nightclub in Orlando — that the rainbow crosswalks would re main, in recognition of Atlanta’s LGBTQ+ community.Earlier this year, metal plates were installed at the intersection after street racers spun their vehicles there, leaving “donuts” of rubber tread. During the latter half of August, the city has tested a “pedestrian scramble” traffic light pattern that stops vehicles from all directions, allowing pedestrians to walk diagonally across the intersection.
The swastika — a symbol used in dependently, and benignly, by many cul tures, according to the ADL — was adopted as an emblem by the German Nazi Party in 1920. After Adolf Hitler took power in Germany in 1933, the swastika be came a symbol of oppres sion, not only of Jews, but also of other minority communities, including homosexuals.“Gaymen, in par ticular, were subject to harassment, arrest, in carceration and even cas tration. In Nazi eyes, gay men were weak and unfit to be soldiers, as well as unlikely to have children and thereby contribute to the racial struggle for Aryan dominance,” ac cording to the website of the U.S. Holocaust Memo rial Museum.“Between 5,000 and 15,000 gay men were interned in concentration camps in Nazi Germany,” the website continues.
Swastika Desecrates Atlanta’s Rainbow Crosswalk
By Dave Schechter A swastika spray-painted on the rainbow-colored crosswalks at the in tersection of Piedmont Avenue and 10th Street in Atlanta was power-washed away the night of Aug. 17 by a city crew within hours of its discovery. Police are investigating the vandal ism.
A statement by Michael Smith, spokesman for Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens, read: “Atlanta Police immediate ly notified the Mayor’s Office of the mat ter, then ATLDOT scrambled a crew — in the rain — to remove the disgusting act of vandalism from our street. We thank the women and men of ATLDOT and APD for erasing the hate that has no place in our city in such a swift and efficient man ner.”A statement issued by the Southeast regional office of the Anti-Defamation League read: “We have been seeing the normalization of hatred and antisemi tism seeping into everyday life over the past several years. We are disturbed by this horrible incident which is an un fortunate reminder that we all need to work together to fight hate. Incidents like this serve only to intimidate and ha rass marginalized communities. We are pleased to see the City of Atlanta take quick action to remove this symbol of hate on the Pride crosswalk at 10th and Piedmont. There is no place for hateful symbols like this in our community. We have reached out to APD to offer assis tance in the investigation and to our LGBTQ+ partners to support them and stand in solidarity in fighting hate and bigotry.”Rabbi
For years, monkeypox, which is re lated to the much more serious small pox virus, was virtually unknown in this country. There were small outbreaks in Africa, where the disease was first discov ered in 1958, but those outbreaks were quickly contained. That is not the case this time, experts say. Georgia, for exam ple, which confirmed the first case only on June 6, reported 1,013 cases by Aug. 17.
“We have been very complacent,” she says. “We assumed that all was taken care of by the shots we gave to kids and some new antibiotics. We thought we were free from these nasty infections. We put our blinders on. If something is not going on in our backyard, then it doesn’t exist.” ì Georgia ranks 5th in the nation for total monkeypox cases.
A case of paralytic polio amidst the ultra-Orthodox community in New York has caused concern among public health officials.
By Bob Bahr According to the latest statistics, Georgia has become one of the nation’s monkeypox hotspots. As of Aug. 17, the Centers for Disease Control and Preven tion (CDC) ranked the state fifth in the nation in total number of cases, with just over a thousand confirmed. Only the more populous states of New York, Cali fornia, Texas and Florida currently have moreThecases.latest statistics indicate that monkeypox infections have doubled in the nearly three weeks since early Au gust when the outbreak was declared a national public health emergency. This move by the Biden administration gives Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra the ability to devote more money and resources to the effort to con trol the outbreak. In a briefing on Aug. 4, Becerra called for more action to fight the epidemic.“We’reprepared to take our re sponse to the next level in addressing this virus and we urge every American to take monkeypox seriously and to take respon sibility to help tackle this virus,” he said. In the same briefing, CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky pointed out that the numbers have grown despite the fact that the U.S. had been using only 10 percent of its available testing capacity. There has also been a shortage of the vac cine used to protect against the monkey pox virus. On Aug. 9, the Food and Drug Administration approved a controversial emergency plan to split available injec tions using what is called “dose sparing,” in which only 1/5th of the usual vaccine is injected into the top layers of the skin rather than deeper into the muscle. The procedure is said to distribute the vaccine more quickly and effectively throughout the body.Still, according to Dr. Phyllis Kozar sky, who has been a distinguished profes sor of infectious diseases at the Emory School of Medicine for over 35 years, there is still a lot to be done in fighting the monkeypox epidemic. “There were many, many caveats in making a clinical diagnosis,” Kozarsky told the AJT. “One has to fill out over 20 pages of forms in order to get the drugs that treat it. And the vaccine isn’t get ting to where it needs to be and people don’t always know how to access it. And providers, most importantly, don’t have a great deal of understanding about the illness. So there are a lot of public health barriers and social barriers to managing this infection right now.”
While symptoms of the infection are not nearly as serious as those of the origi nal COVID variant, some of the same fac tors in the rapid spread of monkeypox are still in play, Kozarsky says.
Georgia Ranks Fifth in Monkeypox Infections
“It’s a COVID-like situation. We are suffering from the same kinds of diffi culties with our public health response to it, which makes it a little bit more of a problem than it probably could have or should have been. Just like we did with COVID originally, we are not getting, number one, enough information. Num ber two, we are not getting rapid diagnos tics. Number three, we are not working on prevention. And number four, we are not getting treatment out to a large per centage of the population who is at high est risk,” she said. The challenges presented by the monkeypox outbreak come at a time when the worst effects of the COVID pan demic appear to have receded. Hospital izations and deaths from the disease in the U.S. are way down, although the longterm effects of the virus are still not fully understood.Astudy of 1.28 million people who came down with the illness, published on Aug. 17 in the prestigious British journal Lancet Psychiatry, examined its longterm effects on the brain. The research claimed that for up to two years after an infection, patients were at great risk for ailments such as brain fog, psychosis, sei zures and dementia. Moreover, the CDC claims it is a growing problem world wide, with one out of every five people experiencing symptoms of long-term COVID.As if this is not troubling enough, polio, the once-dreaded disease believed to have been eradicated decades ago by mass vaccinations, has re-appeared. The virus has shown up in wastewater sam ples taken in Jerusalem, London and New York and a case of paralytic polio was diagnosed earlier this year in an ultraOrthodox patient living just outside New YorkDr.City.Kozarsky believes there is rea son to be cautious as students head back to school and travel picks up again. Ko zarsky, who helped pioneer the field of international travel medicine when she opened her TravelWell clinic at Emory’s Midtown Hospital in 1988, believes that we have been lulled into believing we are more protected from disease than we are.
Infectious disease expert Dr. Phyllis Kozarsky believes there is still much to be done to control the monkeypox epidemic. Monkeypox symptoms usually start within 3 weeks of exposure to the virus. If someone has flu-like symptoms, they will usually develop a rash 1-4 days later.
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As cable news networks and news paper headlines continue to remind us, it has been a year since the last American troops withdrew from Afghanistan in a hurry, leaving refugees struggling to board or to cling to the last planes leav ing Kabul airport. For one former Atlan tan, those images resonated deeply.
“It doesn’t seem like it’s been a full year that I have been talking to these guys, who have been in hiding and staying sane, hardly able to leave their apartment,” said Rosenzweig, who attended the Epstein School and Weber School in Atlanta, as well as Camp Ramah Darom, and now works as a paralegal in the music indus try in New York. He had been chatting on Clubhouse for less than a year. More than 6,700 miles away, months after Rosenzweig first entered the chat room, two Afghan roommates — using pseudonyms Sayed and Safi — joined the chat at a friend’s suggestion. The two had worked for the Afghan government and now had to protect themselves and their families from the Taliban. One had actually worked for an affiliate of the U.S. military. For Rosenzweig, the conversa tion was both eye- and heart-opening. In a conversation with the AJT, Rosenzweig said he wasn’t sure why the precarious predicament of the two young Afghans touched him so much that he ac tually took steps to help them. Perhaps, he said, it was the “awareness of having descended from refugees and recogniz ing how fragile the human condition could be and how quickly things could change.” Rosenzweig also noted the “pro found difference people can make” in helping another person. He mentioned the Jewish value of tikkun olam, or re pairing the Rosenzweigworld.never met his paternal grandfather. According to his mother, Shelli Bank, three of his four grandpar ents were Holocaust survivors. “But Nat grew up with my parents,” she said. Her mother died two years ago; her father died in 2011 at almost 100 years old. “My par ents were very much a part of Nat’s life.” Bank said her parents were not typi cal Holocaust survivors, although her fa ther had been in a ghetto and then a con centration camp until the end of the war. “He didn’t dwell on the past. He used to say, ‘except for the Shoah, I had a pretty good life.’ He never identified as a survi vor. He identified himself as a Zionist, as a Jew,” she said. Both of Bank’s parents, however, had had experiences in which someone had shown them kindness. Af ter the war, they worked for a time at the
Joint Distribution Committee, a Jewish reliefRosenzweigorganization.said he has been happy with the response to his fundraiser. “I was afraid for a while that the Afghan situation might have been eclipsed by the war in Ukraine, but it hasn’t,” he said. One of the two Afghans has requested humanitarian parole, which is the most common way to get into the U.S., but his chances are low, Rosenzweig said.
Rosenzweig continues to chat with his new friends in Afghanistan multiple times a week, usually via WhatsApp. “I don’t know where this could lead for me. Nor do I know where it will lead” for Sayed and Safi, the Af ghan roommates. ì Nat Rosenzweig, who grew up in Atlanta, is raising money to help two Afghans come to the U.S. E n d l e s s E n t e r t a i n m e n t p r o d u c e s A t l a n t a ' Es d e s s E n t e r t a i m n t o u c e s A t l a t a ' s m o s t e c l e c t i c c o l l e c t i o n o f u n i q u me o t e e c i c o l l e c o n o f u n i q e p e r f o r m a n c e a r t a n d t a l e n t p. r f c a r a d t a l n . W e s p e c i a l i z e i n p r o d u c i n g a n Wd e e i z r o d u c i g d p e r f o r m i n g t h e a t r i c a l p r o d u c t i o n s , e v e n pt r f r m h a t c a p d u c n , v e t e n t e r t a i n m e n t , b a r m i t z v a h s , w e d d i n g s e, e r i m , b a r i t v s e i n , c o r p o r a t e e v e n t s , p r i v a t e p a r t i e s c, r p e v e t , p v t a r t e , f e s t i v a l s , g r a n d o p e n i n g s , c o n c e r t s f, s t i v a l , g r a d e s , c n e r t , m u s i c v i d e o s , v a r i e t y s h o w s , a n d m o r e m! u i i d o , v y s , a d o ! O u r d i v e r s e a n d s k i l l e d p r o f e s s i o n a l s a l w a y s k e e p o u r c l i e n t s E n d l e s s l y E n t e r t a i n e d ! 5
“Nat grew up with my parents,” who were Holocaust survivors, said Rosenzweig’s mother, Shelli Bank
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“It’s hard to believe it’s been a full year,” said Nat Rosenzweig, the 34-yearold son of Atlantans Michael Rosenzweig and Shelli Bank. It was about a year ago that Rosenzweig began chatting with two Afghans in hiding in Afghanistan over the social networking app Clubhouse. To day, he is about halfway toward meeting his goal of raising $50,000 via GoFundMe to help the two young men escape the country and reach the U.S.
The other young man applied to the master’s program in global political eco nomics at the New School in New York City and received a scholarship, but it only covers part of his expenses. If he can raise the rest of the money, he will most likely be able to receive a student visa, ac cording to Rosenzweig.
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Rosenzweig Raises Money to Help Afghans
Prior to an article by the Jewish Tele graphic Agency about his fundraising appeal, Rosenzweig said that an appeal to family and friends, as well as friends of his parents, had resulted in donations and words of support. “Since the article, I recognize fewer names of donors,” he said.“I had posted my GoFundMe on Instagram and a Jewish friend of mine shared it and that’s how the JTA learned” about his efforts, Rosenzweig explained.
“To those who are nervous, angry or frustrated, I can say that I share those sen timents as well,” he said. “Certainly, the rise
“The part that really keeps me up at night is the normalization of antisemitism,” Padilla-Goodman said. “When we see it seep ing into spaces that didn’t have antisemitic contentPadilla-Goodmanbefore.” added that while she deals with antisemitism professionally in her role with the ADL, she has also been per sonally“It’sthreatened.aregular thing,” she said. “Rabbi Trief is right … we get it from the left, from the right, everywhere in the middle.”
Rabbi Levenberg echoed Wilker’s senti ments of how knowledge is power, especially when combatting antisemitism.
• (Fall 2021) Swastikas and “Hail Hitler” were scrawled above urinals in school bathrooms in Pope and Lassiter High Schools in Cobb County during the Jewish High Holy Days. of antisemitism and its mainstreaming is disconcerting and quite troubling, which is why our community is so important. Among the many actions we can and should be tak ing to address the rise of antisemitism is to seize the opportunities present to be a part of a community, to be reminded that we are not alone, that others are feeling the same as we are.” ì
Local Antisemitic Incidents Spark Concern and Outrage
Levenberg continued by saying that if the situation involves someone with whom we have a relationship, it’s okay to pause the conversation and address the potential issue and perhaps have the person clarify their meaning.Wilker also addressed the string of incidents that has plagued the Jewish com munity of Atlanta for the past year — on the streets, in neighborhoods and in the school system.“Iam dismayed by the number of anti semitic incidents we are seeing in metro At lanta,” he said. “Most recently, it was swasti kas on the Rainbow Crosswalk in Midtown. We should remain vigilant and vocal to en sure the community is aware of this horrific trend that impacts all Atlantans.”
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“There are moments when we find our selves in situations … where our first thought is ‘something seems like it’s not right,’” he said. “Perhaps it’s antisemitic.”
150 community members gath ered in the Cooper Chapel to nosh, dish and listen to the experts. Panel guests included Rabbi Andy Baker of the American Jewish Committee (AJC); Dov Wilker, regional di rector of AJC Atlanta; Allison Padilla-Good man, vice president of the Anti-Defamation League’s (ADL) Southern Division; Rabbi Brad Levenberg of Temple Sinai and mod erator Rabbi Natan Trief.
Rabbi Baker opened by sharing some personal history of combatting antisemi tism on a global scale, having served with several European government commissions examining Holocaust-era history and ide ologies.“It’s instructive to look at what was go ing on in Europe, sadly, because we are see ing echoes of the same problems here in the United States,” he said, adding that the state of Israel has become demonized and its le gitimacy has been questioned.
A swastika is spray-painted on the iconic Rainbow Cross walk, located downtown, at the intersection of 10th and Piedmont streets; the crosswalk has long stood as a symbol of inclusion, tolerance and understanding;
• (July 2022) Mailboxes at a dozen homes in Sandy Springs are stuffed with antisemitic flyers by a known anti-Jewish group, the Goyim Defense League;
• (February 2022) Goyim Defense League distributes antisemitic flyers that appear on cars in the Lakewood Heights neighborhood of South Atlanta;
• (February 2022) An eighth-grade student at East Cobb Middle School re ports that classmates were photographed wearing an armband bearing a swas tika and demonstrating the Nazi salute. The photos were posted on social media and were eventually taken down;
Trief asked the featured guests what they viewed as “the most concerning or rel evant form of antisemitism today.”
More than 150 community members gathered at Temple Sinai last week for a panel discussion on the growing trend of antisemitism in America, featuring local experts. // Photo Credit: Sasha Heller Rabbi Andy Baker, American Jewish Committee (AJC) director of International Jewish Affairs, addresses the crowd during the Antisemitism in America meeting at Temple Sinai. From left to right: Dov Wilker, regional director of AJC Atlanta; Allison PadillaGoodman, vice president of the AntiDefamation League’s Southern Division; and Rabbi Brad Levenberg of Temple Sinai.
• (July 2022) East Side Elementary School in East Cobb releases an image of a redesigned school logo that, to many community members, appears to resemble a variation on the Nazi eagle emblem. The school has since shelved the new logo and is currently reviewing the situation to decide the proper course of action;
By Sasha Heller Swastikas deface a public crosswalk. School children photographed imitating the Nazi salute. Mailboxes and cars tagged with anti-Jewish “literature.” These were some of the recent Atlantaarea incidents discussed by a panel of local Jewish leaders at Temple Sinai on Aug. 18. Experts said that the rise in antisemitic inci dents that has members of Atlanta’s Jewish community shaken and concerned mirrors that of other cities across the country, as white nationalism and violent partisanship sweep the nation and related it to the broad er history of antisemitism in Europe and the MiddleAroundEast.
“We, ourselves, don’t know all about our own Jewish history. We, ourselves, don’t know the nuances associated with antisemi tism,” he Wilkersaid.also expressed concern over how the Jewish community calls out anti semitism and said that Jews should main tain perspective during those situations.
Levenberg shared a parting message of strength and resilience with the community.
“Many people are saying things with ignorance and not malice,” he said. “And it’s important we recognize the difference.”
Wilker said he focuses on the vitriolic rhetoric in modern American political dis course and sees a direct connection between hyperbolic speech and hyperviolent reac tions.“I think the rhetoric within the political discourse to me is what’s truly concerning,” he said. “I was speaking to a Democrat re cently who didn’t understand why their crit icism of Israel was antisemitic and I spoke to a Republican who didn’t understand why the way they used George Soros was antise mitic.”Wilker stressed the importance of all peoples gaining more understanding, knowledge and appreciation for other cul tures, including our own.
When Sturm started working with Renewal, he imagined spending time with the donor’s family and the recipi ent’s family in the hospital. He thought the recipient’s family would be over joyed, that their happiness would be the primary focus. To his surprise, he found that the donor’s family is equally hum bled and inspired, overcome with awe for their loved one. As the Talmud teaches, “He who saves a single life, saves the en tire world.”When a recipient registers with Renewal, they are given a unique email address. Volunteers can be swabbed as potential matches for Dr. Merlis by email ing RN25541@renewal.org.
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Renewal, a charitable organization that provides comprehensive resources for kidney donors and recipients, is assisting Dr. Paul Merlis in his search for a match.
Over a hundred people showed up on Sunday, July 31, at an event dedicated to saving the life of Dr. Paul Merlis, a local resident of Toco Hills. Merlis is a devoted husband, father of four, grandfather of nine and beloved friend to many. He has dedicated his life to healing, working for over forty years as an emergency physi cian and saving thousands of lives.
“The idea to become a donor first took root in my mind several years ago when I heard about some community members who undertook this incredible initiative,” the rabbi began. Due to per sonal reasons, that was not the right time for him to proceed. Several years later, when Renewal did an event in Freundlich’s Toronto community, he got swabbed. That was in December 2018.On Jan. 13, 2020, Freundlich experi enced the most chal lenging day of his rabbinic career. A child in his commu nity died suddenly, and the family was reeling with inde scribable anguish. After spending hours with the grieving family, the rabbi came home, com pletely drained. He sat at his table in a daze, and then his phone“Mazelrang. Tov! This is Renewal. You’re a match! Are you ready to save a life?” a voice said. At that moment of pain and vulner ability, Freundlich could only respond with a firm, “yes.” A life for a life. Meeting the recipient and her family was an indescribable experience for the rabbi. “It brings home that every moment of life is so precious, for every person and every stage of life,” Freundlich said. “The two kidneys I’ve been blessed with are now keeping two people alive.” The program continued with mes sages from other local donors. Jennifer Green, from the Toco Hills community, donated a kidney to Jonathan Levin, also from Toco Hills, in 2016. Six months later, Green ran a half-marathon. “The re covery takes a few weeks,” she said, “but after that, you’re back to yourself.”
“I’m just an ordinary person,” Green asserted. “But it was the most incredible feeling to save a life. My one regret is that I can’t do it “Withoutagain.”Jennifer’s assistance,” Levin said, “I wouldn’t be able to do half the things I do now. I went through five months of dialysis, and now, nothing gets in my way. At this point, I want to see my grandchildren get married. Jennifer stepped up to do something I couldn’t do for myself. Every day, when I pray, I say a special prayer for Jennifer.”
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“I am proud and humbled by our com munity for stepping up. People swabbed who don’t even know us. And even if you are not a match,” Judy says, “in my heart, I consider it like you saved Paul’s life — be cause you cared enough to try.” ì
“Over the past 17 years,” Rabbi Sturm said, “Renewal has been involved in 850 life-saving transplants. When they started, their goal was to facilitate one transplant that year. Thank G-d, we did two. The next year, we did five, and we kept setting our goals higher. In July, we were involved in 19 transplants!”
“Over the years, my husband has been my hero, my family’s hero and the hero for thousands of patients,” his wife, Judy, told the audience. “Now he needs a hero.”Renewal, a charitable organization that provides comprehensive resources for kidney donors and recipients, is as sisting Merlis in his search for a match ing kidney. Headquartered in New York, Renewal works with kidney transplant centers throughout the country, helping patients and their families navigate the complex process of kidney transplanta tion, find proper and suitable dialysis and/or transplant centers, locate a do nor, arrange the transplant and much more. They field inquiries from potential donors and do their utmost to help them reach the finish line. They also try to eliminate financial difficulties that arise from the surgery, such as loss of wages, medical testing and travel. Rabbi Josh Sturm, who represented Renewal at the July 31 event, explained the intricate details involved in becoming a kidney donor and answered frequently asked questions. Members of the com munity, some of whom didn’t even know the Merlis family personally, showed up to swab and find out if they could help. The program opened with a mes sage from Rabbi Yechezkel Freundlich, former assistant rabbi of Congregation Beth Jacob, who spoke about his kidney donation three weeks prior to the event.
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“The endgame of Birthright, the way I put it, is to transform Jews by birth into Jews by worth,” said Zohar Raviv, TaglitBirthright Israel’s international vice president for educational strategy.
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Likewise, a Pew Research Center survey conducted between November 2019 and June 2020 found that among re spondents ages 18-29: 33 percent said that being Jewish was not too important or not important at all to them, 44 percent said that they had not much or nothing at all in common with Jews in Israel and 51 percent said the they had little or no emotional attachment to Israel.
challenge was reflected in an American Jewish Committee survey of millennials — defined as 25 to 40 years old — conducted in February and March 2022, in which 43.8 percent said that be ing connected to Israel was either “not too important” or “not at all important” to their Jewish identity.
Participants have included 100,000 young Israelis, many serving in the Israel Defense Forces. “Birthright Israel affects the Israeli public and especially young Is raeli Jews positively, to no less effect than it affects American young Jews who come to Israel,” Raviv said. “The impact of this program on this young generation of Is raelis, who finally understand American Jewry, not only through the lens of phi lanthropy or political lobbying, but as ac tual human beings, as an actual vibrant community that lives outside of Israel, is profound.”Thecurrent eligibility range of ages (18 to 31) next year reverts to the pre-CO VID range of 18 to 26. While the trip is free to participants, Raviv estimates that Birthright — with annual operating costs of $180 million to $200 million — spends about $4,500 per person, an expense he said has increased by $1,500 since preCOVID times, taking into account infla tion and increased operating costs.
By Dave Schechter A parent whose children will join an upcoming Taglit-Birthright Israel trip asked Zohar Raviv, the program’s inter national vice president for educational strategy, “What are my kids going to get out of this trip?”
Since the program debuted in December 1999, 800,000 young Jewish adults, from 68 countries, have participated in Birthright (birthrightisrael.com) trips. Some 600,000 have come from the U.S., among them 9,500 from the Atlanta area.
“Israel was established as a state of ideals, and not an ideal state,” Raviv said. “We try to present to our participants an Israel that is delightfully imperfect.”
“I don’t know what your kids are go ing to get,” Raviv replied. “I know what I intend for them to get.”
“Israel was established as the home land of the Jewish people, and not as the homeland of the Jewish people who live in Israel. Israel is your and your chil dren’s homeland, irrespective of the land which is their home,” he continued, “the two ideas don’t contradict or live in ten sion with one another.”
Birthright’s ‘Delightfully Imperfect’ Israel
Birthright is funded by the Jewish Federations of North America, the Jew ish Agency for Israel and donors from the Jewish community. The fundrais ing arm is the Birthright Israel Founda tion (birthrightisrael.foundation). As the Foundation is a 501(c)3 nonprofit under the federal tax code, donations are taxdeductible.Raviv said that Birthright adjusts itineraries to avoid placing participants in harm’s way. He spoke to the AJT a cou ple of days into a ceasefire between Israel and the Islamic Jihad. Israel conducted preemptive air strikes against Islamic Ji had targets in Gaza. The militants fired more than 1,000 rockets toward Israel.
The program has grown to meet the interests of participants, such as the LG BTQ+ community, outdoor enthusiasts and people with various degrees of reli giosity and spirituality, foodies and those in recovery from alcohol addiction. The seven- or 10-day trips, in summer and winter, are filled with visits to sites of historic and religious importance and engagement with modern Israeli culture.
Every Birthright group attends a lecture by an adjudged expert on “the complex geopolitical reality of Israel and the Middle East,” Raviv explained. That lecture is important because “Israel is the homeland of the Jewish people, but it is not a state where only Jews live.” Threequarters of Israeli citizens are Jewish. The remainder are Arab Muslims and Chris tians, Bedouins, Druze and other com munities. Birthright has teamed with the Inter-Agency Task Force on Israeli Arab Issues, which focuses on awareness of Is raeli Arabs among Jewish Americans, to increase the visibility on the trips. That segment of Israel’s population is distinct from the Arab populations of the West Bank and Gaza. Instances of participants dropping out during a trip, to protest what they felt was inadequate attention to the Israel-Palestinian con flict, have drawn attention from both the secular and Jewish press.
The criteria for success, he said during a visit to Atlanta, is not a young adult returning home having “figured out” their relationship to Judaism and to Israel, but rather coming home and say ing, “I finally understand how hard it is to understand.”Sincethefirst plane carrying college students touched down in late Decem ber 1999, 800,000 young Jewish adults, from 68 countries, have participated in Birthright (birthrightisrael.com) trips. Approximately 600,000 have come from the United States, among them 9,500 from the Atlanta area.
“Birthright Israel always welcomes participants’ views and questions, which are essential to the success of the experi ence, so long as they are shared in a con structive and respectful manner. We will not condone any coordinated plans to ruin the experience for others in order to pro mote a specific agenda,” the organization said following an incident in 2018. ì
In a Brandeis University survey of participants in summer 2021 trips, 69 percent felt it one of the best experiences of their lives, 44 percent extended their stay in Israel beyond the scheduled 10 days and the percentage who felt “very much” connected to Israel increased from 35 percent prior to the trip to 56 per cent Birthright’safterward.
“The endgame of Birthright, the way I put it, is to transform Jews by birth into Jews by worth,” Raviv said. “I want them to return with a sense of ownership over their own Jewish identity, their own Jew ish vitality, their own passion toward Is rael and its glorious imperfections.
Mel Brooks Featured in Film Tribute to the Automat
By Bob Bahr Mel Brooks, the 96-year-old Holly wood legend and comedic force of na ture, is back in front of the cameras in Lisa Hurwitz’s “The Automat,” a docu mentary about the iconic New York and Philadelphia restaurant chain. Brooks, who gained fame for such comedy classics as “Young Frankenstein,” “Blazing Saddles” and “The Producers,” was born Melvin Kaminsky in 1926 and grew up in Brooklyn. He dominates Hur witz’s warm and nostalgic story of the rise and fall of the spectacularly success ful chain, which she introduced during its Atlanta theatrical premiere on Aug. 23 at The Springs Cinema and Taphouse in SandyFromSprings.the opening frames of the film, when he is heard on a cell phone call to the filmmaker, to the closing cred its, when he performs a musical tribute about the restaurant, his wit and charm shape and solidify the film’s impact. In a way, the elder statesman of comedy is the perfect complement to what Hurwitz de scribes as the role of the restaurant chain in American life.
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The film, which debuted at the Tel luride Film Festival last year, went on to the Miami Jewish Film Festival, where it was voted best documentary. Since then, it has gained an appreciative following on the festival circuit and next month will get a screening in Venice at the same time as the city’s prestigious internation al filmHurwitzfestival.is also putting special effort into getting Brooks’s closing number in the film, the song “At the Automat,” nomi nated for an Academy Award. While she thinks it may be a long shot, Hurwitz believes that the song Brooks wrote and performs with his usual panache over the closing credits would be a fitting tribute to the performer’s long history in Holly wood.“One of my dreams is to see him on the stage at the Oscars singing that song,” she said. “And so that is one of my top pri orities. He wants that, too. So, we’re going to work hard at doing it.”
KinoLorber.com is set to release a special edition DVD of “The Automat” on Sept. 20 that includes a special introduc tion by Brooks and other extras. ì Serving yourself at the restarurant chain was as easy as its famous pie.Mel Brooks, who began his successful career as a writer in early television, was big fan of the Automat.
“For Jews who were living in small tenements, the cafeteria, which is really what the Automat was, was like their ex tended living rooms,” Hurwitz remarked. “If you were an Irish immigrant, you would go to the neighborhood bar. But Jews didn’t really go to bars. They really embraced the Automat in this period in New York City.”
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“I think that the Automat brings out the humanity in all of us,” she says. “It’s this place that was very inexpensive and nobody had a problem with sitting next to a stranger there. It was a very friendly, welcoming place. And it definitely recalls simpler times. Sometimes these days when we’re so advanced and high-tech, simple gets a bit of a bad rap, but the film demonstrates the beauty in simplic ity.” In the film, Brooks fondly recalls his boyhood trips to spend a few nickels at one of the many Automats in town. There, along with his three brothers, he would gaze longingly at the many main stream American dishes that beckoned behind a wall of individual glass com partments.Thechain was especially known for its pies and desserts and for such dishes as baked beans, macaroni and cheese, chicken pie and creamed spinach. But one of its most important features was its high-quality coffee, which in those years cost only a nickel a cup. Like so much of what made the Automats unique, it was dispensed from a large, heavy metal de vice that was modeled after the head of a mythical dolphin from a fountain in Rome. Later, as one of the writers for Sid Caesar — an early star of television in the 1950s — a local Automat became the place for Brooks’s favorite lunch, a ham and cheese sandwich and that famous coffee. He describes his love of the combi nation by first asking the forgiveness of his long-since-passed, observant Jewish mother.Brooks is far from the only Jewish celebrity to make an appearance in the film. Hurwitz persuaded his longtime friend, Carl Reiner, to appear as well. She also included an appreciation from the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who remembers how she spent hours at an Automat on the Upper West Side of New York doing her homework.Howard Schultz, who founded Star bucks, credits his first visit to the Au tomat at ten years old for inspiring his vi sion of a chain of coffee shops. Hurwitz, who was educated at Jewish day schools in Los Angeles and later helped to run the Seattle Jewish Film Festival, believes that Automats played an important role in Jewish urban life, particularly in New York from the 1920s to the 1960s.
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“The new relationship between medi cal excellence and excellence in the defense industry is groundbreaking,” said Prof. Eyal Zimlichman, Sheba’s chief innovation and transformation officer, and head of its inno vation arm, Accelerate, Redesign, Collaborate (ARC). “The solutions worked on by Elbit and Opgal experts and Sheba doctors are not only significant for Sheba and Israel but will have an international impact. These are global solutions to global problems, and we believe there is great potential here to change the face of medicine on an international level.”
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Aug. 31, 1947: The U.N. Special Commit tee on Palestine, formed four months earlier, meets for the final time. Its majority report, endorsed by eight of the 11 members, calls for partition into two states with an economic union.
Sept. 3, 2011: More than 450,000 Israelis take to the streets to demand social justice and relief from the high cost of living in the March of the Million, believed to be Israel’s largest-ever demonstration.
Sept. 5, 1972: Black September terror ists kill two Israeli Olympic team members and take nine others hostage at the Summer Games in Munich. All nine hostages, as well as five of the eight terrorists, are killed in a German rescue attempt.
“People from all over the world travel to destinations they have seen in movies, following favorite series and admired stars,” said the Ministry of Tourism’s director gen eral, Dani Shahar. “Therefore, investing in promoting international productions to film here in Israel is part of our marketing activity as the Ministry of Tourism, to ex pose and brand Israel as an attractive des tination in the world. Besides Israel being an ideal setting for filming international productions, offering a very wide variety of landscape types, the charm of Israel will surely also appear in the series and films that will be produced here and will improve the status of our country among other countries of the world.”
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In the next two years, Israel intends to reimburse expenses for foreign produc tions of films and TV series to the tune of 45 million shekels. The move aims to position Israel as a center for international film and media, using natural resources and unique historical filming sites. The financial aid — up to NIS
Sept. 7, 1865: Rabbi Abraham Isaac HaCohen Kook, who promotes religious Zi onism and writes acclaimed religious books, is born in Latvia. He serves as the first Ashke nazi chief rabbi of Palestine from 1921 to 1935.
Sept. 2, 1953: Israel starts work on a proj ect to divert some of the water of the Jordan River at the B’not Yaakov Bridge in the north to irrigate the Negev and generate electricity. Syria’s protests quickly halt the project.
Sept. 14, 2014: Abdel Rahman Zuabi dies at 82. A judge on the Nazareth District Court for 20 years, he became the first Arab justice on Israel’s Supreme Court when he filled a nine-month vacancy in 1999.
tions — will be provided over two years and will include animated film productions. The government has already invested in visiting public opinion leaders and international content creators on social media, who have an audience of tens of millions of followers and contribute to the improvement of Isra el’s image around the world. The investment is also set to benefit adjacent industries such as hotels, transpor tation, catering, equipment rental, editing services and more.
Sheba Medical Center announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understand ing (MoU) with Opgal, a subsidiary of Elbit Systems, to utilize advanced thermal imag ing technologies previously used for military and security purposes. The integration of the thermal imaging cameras intends to im prove the efficiency and efficacy of surgery and treatment in four key areas: heart sur gery, diabetic foot treatment, surgical inci sion infections and respiratory monitoring.
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Sept. 8, 2010: Former Israeli armor com mander Maj. Gen. Israel Tal, best known for leading the 1970 committee that designed and developed the Merkava (Chariot) tank, dies at age 85.
Sept. 9, 1993: Four days before they sign the self-rule agreement of the Oslo Accords in Washington, the Palestine Liberation Orga nization and Israel formally recognize each other’s existence.
Sept. 12, 1977: Singer, composer and producer Idan Raichel is born in Kfar Saba. His music incorporates Middle Eastern, Ethi opian and other sounds through the awardwinning Idan Raichel Project.
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Sheba Medical Center has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Opgal, a subsidiary of Elbit Systems, to utilize advanced thermal imaging technologies previously used for military and security purposes.
Sept. 1, 1915: Chaim Weizmann, who helps win the Balfour Declaration in 1917, is appointed as an honorary technical adviser to the British Admiralty on supplying ac etone, a key to making the military explosive cordite.
Sept. 4, 1985: The new Israeli shekel be comes the official currency. It is worth 1,000 of the old shekels, which became Israel’s cur rency five years earlier but are being replaced under an economic stabilization plan.
Israel is allocating 45 million shekels to reimburse expenses for foreign productions of films and TV series.
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Sept. 13, 1984: Shimon Peres becomes Israel’s eighth prime minister, leading a na tional unity government of his Alignment, Likud and six other parties. Peres agrees to yield power to Likud’s Yitzhak Shamir after two years.
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Prime Minister Shimon Peres looks over notes in the Knesset beside Vice Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir in 1985. Under their coalition agreement, Shamir replaces Peres as prime minister in 1986. // By Chanania Herman, Israeli Government Press Office
Sept. 11, 1921: Moshav Nahalal, a new kind of agricultural settlement combining a kibbutz’s communal principles with private land ownership, is founded in the Jezreel Val ley between Haifa and Afula. Uri Avnery served in the Irgun and fought in the War of PalestinianbeforeIndependenceembracingthecoexistenceofIsraeliandstates.
Sept. 6, 2007: In Operation Orchard, eight Israeli aircraft destroy a suspected nu clear reactor, built with North Korean help, at the military site of Al Kibar in northeast ern Syria. The U.S. government knows about the secret mission.
Sept. 10, 1923: Three-time Knesset mem ber Uri Avnery, who founds the Gush Shalom peace movement, is born in Germany. He fights in the 1948 war, then advocates a part nership with the Arab national movement.
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“Thermal technology, which until now has helped pilots take off and land, and sol diers on the battlefield identify threats and targets, has the potential to help medical teams worldwide to see the invisible and make more accurate diagnoses,” said Tsachi Israel, CEO of Opgal. “We are the leading experts in our respective fields, working to gether to innovate in order to save lives and prevent suffering for many patients.”
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Using thermal cameras, physicians can detect physiological processes based on changes in energy and heat in the body and display these changes on a digital screen. This technology can enable doctors and surgeons to accurately identify the movement of blood vessels and present a clear picture of carbon dioxide being emitted by exhalation.
The letter, dated June 6, ended by re questing “a detailed update on the prog ress of this effort within 30 days.”Inlate August, Os soff said that he was continuing to pursue the relevant facts in that case. At this point, he said, he didn’t have a “public comment” to make.But it is clear that Ossoff believes in cosigning bipartisan let ters to authorities on both the international and domestic levels. “I have worked particu larly hard to build re lationships across the aisle,” he told the AJT. It is a “core part of my work.” The senator enumerated several examples on the state level, in cluding getting the Senate to pass his leg islation to expand capacity and reduce supply chain bottlenecks at the Port of Brunswick.Inaddition,
In early June, Ossoff and Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) co-authored a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken asking for a full and transparent inves tigation into the killing of Shireen Abu Akleh, a Palestinian and American jour nalist shot to death on May 11 while re porting in the West Bank. “The killing of a U.S. citizen and of a journalist engaged in the work of report ing in a conflict zone is unacceptable,” the senators wrote. “All over the world, journalists pursue truth and accountabil ity at great personal risk. Press freedom is a core American value, and we cannot accept impunity when journalists are killed in the line of duty. We insist that the Administration ensure a full and transparent investigation is completed.”
The senator says he believes that his efforts to work “across the aisle” have been “widely recognized across the state.” ì Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, killed while covering clashes between IDF troops and Palestinian gunmen.
This month, Ossoff also champi oned bipartisan legislation to guaran tee health benefits for veterans exposed to burn pits and other toxic chemicals, which was signed into law. “Today is a big day for veterans in Georgia and across the country,” he said. “When I entered the Senate, I committed to working across the aisle to pass this legislation, which “I have worked particularly hard to build relationships across the aisle,” said Sen. Jon Ossoff, noting the number of bipartisan efforts he has made. will strengthen health for veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and today the President has signed it into law.”
By Jan Jaben-Eilon Georgia Sen. Jon Ossoff has earned a reputation as a serial bipartisan leader of signed letters to the Biden Administration — some of which have been more suc cessful than others. In mid-August, along with Sen. Lindsey Graham (RSC), Ossoff and 34 other senators learned that the U.S. Department of Defense had decided to maintain the U.S. Secu rity Coordinator (USCC) position in the Middle East at the three-star rank, as the senators requested, rather than downgrade it. The USCC is a joint, partment.signedserviceDepartmentinteragencyinternationalofficewithofDefensemembersastotheStateDeInaninterviewwith the AJT, Ossoff, a Democrat, noted that “both the Israeli government and the Palestinian Author ity recognized the value of having a highranking officer” in the position. “It is one of the few officials in any government” that liaises with both sides. Ossoff said that when he was in Je rusalem, where the U.S. Security Coordi nator is based, he realized the “vital role that the coordinator plays in reducing escalatory” acts. Earlier this summer, it had been re ported that the Pentagon was consider ing downgrading the position to that of colonel, which Sens. Ossoff and Graham and their colleagues warned would un dermine U.S. national security and risk peace and stability in Israel and the West Bank. The post had been created in 2005 in an effort to rebuild the Palestinian se curity services after the Second Intifada.
Ossoff worked with Congressman Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (RGA-01) to make a bipartisan push to help train and bring more healthcare workers to Georgia.Thefreshman senator has also suc ceeded in passing bipartisan legislation on the national level. This month, Ossoff, along with Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), managed to pass a law to fund train ing for first responders, crisis invention teams, mental health courts and other programs that help law enforcement as sist individuals experiencing mental ill ness.“I am pleased the President has signed into law my legislation funding local law enforcement and mental health care,” he said at the time. “Georgia com munities deserve and demand safety, and my bill — now law — will make Georgia a safer place to live.”
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The trustee objected to the modifi cation, but after an evidentiary hearing, the trial court concluded there was no reason that having a corporate trustee managing the trust would be inconsis tent with the trust’s purpose. “The judge in this case rightly understood that if our clients’ father wanted to force them to keep a trustee with whom they could not get along, he had to be clear and explicit,” said InGilbert.the second case, after a sevenday trial, Frankel, Gilbert and divorce counsel Alvah Smith secured a verdict in a trust dispute which set aside the trust and awarded a substantial amount of money to their client. Their client alleged that she had been misled into signing the trust by her husband and that the vast majority of the wealth created during their multidecade marriage had been titled to that trust. Their client did not discover the true terms or meaning of the trust until years after she had signed the document at her husband’s request, and this discovery con tributed to her decision to file for divorce.
Kupcakerie is currently under con struction, with an expected opening in early fall. Kupcakerie will offer gourmet cupcakes, house-made pastries and sand wiches and a full specialty coffee offering from Radio Roasters Coffee in Decatur. Supremo Taco recently announced that their current location will close in preparation for their reopening at 709 Memorial Dr. this winter. With the re location, the beloved taco shop aims to expand on the concept, offering interior dining, a full bar and new menu selec tions.
Jewish-owned law firm Gaslowitz Frankel won two major cases this month, both involving high-value trusts. Firm partner and former chair of the Breman Museum Craig Frankel, along with firm partner LeAnne Gilbert, were the leading litigators in both cases.
The General Muir was recently named one of the country’s best delis by lifestyle website Tasting Table. The Atlanta institution, launched by co-owners Jennifer Johnson and Todd Ginsberg in 2013, now boasts two loca tions — each offering varying menus and concepts. The original Atlanta location at Emory Point is open for dinner while the Sandy Springs location is only open for lunch, though it offers an expansive ar ray of deli selections.
The General Muir has garnered its award-winning reputation through qual ity service and New York-style eats. Their pastrami is cured and smoked in-house, and the bagels are boiled and hand-rolled everyJohnsonday. named The General Muir after the ship that transported her fam ily to New York after escaping the Holo caust.Tasting Table is a brand operated by Static Media of New York.
Habif Properties has announced that two local businesses will be expand ing along the rapidly growing Memorial Drive corridor near the Atlanta BeltLine. Kupcakerie and Supremo Taco will open new locations at 709 Memorial Drive, at the intersection of Memorial Drive and Chastain Street. “We are excited to see the continued growth on Memorial Drive and the ex pansion of these great local businesses. Habif Properties has a special connection to this corridor, having been active in this neighborhood for 43 years,” said Michael Habif, principal of Habif Properties.
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The Gaslowitz Frankel partners: (left to right) Adam Gaslowitz, Craig Frankel, Robert Port and LeAnne Gilbert
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The Court set aside the trust and or dered the trustee/attorney to return the trust assets to the marital estate. The jury then issued a verdict awarding the client fifty percent of the assets formerly held by the trust and fifty percent of the other assets in the martial estate for a com bined verdict of $18,554,317.66.
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The first case involved the removal of a trustee who the firm’s clients be lieved was not operating the trust as in tended by their deceased father. As their clients had already previously sought to remove the trustee in arbitration, Fran kel and Gilbert counseled them instead to utilize Georgia’s trust modification statute. “Removing a trustee for cause usually requires showing that the trustee has breached his duties,” explained Gil bert. “The modification statute allows beneficiaries to modify a trust to provide them with a no-fault mechanism for re moving and replacing the trustee.”
“This case underscores long-held Georgia policy that spouses owe each other fiduciary duties, including the du ties of good faith and highest loyalty, in all legal dealings,” said Frankel.
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The Star-K-certified brand expanded rapidly, with Sara at the helm. She man aged to get the soup into the northeast branches of Whole Foods, Costco and lat er Kroger — as one of the first winners of their Go Fresh Go Local program. The duo even went on Shark Tank, where Sara refused to compromise qual ity by shifting distribution to a copacker, something she still holds to. “In fact, we are moving and expanding our produc tion facilities. There is no copacker in our near future,” she said. Now, with most of their products Fair Food-certified, and the business completely plastic neutral (not to men tion the commitments to locally sourced foods and green energy), the Polons are that much closer to achieving their goals.
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A Jewish-owned soup-making com pany started out of Washington, D.C. has recently expanded into the Atlanta mar ket. Soupergirl (not to be confused with Souper Jenny’s, the local Jewish-owned chain with its own “souperhero” mascot) was founded by the mother-daughter duo of Marilyn and Sara Polon.
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“My mom and I, in 2008, we liked to say we had this very naive vision of changing the world one bowl of soup at a time,” Sara recalled. “As we grew, we learned more and more about how much work there needs to be done in our in dustrial food system. With each passing year, with each passing obstacle or acco lade or accomplishment, we try to tackle more.”All of their soups are vegan and ko sher pareve, something Sara believes is vital to the company’s values.
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Kaylene Ladinsky has been included in Marquis Who’s Who. As in all Marquis Who’s Who biographical volumes, individu als profiled are selected on the basis of cur rent reference value. Factors such as position, noteworthy accomplishments, visibility, and prominence in a field are all taken into ac count during the selection process. Ms. Ladinsky is the editor and man aging publisher for the Atlanta Jewish Times. Additionally, she acts as the chief operating officer of the Atlanta Jewish Life Foundation, a nonprofit that was established to foster a sense of commu nity for the Jewish population of Atlanta through the support of local synagogues, affiliated nonprofits, and cultural events. Earlier in her career, she gained valuable experience in business as the owner and president of Atlanta’s Impress Express. Gleaning inspiration from her father and brother, both of whom are involved in law enforcement, Ms. Ladinsky was naturally drawn to public service. This draw was further encouraged during the Gaza War, at which time Ms. Ladin sky desired to advocate for democracy and freedom in the Middle East. To that end, she founded Americans United with Israel to organize impactful support ini tiatives. Ms. Ladinsky has lobbied in the state of Tennessee for a joint resolution of pro-Israel support, which was voted on in the Senate. Additionally, she obtained a proclamation of pro-Israel support from Georgia governor, Mr. Nathan Deal. Ms. Ladinsky earned an Associate of Science in criminal justice from Iowa Community College and a Bachelor of Business Administration from North western University. She achieved a psy chology certification from the Universal Institute and various certifications from the American Medical Billing Associa tion, the Federal Reserve System, and the Federal Trade Commission. In an ef fort to remain engaged with her industry and community, Ms. Ladinsky maintains membership with the American Jewish Press Association and the National News paper Association. She also contributed to the editorial, “Black Lives Matter vs. All Lives Matter.” In recognition of her outstanding work, Ms. Ladinsky is very proud to have received several Simon Rockower Jewish Journalism Awards; including first place for this year’s general excellence award for Best Jewish Newspaper in America, as well as the Unwavering and Faithful Friendship to Israel Award from the Con sulate General of Israel. Although hard work and dedication remain at the core of her success, she is gratified to be in a po
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The logo for Soupergirl, which resembles the brand’s founder, Sara Polon. Sara Polon (left) and Meryl Polon (right) search for fresh ingredients at a local farmer’s market.
In 2008, after Sara returned home from New York City, where she had been pursuing a career in comedy, she became interested in the problems surrounding the industrial food system and decided to do something about it. Marilyn became involved when, according to the brand’s website, she “point[ed] out that her daughter is mediocre at best in the kitch en, and decid[ed] she need[ed] to step in.”
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Kaylene Ladinsky is the editor and managing publisher for the Atlanta Jewish Times.
sition to make a notable difference in the Jewish community. Looking toward the future, she aims to improve and expand the online presence of the Atlanta Jewish Times to reach a broader audience.
“The laws of kashrut — they were there all along. And they are really for mulated to make us pay attention to the food and make us take care of the world. The laws of kashrut have really helped me stay the course, stay focused, as we grow this business,” she said. As they do every year, the company plans to roll out their kosher-for-Pesach soups through Costco and online, right in time for the holiday. Soupergirl soups are now available at Atlanta-area Costco and Kroger locations and will be avail able at Whole Foods in January.
There are lots of new features at Mercedes-Benz Stadium for fans to enjoy this fall, as the facility celebrates its fifth anniversary.
It’s never easy compet ing against a plush sofa and flat-screen TV. As far as conveniencetogo,environmentsball-watchingfootit’stoughbeatthe of taking in FOX NFL Sundays from your living room, especially during the COVID era — a stark reality of which the Atlanta Falcons and other NFL franchises are quiteSo,aware.even though their eight (or nine) home games are played in the spectacu lar and still relatively new MercedesBenz Stadium (MBS), the Falcons are no different from the other 31 NFL teams in their quest to get fans off their couches and into stadium seats. Enhancing the fan experience is a never-ending pursuit for the Arthur M. Blank Family Founda tion, the fruits of whose labor were on display for those on hand to watch the team’s in-stadium open practice on the evening of Aug. 15. Since the team has only one preseason home game (on Aug. 27 against the Jacksonville Jaguars) and trains in Flowery Branch, the in-stadium prac tice a couple weeks back was a nice op portunity for fans to catch a glimpse of the ’22 Falcons, a young squad that has undergone significant turnover and isn’t stacked with household names. (While Matt Ryan and Julio Jones are long gone, the team boasts electrifying young play makers in Kyle Pitts and Drake London, as well as in a pair of defensive backs with strong Georgia roots: Dee Alford and Casey Hayward.) But before fans even settled into their seats at MBS to watch rookie quarterback Desmond Ridder take snaps alongside veteran signal-call er Marcus Mariota, they saw firsthand how internal improvements will make for improved spectatorship this fall. When entering the stadium, for example, there is no need to empty one’s pockets or policy-compliant bags of iPhones, keys, sunglasses or spare change — or even to wait in line for oth ers to do so. Security personnel equipped with the artificial intelligence (AI)-based system Evolv Express can thoroughly examine fans’ possessions without the cumbersome ritual. Most importantly, their safety and security are not compro mised with the expedited process.
For hard-working fans grappling with skyrocketing inflation, the excep tionally reasonable prices for food and drink items throughout the stadium will be of particular interest. Whether you’re craving a hotdog ($2), pretzel ($2) or fries ($3), the prices resemble those of conces sion stands at high school football games or NFL stadiums in the 1980s. The Falcons and MBS are also mak ing efforts to prioritize environmental sustainability. The home of the Falcons and United takes great pride in being a zero-waste facility and currently the only LEED Platinum-certified stadium in North America. It is aiming for car bon neutrality status in the near future, and of the 4,000 employees working Fal cons’ home games, a designated group presides over efforts to ensure waste undergoes a thorough composting pro cess. In short, those who patronize the building can rest assured that they are part of an environmentally responsible operation.Other exciting features will include the new on-field terrace seating at the 20yard line and recently constructed team store adjacent to Gate 1, which will crank out up to 50 personalized Falcons jerseys each game. There will be a season-long focus on paying homage to military vet erans (CEO Steve Cannon is a West Point graduate who served as First Lieutenant in West Germany during the fall of the Iron Curtain) as well as to the dozens of local trailblazing schools that champion girl’s flag Blank’sfootball.AMB
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Sports + Entertain ment and the Falcons have good reason to embrace innovation at this hour: MBS, in the midst of celebrating its fifth an niversary, was just awarded the 2025 College Football Playoff (CFP) National Championship, the crown jewel event of the college football season. ì
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There’s a strong emphasis on fric tionless exchanges throughout the sta dium, which is one of the busiest in Amer ica, with a slate of Falcons games, Atlanta United FC matches, concert lineups and special events, including the SEC Foot ball Championship Game and Peach Bowl (one of this year’s College Football Playoff semifinal games). The Aug. 15 practice was one of several testing days during which a select group of fans was able to utilize cutting-edge technology to enjoy “friction less entry” into the stadium by having a biometric fingerprint of their face double as their ticket for admission. It’s an im pressive feature — no scanning of tickets or taps of the iPhone — and, along with the novel food and beverage markets driv en by contactless monetary transactions, serves as a testament to the organization’s commitment to innovation.
The Falcons’ open practice on Aug. 15 provided fans with a rare chance to catch a glimpse of their team in-person before the season kicks off on Sept. 11.
With an appropriate surname for his first big league team, Jake Fishman had a solid MLB debut last month for the Miami Marlins.
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Although his major league career was short-lived, it’s certainly possible that Fishman could be back with Miami when the club visits Atlanta during La bor Day weekend. MLB rosters expand on Sept. 1, and the rebuilding Marlins are not exactly loaded with ace pitching. But regardless of whether he pitches another frame for a big-league team (he is a free agent after this season), Fishman’s legacy in Union College athletics — and Jewish baseball history — is secure.
“From the first day I ever had him [Fishman] on Union’s campus, he told me he was going to be a Major League Baseball player,” recalls Mound. “I’ve told many people that are friends of mine that when I wrote ‘Jake Fishman’ on my line up card and I wrote the number ‘1’ next to it for position, I flat-out knew we were winning. I’ve never, ever had that feeling with anybody else I’ve ever coached.”
“He’s such an incredibly great per son,” raves Mound, who now undoubt edly has a helpful recruiting tool in Fish man’s successful journey. “He would give perfect strangers at least a minute of his time to shake a hand. Words can’t ex press how proud I am of him as a human being, forget about a baseball player.” ì
Jake Fishman’s Improbable Rise to the Big Leagues
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By David Ostrowsky It may be a depressing reality, but it’s no secret that for every guy who spends a day on a big-league roster there are hundreds of thousands of ballplayers who never make it. So, when 27-year-old southpaw Jake Fishman, a Union College alum and career minor leaguer origi nally drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in June 2016, learned earlier this summer that he was getting promoted from the Miami Marlins Triple-A affiliate Jackson ville Jumbo Shrimp to the organization’s parent club, it was, naturally, a “pinch me” moment.Butwhat made it even more surreal was his Union College background. As Union’s longtime baseball coach, Paul Mound, says about a school known more for producing presidents (Chester Ar thur) than MLB players (the last alum to play in the big leagues was Bill Cunning ham, who retired from the Washington Senators in 1912), “You don’t go to Union College to be a Major League Baseball player.”And yet, when Fishman, who, as a standout pitcher from Sharon, Mass. (he attended the suburban community’s Temple Klal Yisrael’s Hebrew school and had his bar mitzvah at the synagogue) was passed over by big-time college pro grams and initially recruited as a center fielder, arrived at the Division III school’s bucolic campus in fall 2013, he knew he was big league material — as a pitcher. While he wasn’t exactly pounding the strike zone with blistering fastballs (his two-seamer topped out in the low-80s), when he took the hill for the Dutchmen as a freshman the following spring, he had a nifty sinker and curveball that compensated for the lack of velocity. A few springs later, Fishman, now a junior, was reaching 90 mph with his heater while continuing to flummox oppos ing lineups with his fluttering off-speed pitches. By season’s end, he was boasting a microscopic .41 ERA, and there were more MLB radar gun-toting scouts than fans in the stands at chilly games in up state Schenectady, N.Y.
Speaking to the Atlanta Jewish Times a few weeks after the call-up, Fish man, who pitched for Team Israel during the Tokyo Games last summer, acknowl edges that he was a bundle of emotions during the whirlwind experience.
“There’s a ton of moments where you’re like, ‘What am I doing with my life? Why am I here on this 12-hour bus ride and getting paid basically noth ing?’” he recalled. “There’s been multiple points across my career where I was like, ‘Maybe I’m just not good enough.’ It’s a long journey,” admits Fishman, who also happens to be a true techie (among his many projects is a self-created app that converts the audio from a MacBook Pro so that it populates on the Touch Bar).
“It’s a lot of both [anxiety and excite ment],” Fishman said, “it was going back and forth between anxiety and excite ment, but mostly excitement. I finally made it. Now I’ve got a chance to pitch against big leaguers. It kind of felt very similar to back in college when I was fac ing Division III guys, and then I’d go play in the summer ball leagues. You kind of had that similar feeling of like, ‘Obvi ously they’re better, but it’s still the same game. And if you make good pitches, then you get them out.” Indeed, Fishman made plenty of good pitches in his official MLB debut during the series finale on July 31. Called in to relieve starter Pablo Lopez in the top of the third inning with two runners on and two out, Fishman calmly elicited a fielder’s choice grounder from Mets star Francisco Lindor to end the inning. It was a solid debut — 3.1 innings of onerun, four-hit ball — but it didn’t hinder the Marlins from designating Fishman for assignment after the team’s 9-3 loss and putting him on waivers, leading to his ultimate demotion back to Jackson ville.“That’s kind of what I expected to happen — just watching historically how the Marlins operate,” admits Fishman, who was selected by the Miami Marlins in the minor league phase of the Rule 5 draft in December 2020, four years after leaving Union a year earlier to join the Blue Jays Fishman’sorganization.spectacular ascent from the Union Dutchmen to the Miami Mar lins is a most improbable success story. From finally cracking the roster of an elite amateur summer league team (he pitched one game for the Wareham Gate men of the venerable Cape Cod League before getting drafted in 2016) to the in terminable minor league bus rides, there were moments when Fishman wondered if, perhaps, he could have made better use of his degree in managerial econom ics.
A native of Sharon, Mass., Fishman is hoping to get called back to the club in Miami before entering free agency this winter.
The grand plan came to fruition on the evening of Thursday, July 29, when Fishman was called into his Triple-A manager’s office and promised a one-way plane ticket to Miami the next morning. He was getting promoted to the Mar lins, but not necessarily activated, per haps just designated to be a reserve on the club’s taxi squad. After being told to “Give us a little time, we’re still figuring some stuff out” by coaching staff for Jack sonville and Miami, Fishman was sum moned into Miami skipper Don Matting ly’s office a couple hours before the team was slated to begin a three-game series against the NL East-leading New York Mets. Indeed, he would be activated for the weekend series at LoanDepot Park.
Israel is still important to her son, Nu riel. He hopes to one day compete in the Mac cabiah Games or even enter try-outs for the Israeli national team.
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Nuriel Shimoni-Stoil says he signed up for the track team “by accident” when the At lanta Jewish Academy restarted its program in February 2021. Eighteen months later, the 13-year-old placed 10th in the country at the USATF Junior Olympics National Champion ships, which took place in Sacramento, Calif., on July 25. He competed in the pentathlon, which is the middle-school equivalent of the decathlon and consists of five different events: the 100-meter hurdles, shot put, long jump, high jump and 1500-meter run, all on one day.Shimoni-Stoil’s mother, Rebecca Stoil, recalled that when her son signed up for AJA’s track team the school didn’t even have a track, and had only one hurdle. “He used the hurdles at Dunwoody High School and we bought a shot put and he used YouTube” to learn how to throw it, she said. “This has all been kind of ad hoc. He fell into this sport. It had never occurred to him to do track and field and all these different events.”
AJA Student Ranks 10th in U.S Track & Field
“We don’t want to be pushy parents,” said Stoil, including her husband Nir, who works in e-commerce and represents Israeli artists. “It’s important to do something you love.”She noted that school sports are so high ly competitive. “I was never good at sports. I was a highly competitive writer,” said the for mer Times of Israel journalist who was born in Arlington, Va., and made Aliyah in 2002. “I got stuck in Israel because of 9/11. I was sup posed to fly back [to the U.S.] on Sept. 12. I had already met my husband and had been plan ning to make Aliyah.”
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Stoil may not be a pushy parent, but she is obviously proud of her eldest. “It’s really cool watching my son [compete] at track,” she said. “It’s the most collegial sport I have ever seen in my life. They actually clap for each other.”
It’s not that Shimoni-Stoil had an aver sion to other sports; he plays basketball, football and soccer. But the Jerusalem-born athlete attributes his agility, strength and stamina to the five years he spent training in ballet with the Peabody Preparatory Institute in Baltimore, where the family lived before moving to Atlanta in 2019. Stoil, a former journalist in Israel and now an instructor of political history at Clemson University, recalled that her son had stopped taking ballet lessons because of CO VID. Track is a “fairly COVID-friendly sport,” she said.Nuriel seemed unstoppable once he be gan competing in track and field. He tried ev ery event he could, even through the Atlanta Track Club. “He woke up this spring and real ized that track is really a thing,” his mother said. He participated in eight different events at this year’s Metro Atlanta Athletics Confer ence championships in May, where he was awarded one gold and two silver medals. Then he decided to focus on multi-events — track lingo for the decathlon, heptathlon and pentathlon. He competed in the Georgia State Championships for pentathlon in June and qualified with a second-place finish to advance to the Region 4 Championships. On July 7, Shimoni-Stoil competed in the region al championships in Rock Hill, S.C., where he finished in second place, taking one of only two regional qualification slots for the na tionalNurielchampionships.isjustentering his fourth year at AJA. In another year, he can start training for decathlons, which include pole vaulting. His sister is not interested in running, although he has been trying to convince her to start, while his younger brother is “profoundly un interested in sports. He prefers tap dancing.”
Enes Kanter Freedom and Ryan Turell enjoy a moment with campers during the multifaith hoops clinic held at Sinai Temple in Los Angeles earlier this month. // Photo courtesy of Jennifer Dekel
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The genesis of the clinic, which con sisted of an hour of drills and scrimmages followed by a panel discussion featur ing Freedom and Turell, moderated by Rabbi Erez Sherman of Sinai Temple, oc curred back in late June at the Interna tional Religious Freedom (IRF) Summit in Washington, D.C., when Freedom — a devout Muslim and political dissident of Turkey who has been exiled for speak ing out against President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, had a chance encounter with Omar Qudrat, founder of the Muslim Co alition for America and a child of Afghani immigrants who grew up on Los Angeles basketball courts, who was looking for a splashy name to headline his clinic.
Certainly, the one-day clinic at Sinai Temple provided many such children the opportunity to pursue their dream of becoming NBA players. It was a glorious event, and while it’s not easy to pinpoint one single moment that encapsulated the spirit of unity and camaraderie in the gymnasium, Freedom recalls: “There was this one moment where I got the rebound, I dribbled the ball, I passed it to a Jewish kid, who crossed someone over and passed to the Muslim kid, and then he scored. While he was get ting back on defense, they high-fived each other. It was a beautiful moment. I would like to see more of these, not just in L.A., but all over America.” ì
By David Ostrowsky Enes Kanter Freedom is one busy man.Currently a free agent still hoping to land a spot on an NBA roster this coming fall, the veteran big man (and one of the league’s most outspoken critics of social justice issues, particularly those concern ing Chinese politics) may have played his last pro basketball game. But he has com pensated for any lull in basketball activ ity with a globetrotting tour in which he has served as the headliner for multifaith basketball clinics, including one held at Sinai Temple in Los Angeles earlier this month.The Aug. 10 clinic, which was cohosted by the Muslim Coalition for Amer ica (who have formed exemplary partner ships with the Los Angeles Dodgers and Golden State Warriors) and Sinai Temple, the oldest and largest Conservative Jew ish congregation in the greater L.A. area, brought together over 100 student-ath letes of various faiths from first through eighth grades and included not just Free dom but also former NBA All-Star James Donaldson and Yeshiva University basket ball standout Ryan Turell.
Less than a week before the Sinai Temple clinic, Freedom had wrapped up his week-long Enes Kanter Freedom Unity Basketball Camp at the Jerusalem YMCA, which included dozens of Jewish, Muslim, Christian and Druze children ages 10-15, as well as the Auburn University men’s basketball team. For the already well-trav eled Freedom, whose upbringing included time in Switzerland, Turkey and Southern California — following a year at the Uni versity of Kentucky before his NBA career took him to Salt Lake City, Oklahoma City, New York, Boston and Portland — the Is rael camp afforded him the opportunity to make a long-awaited trip.
“He [Qudrat] invited me over for this beautiful event,” says Freedom, who has emerged as one of the most prominent human rights activists in North American professional sports. “I immediately was like, ‘That is the one thing that I’m actu ally looking for in America to do.’”
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“People from different religions, dif ferent cultures came and we had an amaz ing time,” Freedom told the Atlanta Jewish Times the day following the clinic. “We learned a lot from each other.”
“I’ve never been to Mecca before, but Israel, especially Jerusalem, was definitely the most holy place I’ve ever been to,” says Freedom, who had aspirations of becom ing an astronaut before the basketball gig worked out. “I went to visit Old City. It was just so beautiful. It literally takes you back like 2,000 years ago. It’s pretty much a time traveling [experience]. You get a taste of all this religion and culture in oneHeplace.”alsocouldn’t believe how similar Israeli food and songs were to what he was accustomed to in his homeland of Turkey.“Iwent to Shabbat dinner there and the one thing about Shabbat dinner that is my favorite is that every Friday there is like a Thanksgiving dinner happening in one of the houses. It was like a feast. I’m definitely looking forward to going back.”Before he returns, there are more multifaith basketball clinics to run state side. As his now good friend Qudrat knows, religion doesn’t enter into running a pick-and-roll or executing a fast break.
“I think sports is the greatest equal izer and it’s America’s superpower,” says Qudrat. “My favorite part [of the event] was seeing Christian kids, Muslim kids, Jewish kids, white kids, Black kids, kids from Afghanistan, Iran and so forth and so on, all together and not thinking for one second about any of those things I just mentioned.”Especially for children of parents who have emigrated from their home lands and are going through the arduous process of adjusting to a new culture, the playing fields (or hardtop courts) can be a sanctuary.“Lotsof children of immigrants don’t have all kinds of programs and don’t get enrolled in Adidas and Nike camps,” adds Qudrat, a distinguished attorney and for mer U.S. Department of Defense official who ran for Congress from California’s 52nd district. “It’s going to be your own journey in finding what sport you like.”
dorm rooms and apartment balconies I would scan the sky as storms advanced toward my location, the intervals between flash and clash growing shorter. Seeing si multaneous bolts of lightning shooting in opposite directions was a particular thrill. I still enjoy watching storms. Indeed, as I start this column, I can hear rum bles of thunder from several miles away. Thunder upsets Bru, the senior of my two canine assistants, who routinely deposits himself on my office floor. Any rain that spares me the added ex pense of watering our garden is welcome. In the main, this has been a productive season.As usual, the raspberry crop was stunted by the shading of the kiwi vines. The blueberries were not the size that you buy in the grocery store, but tasty none theless. The blackberries were plentiful. The report from the garden box is mixed. We continue to share our bounty of cherry tomatoes. We’ve harvested sev eral Romas, but despite multiple plant ings, stalks grew without the hoped-for globe and beefsteak varieties. The dill, parsley and, particularly, basil served us well. I used our basil while making pesto for the first time. I like to mato sandwiches (a Southern favorite ad opted after many years) and mixing pesto with the mayonnaise perked up the flavor. I have found new uses (in eggs, for example) for our yield of banana peppers. The green bell peppers were good-sized and we had one plant decorated with a smaller red variety. I don’t like eggplant but our one plant turned out a few beauts. My first-time pesto was matched by my wife’s successful pickling debut. She began with red onions, cucumber slices, cherry tomatoes and okra, then added ba nana peppers and carrots. Regular readers know of our annual attempts to grow sunflowers. When this year’s efforts failed, we planted elephant ears, which have grown large and sway like fans in a breeze. As for those kiwi vines, I trim that monstrosity regularly. It retaliates by growing shoots in places I cannot reach. The basketball backboard continues to tilt, its base no longer fully on the ground, pulled by cord-like vines that seem intent on toppling the stanchion. The latest development is a vine that evaded our attention by winding its way around the leg of a wrought iron chair, sliding through openings in the seat and table and then snaking its way up the pole before curling around a spoke of the um brella.We have named it Seymour. (Before fans of “Little Shop of Horrors” suggest otherwise, the name Audrey holds a posi tion of greater prominence in this house hold.)I already have begun removing the non-producing tomato plants to make room for winter crops, likely lettuces, beets, carrots, maybe broccoli or cauli flower.This column will be published as I make my annual pilgrimage to the cabins in the woods by the lake. There is brush and foliage to cut and my brother has left me an exterior wall of the larger cabin, which is in need of a fresh coat of green paint. Unless there are whitecaps on the lake and the wind is blowing briskly in toward the rocky shore of our cove, I will take out a kayak as often as possible. My days there are always too few, but we must return before Labor Day. Once upon a time, conventional wis dom held that political campaigns did not kick into high gear until after Labor Day. Those days are gone, along with the value of conventional wisdom. The 2022 midterm election season began in earnest the day the 2020 season ended. Political campaigns are year-around enterprises, leaving no rest for a politics-weary public (never mind the reporters who cover the races).A spotlight again shines on Georgia, particularly because of its gubernatorial and U.S. Senate races. The airwaves and internet already are inundated with polit ical advertising and more — much more — is coming. Tens of millions of dollars in campaign contributions already have rained on Georgia and downpours of mil lions more can be expected before elec tion day on the first Tuesday in November. From now until then, my forecast is for more sound and fury, and more heat than light. When I return from the woods, there will be plenty of storms to watch. ì
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Our people today have simply forgotten how to be self-motivated, self-sufficient, self-less and bound together into social units. Instead, we are self-important, self-interested, self-righ teous and standing alone. We have a super-exaggerated sense of personal importance in a world that doesn’t reward but absolutely stomps on such individualism. We need strong interpersonal relationships, marriages and families to be able to endure life, and we don’t have them today.
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Unfortunately, that powerhouse has rapidly decayed into the humongous welfare state re quired today to take care of our helpless and life-less citizenry of all ages.
If it were only true that sappy story, we like to talk about how generations Y (Millennials) and Z have been standing on the shoulders of their Boomer and Xer parents, and Boomers and Xers in turn have been standing on shoulders of their parents. Nobody is standing on anybody’s shoulders today.
Today, we clearly have a problem of young adults well into their 20s and 30s still tethered to their parents’ homes and purse strings and unable to make it on their own. In my own home, Bank of Dad and the extra room in Dad’s house get regular use by adult children in mid- and late-30s in temporary need or real crisis.
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Jew-hatred is a mortal threat to the working-class, as workers today increasingly seek to use our unions to fight employers’ attacks on wages and working conditions. We cannot rely on the government, or the Democratic and Republican parties which both aim to shore up the profits of the capitalist class, to defend Jews and working people. The only way to truly begin to end Jew-hatred is for working people to take political power out of the hands of the capitalist class and form a workers and farmers government. In Cuba, working people have set an example with their socialist revolution, protecting the rights and community institutions of Jews from the beginning. The alternative to that course is fascism and barbarism.Antisemitism in the U.S. working-class has greatly declined, largely a biproduct of the im pact of massive civil rights battles in the 1950s and 1960s. Opposing Jew-hatred today is crucial for working people to effectively face growing capitalist decay and war in coming years. We urge unions to join all those speaking out whenever acts of Jew-hatred occur.
The truth is, Boomers, Xers, Millennials and Zers are all badly slumped on the backs of ancestors going back a dozen generations in this country or in the countries the ancestors im migrated from.
The only way we can live at all securely and comfortably going forward is to learn how our ancestors built this country. And to do that, we must study our nation’s history and the laws, ethics and spiritual values our ancestors lived by that enabled them to build the economic and ethical powerhouse that came to be the United States of America.
I extend solidarity to Samantha Strelzer at Emory University. Her strong stand against Jewhatred sets an example for all of us. Acts of Jew-hatred are increasing worldwide, including here. It is crucial to respond to any expressions of Jew-hatred, no matter how seemingly small. And regardless of whether it comes from the anti-Israel ‘left’ or ultra-rightist forces.
In Solidarity, Lisa Potash, Socialist Workers Party candidate for U.S. Senate
However, lack of economic self-sufficiency is only the surface problem. Forget twenty-first century children and grandchildren in perpetual need. Parents and grandparents are them selves still living off the considerable social, economic, and political capital supplied by their far distant ancestors who actually knew how to live democracy day to day.
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Scapegoating of Jews grows during deepening capitalist crisis, to try to keep people from seeing that the root of the devastation bearing down on working people, and increasingly on the middle class as well in coming years, stems from capitalism itself.
Congregation Bet Haverim instituted a health covenant, a Brit Briyut, almost as soon as the pandemic began. The covenant affirms the commitment of congregants to protecting one another and abiding by the health and well-being protocols, as they are updated.
October 3, 5:30pm Family Friendly Kol Nidre Service: Bringing the beauty and spirituality of the traditional service, this abbreviated service is designed for those with earlier bedtimes. A child friendly exploration of the melodies and themes of one of the most sacred and beloved services of the Jewish year.
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gregations are entering the High Holy Days with a mixed sense of excitement and trepidation.Formany,services will be returning to something far more similar to what they were before the pandemic began, though three years of pandemic plan ning has left everyone altered, in one way or another.“So‘Ma nishtanah, ha-shanah hazeh,’ is that right?” asked Congregation Bet Haverim’s president, Lauren Rich. There’s no question that this year is different than other years, to quote the famous Passover question, and perhaps for Bet Haverim more than most. This is the congregation’s first holiday sea son without musical director Gayanne Geurin, and the first with their brandnew rabbi, Rabbi Mike Rothbaum. Rothbaum hopes to bring with him a greater sense of engagement with the High Holy Days, organizing a daily blow ing of the shofar for the entire month off Elul (something new to the congre gation), as well as an experiential, con versational-based class for the month. Nevertheless, in the midst of these prepa rations, he’s still on the lookout for any potential pitfalls.
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We believe that we each hold a divine spark of light inside of us, whether we ’ re total novices in Jewish prayer and study or we come from years of experience. We bring our full selves here, and we invite you to bring your whole self, too. The community is welcome at these High Holiday Events:
“We have to make sure that we have backup plans, and backup plans to the backup plans, and follow the data, al ways, always, always,” Rothbaum said. “It’s being able to be nimble, adaptable, turn on a dime, ‘hey, does the choir need masks, does everyone need masks, do we have to go from 900 to 600, do we have to go back to online?’ And we’re working on reinforcing our electronic infrastructure. We want to make sure that everyone on Zoom can see and hear, but also be seen and be heard. We don’t want any secondclass citizens in davening.” This, the question of not only pre serving the overall health of the con gregation but of integrating each con gregant in the ways that work best for them, remains for many shuls the most pressing lesson and challenge of the pan demic.It was certainly one that Congrega tion Or VeShalom took to heart. When
September 17, 8pm Selichot & Havdalah : an evening concert with Rabbi Lauren, Dr. Amy, and our davening team (Jeff Nemhauser and Drew Cohen) to prepare our hearts and souls for the melodies of Selichot and the High Holy days includes havdalah and desserts at Or Hadash.
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“Challot that you were making,” interjected Rabbi Hearshen, “and I was mak ing onion spread, so each of us made something and then we would go each week and deliver to people.” Kofinas nodded. “I re member one of our congre gants lives up in Alpharetta,” he continued. “Of course, at that point, we’re all wear ing masks outside and ev erything. She thought I was the Amazon delivery person dropping something off. She couldn’t understand why I didn’t just knock, leave the pack age and leave. When she saw and recognized who I was, she said, ‘What are you do ing up here?’ because it was surprising. But it was really about reaching out to people and meeting them where they Otherare.” congregations, such as Temple Beth Tikvah, are also focusing on reach ing their congregants both where — and when — they are. “As we’re coming into this year, we’re only having a single traditional service, but what we’ve done differ ently is creating different types of ser vices for different cohorts of individu als that take place in different locations around our campus,” Rabbi Alexandria Shuval-Weiner told the AJT. “For many teens, it’s hard for them to take off school. Instead of saying ‘you have to be at shul be cause that’s what you do,’ we’re trying to meet them where they are,” she ex plained. “So we’re doing lunchtime spiritual offer ings for them, that will also be outside, under a beautiful setting. So if a student can be with us all day, and they can flow through services, that’s great, and if a student can only pop over for lunch, they will be warmly welcomed.” Like Rothbaum, one of Shuval-Wein er’s biggest takeaways was flexibility. “Pivot,” she advised her colleagues. “Pivot and create lots of options.”
“The feedback we got almost universally was that people enjoyed the shorter services,” says Rabbi Daniel Dorsch of Congregation Etz Chaim. “So now we’re trying to find the happy medium, and I think we’ve done that this year.”
Rabbi Josh Hearshen joined the syna gogue in July 2020, the pandemic had just gone into full swing, and he and Executive Director Adam Kofinas were trying to find a way to reach congre gants who were, for the most part, stuck at home.
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The congregation is also taking the opportunity to adjust where their ser vices can take place. Prior to the pandemic, services were split between the synagogue and the church next door. Now, many of the services — including the youth ser vices to be led by Rabbi Ko nigsburg — will take place down the road at The Weber School, which will provide more“Anotherroom. reason for the switch was that Weber had an outdoor space that the church didn’t really have for what we needed,” said Konigsburg, “and now that we have that partnership with Weber, it provides new Executive Director Rabbi Yitzchok Tendler, of Congregation Beth Jacob, said, “We really try to be accommodating to people who may be at a disadvantage and need to be careful around germs and crowds.”
The staff at B’nai Torah seem to be following the same“Onadvice.thefirst day of Rosh Hashanah, I think there are …” began Rabbi Joshua Hell er, who paused to count on his fingers, “something like seven different services on first day Rosh Hashanah where you might have a chance to come and hear shofar and get some inspi ration and participate in prayer, from our full-on tra ditional service to family op tions, to alternative options. So our congregants and oth ers who want to become a part of our community are really able to find what will inspire and connect them the best.”
“One of the things we started during COVID was — my first year here — we put together bags that people had either picked up or taken to their houses with lots of Rosh Hasha nah at-home resources, and we did that again last year, and we’re continuing that,” Hearshen said. “We’re gonna have Rosh Hashanah bags either picked up or delivered to people’s houses.”The pair found these mishloachmanot-esque bags to be extremely helpful for their outreach. “At one point, we were delivering challah ev ery week to a dozen or so congregants,” said Kofinas.
Rabbi Adam Starr, of Congregation Ohr HaTorah, is excited about returning to in-person prayer. “I’m really looking forward to being back with that full, strong energy of lots of people coming together to pray in person,” he said.
Even Orthodox syna gogues such as Congregation Beth Jacob, although they do not stream services, saw a greater use in remote view ing technologies. “Everyone is now much more comfort able using technology,” ex plained Executive Director Rabbi Yitzchok Tendler, “es pecially our older members, who may have otherwise not been motivated enough to learn to use Zoom or oth er interfaces, so a lot of our (weekday) classes are being offered with a Zoom option now.” Tendler also spoke to the mental bal Rabbi Josh Hearshen, of Congregation Or VeShalom, will be packing Rosh Hashanah bags again this year, a tradition he and Executive Director Adam Kofinas began during the pandemic.
Congregation B’nai Torah is offering a plethora of options this year, including youth services led by Rabbi Hillel Konigsburg, traditional services led by Rabbi Joshua Heller and alternative services led by Rabbi Elizabeth Breit.
Marty Gilbert, the shul’s executive director, says the pandemic “caused us to really look at the service and see where we could change things up, and do things differently” before explaining how it also dem onstrated what they needed to maintain. “I know we had moved the Yizkor service a year ago, and found we real ly needed to keep it where it had always been. It gave us a chance to evaluate what our congregation wanted from a traditional point of view, to what else we could look at and change up a little bit. But in reality, things are go ing to look very, very similar (to before the pandemic),” he explained.
The return to (mostly) normal is also something that Rabbi Adam Starr, of Congregation Ohr HaTorah, is excited about.“I’m looking forward to a real fullfledged High Holy Days experience with lots of people coming in to pray together, which is something I think we missed, certainly two years ago, and some during last year,” he said. “I’m really looking for ward to being back with that full, strong energy of lots of people coming together to pray in person.” In the past two years, many of their congregants had services outside in tents, but this year all services will be indoors. “In general, we’re pretty much back to what we were doing pre-COVID,” Starr explained. “The only dif ference, and this probably has as much a function to do with growth as much as COVID, is that we used to have our secondary service in the Beit Midrash, which is a smaller space, and we’re moving that to the social hall.”In fact, many syna gogues are predicting much bigger crowds than they’ve had before, which has not only been driv ing a lot of changes in venue, but also re inforcing the technological shifts caused by the“Itpandemic.usedtobe that we were using every nook and cranny of our sanctuary,” said Rabbi Konigsburg. “I think one of the things that has changed with the pan demic is I think there are people who are able to have a meaningful experience from their living room, and that has taken some of the pressureB’naioff.”Torah was one of a few synagogues to begin streaming services in part due to the pandemic. This also included fellow Con servative synagogue, Congregation Etz Chaim.“Part of my mission as a rabbi has been to make Etz Chaim an inclusive community,” said Rabbi Dorsch, “and in many ways, with people still feeling a little uneasy about the pandemic, and also having portions of our community who are home bound or elderly, I realized what an important part the livestreaming plays in mak ing our community more inclusive.”Many other, mostly Re form synagogues, which had been streaming before the pandemic, spent some effort upgrading the technology they already had in place. “We are looking for ward to seeing our members this year and at present are happy and optimistic that our members will be attend ing in greater numbers in person,” said The Temple’s executive di rector, Mark Jacobson. “At the same time, our concurrent virtual offerings will be robust and of high quality, utilizing our new audiovi sual technology system.”
“Part of the pandemic is we’ve been having very serious conversations about how to streamline our services,” said Rabbi Daniel Dorsch of Congregation Etz Chaim. “The feedback we got almost universally was that people enjoyed the shorter services. So now we’re trying to find the happy medium, and I think we’ve done that this year.”
30 | AUGUST 31, 2022 ATLANTA JEWISH TIMES SYNAGOGUE GUIDE opportunities that we’re excited about.” Shuttles will ferry congregants back and forth between the two locations. With the youth services led by Rabbi Konigsburg, the traditional services led by Rabbi Heller and alter native services led by the congregation’s newest rabbi, Rabbi Elizabeth Breit, the synagogue will offer close to twice the number of service options as they did before the pandemic.Othersynagogues have taken the opportunity pro vided by the pandemic to slow down and reconsider or shorten parts of their High Holy Days services.
Rabbi Shuval-WeinerAlexandria , of Temple Beth Tikvah, preaches flexibility during the High Holy Days. “Pivot,” she advises her colleagues. “Pivot and create lots of options.”
Prior to the pandemic, services at B’nai Torah were split between the synagogue and the church next door. Now, many will take place down the road at The Weber School, which will provide more room.
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ì ancing act that many shuls are now fac ing. “We really try to be accommodating to people who may be at a disadvantage and need to be careful around germs and crowds,” he said. “So, on the one hand, we try to balance our capacity for them and do whatever possible; on the other hand, we’re satisfied and happy that we’re in a place where we’ve returned more-or-less
Bet Haverim’s new rabbi, Mike Rothbaum, said, “We have to make sure that we have backup plans, and backup plans to the backup plans, and follow the data. … It’s being able to be nimble, adaptable, turn on a dime.”
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At this point, almost all congrega tions are mask-optional, although many either offer mask-only seating/services — including The Temple and Congrega tion Beth Jacob — or are encouraging masking.
“We have kept it as being an option, with reminders that we are a community and we have to take care of one another. But we did not feel like we had to go back to requiring masks,” said Rabbi ShuvalWeiner. “That being said, they’re out ev erywhere when you walk in the door.”
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The anniversary celebrations culminate in a congregational trip to Israel in early June and a unique “TKE Phones Home” party shared between those in Israel and East Cobb. “This pilgrimage is a chance for our community to celebrate our 40th anniversary alongside Israel’s 75th anniversary.” explains RabbiTempleSernovitz.Kol Emeth looks forward to the next 40 years and beyond, providing a unique and inclusive environment in which to seek meaningful spiritual growth and Jewish learning, to strengthen ties to Jewish life and practice, and to build relationships that last a lifetime. You can join this thriving community and learn more at Temple Kol Emeth at https://www.kolemeth.net. Follow them on Facebook at @TempleKolEmethMariettaGa.
to normal. It helps us appreciate that things are volatile and can change from week to week.”
of the 40th Anniversary Steering Committee, Sarah Thalheimer and Ryan Singer, both second-generation members of TKE, are planning a range of engaging activities to commemorate the year. “We want this anniversary to reach every member of our congregation. We were astonished to discover we have over 110 families who have been with us for 25 years or more! From an 80s Dance Party to a Storytelling Weekend with Scholarin-Residence Rabbi Gary Zola, Executive Director of the American Jewish Archives, to a commemorative community art installation, it is going to be a tremendous celebration of TKE!” explains Thalheimer and Singer.
Larry Sernovitz remarks, “This community is truly special. Forty years is a long time, and we are thrilled for the opportunity to honor that past as we continue to grow and welcome our second-generation families, our new-to-East Cobb families, and all who are seeking an inspired Jewish life.” Rabbi Sernovitz is passionate about the intersection of faith and secular life, dedicating his career to inspiring individuals and families to create sacred moments in their lives. “We want to make sure,” continues Rabbi Sernovitz, “that everyone in our community recognizes the value of reaching this 40th anniversary milestone.”AsJodi Roberts, Board President, explains, “We want our families, our young people, to be proud of who they are. This means understanding our history and the history of the community in which we live. I am excited to lead the congregation in this celebratory year and to be a part of building for theCo-chairsfuture.”
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One synagogue handling this is sue with particular care is Bet Haverim, which instituted a health covenant, a Brit Briyut, al most as soon as the pan demic began. The covenant affirms the commitment of congregants to protecting one another and abiding by the congregation’s health and well-being protocols, as they are “Whileupdated.we intend to keep our doors open, as we always have, to anyone without the requirement of a ticket, we will likely re quire online reservations to be made, because we have the Brit Briyut,” said Lau ren Rich, the congregation’s president. “Anyone who shows up will have to be in agreement with that Brit Briyut, that covenant of mutual wellbeing.”For Rabbi Rothbaum, the Brit Briyut is just one thing his congregation is doing to address a challenge that much of the Jewish community is facing these High Holy Days. “My biggest concern,” he said, “is how do we look despair right in the face and say ‘Forget You,’ so our theme, this year, is going to be ‘In sist On Hope.’” In speaking to Atlan ta’s rabbis and cantors, it seemed that this is what ev ery congregation is doing: insisting on hope for both change and consistency, for old traditions and new, hope for the High Holy Days and hope that we have gained something worthwhile from these past three years. “We keep taking the les sons of what we gleaned, and what was most important and moving on, going for wards,” said Rabbi ShuvalWeiner. “I don’t think there’s too much going backwards anymore.”
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In recent years, numerous Atlanta congre gations have taken advantage of federal funds authorized by Congress for the NonProfit Security Grant Program. In fiscal year 2022, $250.15 million has been made avail able nationwide. Rabinowitz and Under wood assist congregations in making grant applications, which are handled by the Georgia Emergency Management Agency. The Federation’s com munity security program is a joint effort with the Secure Community Network, a na tionwide Jewish security group established by the Jewish Fed erations of North America and headquartered in Chicago.
Heading into the High Holy Days, Rabi nowitz’s greatest concern is “making sure that everybody in the entire community has the necessary situational awareness, of everything going on around them and that they don’t hesitate” to notify law enforce ment or synagogue staff if they see some thing that appears out of the ordinary.
Deputy Security Director Bryan Underwood assists congregations in making grant applications for federal funding through the Non-Profit Security Grant Program.
The January 2022 hostage-taking in side a synagogue in Colleyville, Texas, drove home the need for congre gations to hone their exist ing security protocols and hardware. In Atlanta, that included enhanced security training not only for congre gation staffs, but also for lay leaders and Rabinowitzcongregants.saidthat he and Bryan Underwood, the deputy security director, have conducted security as sessments at all of Atlanta’s synagogues. In addition, significant numbers of Jew ish Atlantans have taken advantage of in-person and online training in “situational awareness” and “countering active threats.”
That means more peo ple walking to synagogue, more people driving to synagogue, more people in the pews (even as many con gregations provide services online, as well) and a height ened attention to security inside and outside the buildings.
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“Specific to Atlanta, there’s no elevated threat level other than what we’re seeing nationwide,” Neil Rabinowitz, community security director for the Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta (JFGA), told the AJT.
Rabinowitz estimated that three-quar ters of Atlanta’s congregations now hire offduty police, who provide a visible deterrent, whether stationed outside or inside a synagogue
being reviewed and implemented at syna gogues throughout the Atlanta area. For many of Atlanta’s approximately 40 congregations, in-person attendance at Rosh Ha shanah and Yom Kippur services will be the highest since 2019, when the High Holy Days fell three months before the COVID-19 novel coronavirus was identified in the United States.
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Rabinowitz estimated that two-thirds of Atlanta’s congregations have participated in such training. Of those that have not, none are averse to such training, but have yet to schedule a session, he said. The final online program is planned for Sept. 13. Any one interested in the program should con sult the security page on the JFGA website.
“I think with antisem itism, we, as a synagogue, go back 30-plus years of having a security officer, courtesy of some graffiti we had 30 some-odd years ago. Security concerns are always looked at and taken seriously. For example, one thing we do is have an open-door policy, but at the same time, we require for security purposes that everybody have a ticket ahead of time for the High Holidays. So that’s one thing we do from a security standpoint, that everyone who comes in we know who they are, we’ve got the information on them. As much as we’d like to say, ‘leave the doors wide open, and everyone can come in, no tickets required,’ we’re unfortunately liv ing in a time where that’s not realistic,” said Adam Kofinas, executive director of Congre gation Or Security,VeShalom.particularly cameras and communications systems, can be expensive.
Neil Rabinowitz, community security director for the Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta, estimated that three-quarters of Atlanta’s congregations now hire off-duty police officers.
“As much as we’d like to say, ‘leave the doors wide open, and everyone can come in, no tickets required,’ we’re unfortunately living in a time where that’s not realistic,” said Adam Kofinas, executive director of Congregation Or VeShalom.
Security procedures are being reviewed and implemented at synagogues throughout the Atlanta area.
As for his High Holy Days plan, Rabi nowitz said that he will be in his office, mon itoring the security situation across Jewish Atlanta. ì
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Rabbi Daniel Dorsch, senior rabbi of Congregation Etz Chaim in Marietta, said, “We have a very dedicated team of lay people in the congregation who have been working on addressing security matters. Not just newly, but for years, decades at this point. So we are a pretty well-oiled machine when it comes to addressing security. We also have a wonderful relationship with the Cobb County sheriff’s office. Many of the sheriffs serve as our security.”
Rabinowitz also cited the visibility of information about when and where con gregations hold services as a security is sue. A “members-only” link on a website, along with posting a welcome that invites non-members to call the synagogue for in formation, is preferable to information eas ily accessible outside of the Jewish community, he said.
“We have a spectacular security com mittee in place that is in constant contact with the Federation security people, and law enforcement, and we’re very comfort able with whatever steps they decide to take. We have volunteers who will be ushers and also keeping an eye on se curity matters. We’re pretty comfortable with the way things are, and we’re very happy with our partnership with local law enforcement,” said Rabbi Yitzchok Tendler, executive director of Con gregation Beth Jacob, which is located in the Toco Hills neighborhood.Rabinowitz also lauded the security cooperation the Jewish community has re ceived from police and sher iff’s departments through out metro Atlanta. “There’s a great awareness on the part of law enforce ment,” he said. “They stress often, ‘We want to help. We’re here to help.’”
Rabinowitz, a 22-year veteran of the Federal Bureau of Inves tigation, took up the Atlanta post in May 2020. Underwood, who came to the JFGA in July, spent 25 years with the Bureau, including as assistant special agent in charge of the Louis ville, Ky., field office. While paid by the JFGA, they technically are employees of SCN.
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Rabbi Hillel Norry Assumes Snellville Job
The rabbi incorporates a number of spiritual traditions: ancient practices, contemporary mediation, rituals and a talent for music, including guitar and harmonica. He also has a black belt in Taekwondo, practices marksmanship and is a vegetarian chef. After graduating from the Jewish Theological Seminary, he served as a pulpit rabbi at Conserva tive congregation Shaare Zedek on the Upper West Side in New York City and locally as senior rabbi at Shearith Israel, “an egalitarian, Conservative synagogue located in Intown Atlanta,” according to its website.When asked about his assuming a position at a Reform congregation as a Conservative rabbi, Norry says, “I have considered myself a more universal rabbi for many years and haven’t been a member of any rabbinical organization since 2015. I was trained at a Conserva tive seminary and served Conservative shuls, etc. But I’m not only a Conser vative rabbi. I can be a guide, teacher and rabbi for Jews of any stripe and for people of other faiths as well. What kind of rabbi am I? I’m the kind of rabbi that [it] takes more than five seconds to de scribe. I’m not limited by denomination or dogma. I’m a teacher, a rav, an artist, a warrior and a sage. I can’t wait to get started.”Despite their differences, Norry be lieves that the different streams of Juda ism flow from a common source. “I think we will get to know each other’s prefer ences pretty quickly, and while I’m excit ed to bring my kind of Torah to them, I’m not looking to come and change it all up,” he said of the Snellville shul. “They have a great community and I want to help them make it better. There will likely be some differences to be navigated, but I think they will be few and far between.”
In particular, the rabbi admires Temple Beth David’s strength in having a small, growing community — composed of some 60 families — in which everyone matters. “When you are there, people no tice. And when you are not, they notice, too,” he said. “They have a strong identity and are open and receptive to new Jew ish teaching and guidance. And they are a singing congregation, which loves and appreciates music in worship. That is part of what makes us a good match.” Citing a lack of financial support, the congregation currently employs no pro fessional staff and relies on lay cantorial soloist for Shabbat services. But Norry is nothing if not optimistic about his new pulpit.“We have a full-size sanctuary, and a small but adequate property in a growing area,” he said. “Come check us out. We have room for you!” ì
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Temple Beth David’s membership numbers approximately 60 families.
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“There was nothing [available] re gionally, and I was just settling into the idea of not having a pulpit again,” Norry recalled. “Then I saw an ad from a na tional, non-denominational rabbinic job site and one thing led to another. Within a month, I had applied, interviewed and accepted the offer. Note there are new emerging ways that are outside of the traditional denominational pipelines.”
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After interviewing with the search committee and meeting with the full board, “We both felt like it was meant to be, and [that it was] a very good fit for both of us,” Norry reported. His commit ment is currently for two years, includ ing two Shabbatot a month, High Holy Days, educational offerings for both kids and adults and lifecycle events.
Since the transition of Rabbi Jesse Charyn to a new role in Miami, Snell ville’s Reform Temple Beth David has found a match in local Conservative Rabbi Hillel Norry, who had recently served in two interim positions and was open to trying another.
Norry expects to have a formal in troduction to the congregation in late fall. Asked about the scope of his duties he replied, “I am their rabbi. The respon sibilities for shabbat are parttime, but I’m their full-on rabbi.”
Rabbi Norry is known for his eclectic spiritual background, versatility and for being a bridge-builder.
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Rabbi Hillel Norry is a lifelong musician, playing guitar and harmonica. Temple Beth David in Snellville, known as “singing congregation,” made for a good match.
One member of Shaarei Shamayim, Israel Peljovich, is a master cabinet mak er. He once went to one of his suppliers and noticed a set of wooden doors lying in disrepair. Struck by the Jewish stars on the doors, Israel took them to his shop, where he refurbished and fashioned them into an aron kodesh — a holy ark — for the Sometimeshul. later, Peljovich traveled to Toledo, Spain, and to his amazement, dis covered an identical pair of doors adorn ing a church! Israel realized that this church had once been a shul. At that mo ment, everything became clear: the doors he had rescued and refurbished must have been part of a Spanish shul dating back before the Inquisition. They stand in silent testimony to the attachment of Jews to Torah and mitzvot throughout the ages, proclaiming that this spirit of commitment is still alive at Congregation ShaareiRabbiShamayim.MarkHillel Kunis has served as the congregation’s rabbi since its in ception 22 years ago. Now he is seeing it through the transition from a Traditional to a Modern Orthodox congregation. The services won’t change; the shul has al ways used the Orthodox ArtScroll siddur and chumash, and the Koren machzor. Only the mechitzah, the divider separat ing men from women during services, precluded its classification as an Or thodox institution. Several months ago, Rabbi Kunis decided to take the plunge and incorporate a full mechitzah into the shul.“This is something I’ve wanted to do for a long time,” Rabbi Kunis says. “When we moved to our current location six years ago, we had a proper mechitza dav ening Friday night and Saturday night.
Rabbi Mark Hillel Kunis, who has served as the congregation’s rabbi since its inception 22 years ago, is seeing Shaarei Shamayim through its transition from a Traditional congregation to a Modern Orthodox one.
It has become challenging to find af fordable housing in the Toco Hills neigh borhood. “But,” Rabbi Kunis posits, “there is a whole area nearby in back of the shul, including Childerlee Lane, waiting to be settled by religious Jews. The homes are more available and affordable, affording a perfect opportunity for expansion of the Jewish community.”
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Two stately mahogany doors, inlaid with ornate design and a gold Jewish star, tell a remarkable story. It is an old story, dating back hundreds of years. A story of warmth and acceptance, of vibrance and commitment to a Torah lifestyle. It is the story of Congregation Shaarei Shamay im and the resilience of the Jewish people throughout the ages.
Now we have a proper mechitza for all services. Thankfully, our members have welcomed the transition.
Rabbi Gurevitz also volunteers at the Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville, where he coordinates holiday programs and regular patient visitation.
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Years ago, Rabbi Kunis had mem bers of his congregation residing on these small streets off North Druid Hills Road. “Streets like Knob Hill Dr., High Haven Ct. and Berkeley Lane were once a Jewish area,” Rabbi Kunis recalls, “and they can be once again.” Currently, many young Orthodox families are seeking alternatives to La Vista Road, and Shaarei Shamayim antic ipates accommodating this constituency.
“What has happened over the years is that our general membership has not grown significantly despite strong efforts by the membership committee and Exec utive Board,” Rabbi Kunis continued. “It is my hope that our location in the heart of the Orthodox community will attract new members in search of connection.”
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Rabbi Kunis beams with joyful anticipa tion.The expansion of Shaarei Shamay im is exciting. A special pathway has been constructed to connect Childerlee to the shul and is wheelchair- and stroll er-accessible. In addition, construction of a brand-new playground is in progress. The shul will also host Shabbos groups, keeping the children productively occu pied while their parents attend services.
“We hope to have a daily minyan by the time the construction of the apart ments is finished,” says Rabbi Kunis. The congregation is proud of its di versity. All Jews are welcome — Ashke nazi, Sephardic, African American, Latin, Asian, et al. And with the mechitzah in place, they hope to draw even more posi tive energy from the Orthodox commu nity. With their knowledge and strong background, they can supplement the shul’s daveners, gabbai and Torah read ers, helping Shaarei Shamayim build a solid foundation for the future.
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“To some extent, Shaarei Shamayim as a full-mechitzah shul will be a great selling point to the 337 apartments being built next door. The new residents will have a much better chance of finding a home in walking distance of a shul — our shul!”
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“My overarching goal,” Rabbi Kunis concludes, “is for our doors to be open to all Jews, no matter how lost they may feel. In time, I hope they will find Shaarei Shamayim is their home, a place they can live life to the fullest, connect with G-d and discover their essence and who they can become.”
Breit said that she immediately clicked, both with the rabbis and the congregation. “I really loved the depth of the place, the depth of tradition, the deep well of knowledge,” she said of B’nai To rah. “I think it’s pretty rare to find that sort of depth of knowledge with the same commitment to inviting everyone and it being open in a particular congregation al space.”Breit says that she hopes to work to preserve and expand this inclusivity.
B’nai Torah’s new rabbi, Elizabeth Breit, chats with congregants at the congregation’s Back Together Bash.
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“During the pandemic, a lot of peo ple who were going to retire postponed retirement,” explained Rabbi Hillel Ko nigsburg, who has transitioned from as sociate rabbi to rabbi and director of life long learning. “Once the pandemic was here to stay, and people started feeling more comfortable retiring, there were a lot of synagogues that were looking and that complicated the process.”
Both Heller and Konigsburg said they were excited about the experience and spiritual perspective that Breit will bring to the congregation.
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“First of all, we want to make sure we have enough clergy that we can serve the needs of everyone in the congregation,” said Senior Rabbi Joshua Heller, “and with engagement specifically, we really wanted to make sure that members of our congregation and the larger commu nity had many opportunities to feel con nected to each other.”
Rabbi Breit is uniquely suited for forging these kinds of connections.
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Rabbi Breit will serve as the congre gation’s rabbi of engagement, connect ing on a more individual level with con gregants and helping with community outreach.
“Some people don’t connect very well, aurally, or visually, or any style of learn ing, or different ways of showing up so cially — I want everyone to feel like they have a way in and not to feel any shame or guilt,” she explained.
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She spent several years utilizing those skills and following one of her other passions, cycling, as a guide for the bike tour company Backroads, leading tours through France, Croatia, Costa Rica and Israel, before eventually returning to the U.S. for rabbinical school. Unfor tunately, that was also the time the pan demic“Inhit.the depths of COVID, when I moved back from Israel to New York, I almost quit the rabbinate, because CO VID was so isolating and being a rabbi in COVID was so isolating, and I thought, ‘this is absolutely horrible,’” Breit ex plained. “And then I ended up taking an internship and being a rabbi at the Yale Hillel for the past academic year […] and I loved that. I loved building those rela tionships.”Inthe meantime, B’nai Torah, along with many other Conservative syna gogues across the country, was running into some difficulties in their search for a new rabbi. “There were more synagogues nationally looking for clergy than there were graduates,” said the shul’s executive director, Natalie Sarnat.
For one of the fastest-growing synagogues in Atlanta, with over 830 member families, the need for a rabbi in this role has been clear for some time.
“She is well described by her name. She is very intelligent, and she brings some skills that we were really looking for,” said Heller. “We ended up seeing three strong candidates … I think we got the right person for this job.” ì
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Born in Brooklyn and raised in a Re form family, Breit attended Yale, where she studied a wide range of topics — in cluding architecture, neuroscience and Arabic — before semi-settling into re ligious studies. She applied her love of language here, writing her senior thesis on bilingual Hebrew/Arabic education in Israel, focusing on religious identity at the bilingual school Yad B’Yad. She then spent a year there for a fellowship, studying linguistic identity. Then came divinity school, where Breit focused on chaplaincy. At the time, she had thoughts of becoming a mediator.
Thankfully, B’nai Torah was able to interview several candidates, includ ing one who had applied a little later in the process, at the suggestion of her JTS teacher.
It also didn’t help that Conserva tive seminaries were restructuring the way that synagogues were allowed to interview candidates. “It used to be a little more structured,” said Heller, “this year they removed the restrictions, so it was really: whoever you saw first, there was no guarantee you were going to see someone else, and a lot of congregations did not get rabbis this year.”
By Robert Garber After months of interviews and de liberations, Congregation B’nai Torah finally introduced its congregation to their newest rabbi, Rabbi Elizabeth Breit, during her welcome weekend shabbat services on Aug. 19 and 20.
“I think that’s also part of my love of languages,” she said, “helping people un derstand each other when they’re speak ing different cultural, emotional, linguis tic, sociological, spiritual languages.”
Chabad of Toco Hills is a young and vibrant shul that opened in 2016. CTH is open to people of all backgrounds, with a special focus on young families. Join CTH for services, family holiday celebrations, youth classes and men’s and women’s events.
MACoM is a community mikvah that pro vides a safe, sensitive, welcoming, halachic and beautiful environment for Jewish ritual immersion and conversion, Torah aware ness, healing and wellness. CHABAD Chabad of Athens-UGA 1491 S. Lumpkin Street, Athens 30605 www.jewishdawgs.com706-369-1289
Chabad prides itself on creating a home away from home for Jewish students at Georgia Tech and Georgia State. Through diverse and dynamic programming, Chabad offers weekly Shabbat services and dinners, trips, social events, and engaging Jewish educational opportunities.
Preschool, Hebrew school, Shabbat din ners, and adult education are available at Congregation Beth Israel, located together with Chabad Forsyth. High Holidays with this list of Synagogues located around Jewish Atlanta. Shuls are listed by Denomination.
Chabad Lubavitch of Georgia 5065 High Point Road, Atlanta 30342 www.chabadatlanta.com404-843-2464
Serving Jewish Atlanta’s south side, Chabad of Peachtree City offers Shabbat services, holiday programs, classes for adults and children, hospital visits, lifecycle events, and one-on-one guidance.
Atlanta Rabbinical Association is a profes sional organization for local rabbis. ARA is led by Rabbi Alexandria Shuval-Weiner and Rabbi Joshua COMMUNITYLesser. MIKVAH Metro Atlanta Community Mikvah (MACoM) 700-A Mount Vernon Highway Atlanta www.atlantamikvah.org404-549-967930328
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Chabad Intown provides opportunities to learn about and experience Jewish tradition and heritage through Intown Jewish Pre school, Mommy and Me, Intown Hebrew School, Intown Jewish Academy and Young Jewish Professionals.
Chabad Israeli Center Atlanta 4276 Chamblee Dunwoody Road Atlanta www.cicatlanta.com404-252-950830341
Chabad of Georgia offers youth services and programming, adult education, Chaya Mushka Children’s Preschool, special needs activities for children and adults and sum mer and winter camps.
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Chabad of Dunwoody is a center for all things Jewish in Dunwoody. From Holi day events to teen programs, Chabad of Dunwoody ensures that everyone has an opportunity to connect to their heritage in a warm, dynamic and uplifting way.
Chabad Global Network - Georgia 5180 Roswell Road Atlanta GA 30342 470www.chabadga.com433-0770
Chabad of Toco Hills 1985 Lavista Road, Atlanta 30329 www.chabadtoco.com404-337-6116
Chabad of Kennesaw’s presence spans from Kennesaw State University to local educa tion, services and more.
Chabad Emory is a space where students socialize in a comfortable home-like setting with great friends, superb food, and stimu lating discussion. Chabad of Forsyth 795 Brannon Road, Cumming 30041 www.jewishforsyth.org470-253-7111
Chabad of North Fulton serves the grow ing Jewish communities in North Fulton, including Alpharetta, Crabapple, Duluth, Johns Creek, Milton, and Roswell. Satellite offices are in Roswell and Alpharetta.
Chabad of North Fulton 10180 Jones Bridge Road Alpharetta www.chabadnf.org770-410-900030022
Chabad Israeli Center offers summer camp, winter break camp, adult education, ulpan, Judaica and more.
Atlanta Rabbinical Association 1589 Peachtree Street, Atlanta 30309 www.atlrabbis.org404-873-1731
Chabad of 471UniversitiesDowntown10thStreetNW,Atlanta 30318 www.chabaddtu.com678-304-8672
Chabad of Georgia regional headquarters serves as the comprehensive umbrella orga nization encompassing the robust network of Chabad operations throughout the state. It supports the growth of new centers, de velops resources for centralized programs, and provides the foundation for the entire region’s Chabad activities.
Chabad of Peachtree City 632 Dogwood Trail, Tyrone 30290 www.chabadsouthside.com678-595-0199
Serving students at the University of Georgia and surrounding colleges, Chabad of Athens-UGA is a Jewish student center providing social, educational, recreational, and spiritual programming for students. Chabad of Cobb 4450 Lower Roswell Road Marietta www.chabadofcobb.com770-565-441230068
Chabad of Dunwoody 4534 Village Springs Run Dunwoody www.chabaddunwoody.com347-770-241430338
Chabad of Gwinnett Chabad Enrichment Center of Gwinnett 2651 Smithpoint Drive, Suite B, Peachtree Corners www.chabadofgwinnett.org678-595-019630092
Chabad of Kennesaw 1480 Shiloh Road NW, Suite 500 Kennesaw www.chabadkennesaw.org770-400-925530144
Congregation Beth Israel 795 Branning Road, Cumming 30041 www.jewishforsyth.org470-253-7111
Serving the Jewish communities of Gwin nett and Hall counties, Chabad Enrichment Center of Gwinnett is committed to provid ing every Jew of the area the opportunity to celebrate Jewish programs that nurture connection, belonging, cultural fulfillment, and spiritual growth.
Chabad of Cobb is more than just a syna gogue. It is a home for any Jew looking for a warm and spiritual place to grow. At Chabad, everybody is welcome.
Nestled in the mountains of Northeast Georgia, Chabad of Hall opened in 2022 to create a home for local Jewish life. Its mission is to create a warm and welcom ing environment for every Jew, regardless of affiliation or background. With Holiday Programs, Adult Education, and Youth events, Chabad of Hall has something for everyone in the community.
Chabad of Forsyth is the outreach branch for North Georgia. A warm and inviting community, experience Chabad Forsyth’s events, programs, and services.
Chabad Intown 730 Ponce de Leon Place NE Atlanta www.chabadintown.org404-898-043430306
Chabad of Emory 1526 N. Decatur Road, Atlanta 30307 www.chabademory.org404-441-3199
Chabad of Hall County Gainesville www.JewishHall.com770-906-497030504
New Toco Shul was founded on the ideas that every individual has unique abilities and perspectives, that we are obligated to share our talents with others, and that our community is strongest when our members contribute to its success and well-being. Rabbinic and lay partners work together to provide a platform for sophis ticated and nuanced Torah, reflective and meaningful Tefillah, and supportive and enriching Gemilut Chassadim.
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Congregation Beth Shalom 5303 Winters Chapel Road Dunwoody www.bethshalom.net770-399-530030360
Congregation B’nai Torah’s authentic and welcoming community helps you deepen your relationships with others who share your values and with God. We are commit ted to creating modern and meaningful experiences that are based in our rich traditions. Our accredited preschool grows Jewish minds and hearts for the youngest in our community and is open to nonmembers. Join us for services any time. Our Purim, Hanukkah and Simchat Torah celebrations, as well as our High Holiday Essentials services are open to all and free to attend.
Congregation Ner Hamizrach 1858 Lavista Road, Atlanta 30329 www.nerhamizrach.org404-315-9020
ORTHODOX Congregation Anshi S’Fard 1324 North Highland Avenue NE Atlanta www.anshisfard.org404-969-676330306
Congregation Netzach Israel 1985 Lavista Road NE, Atlanta 30329 www.netzachisrael.org Email us for more office@netzachisrael.orginformation: Congregation Shaarei Shamayim 1600 Mount Mariah Road NE Atlanta www.shaareishamayim.com404-417-047230329
Atlanta’s Modern Orthodox Shul. They are a vibrant, welcoming congregation devoted to increasing observance, knowledge, and spirituality under the guidance of Rabbi Mark Hillel Kunis. We are dedicated to acts of Chesed while finding an ever increasing closeness to each other and Hashem.
With more than 110 years of history, Con gregation Shearith Israel has entered its next chapter. Shearith Israel is an egalitar ian Conservative synagogue devoted to spiritual and religious enrichment, Jewish education and community. Shearith Israel closely follows Jewish tradition while hav ing the insights of modern NONDENOMINATIONALthought.
Gesher L’Torah prides itself on catering to members, no matter their personal experi ence or background: Traditional or not traditional, interfaith families, Jewish by choice, or exploring Jewish life.
Or Hadash is an egalitarian Conservative congregation dedicated to providing a warm and welcoming Jewish environment in which to build spiritual and social con nections through prayer, learning, music and tikkun olam. We believe that a caring community is a holy community.
Congregation Beth Tefillah is a synagogue and center of learning for Jews of all back grounds. Affiliated with Chabad of Georgia, CBT’s mission is to engender a feeling of comfort and belonging in all Jews.
Kesher Torah means “connection,” and that is exactly what we are: a warm and diverse community, A Place for ALL Jews. Our mis sion is to inspire people to make themselves and their lives better through the wisdom of the Torah. Our diverse congregation fol lows Orthodox traditions.
Congregation Etz Chaim 1190 Indian Hills Parkway Marietta www.etzchaim.net770-973-013730068
www.keshertorahatlanta.org470-746-6627
Congregation Beth Itzhak 6030 Goodwood Boulevard Norcross www.facebook.com/BeitItzkhak678-200-889730093
Kesher Torah Atlanta 5075 Roswell Road NE Atlanta 30342
Congregation B’nai Torah 700 Mt. Vernon Highway NE Sandy Springs 30328 www.bnaitorah.org404-257-0537
Beth Jacob Atlanta is truly the Orthodox synagogue for all Jews. Beth Jacob aims to inspire and motivate individuals and fami lies at all levels of observance to strengthen their Jewish connection. The Atlanta Schol ars Kollel and Beth Jacob co-host study groups and workshops, presenting timely topics with a Jewish perspective.
For over 40 years, Etz Chaim has been creat ing meaningful Jewish experiences in the northern suburbs of Atlanta in East Cobb, Marietta. Our congregation is an inclusive and engaging egalitarian Conservative shul creating multigenerational connections. See why Rabbi Dorsch calls Etz Chaim “The Shul with the Neshama (soul) of the South.”
CONSERVATIVE Ahavath Achim Synagogue 600 Peachtree Battle Avenue Atlanta www.aasynagogue.org404-355-522230327
Guardians of the Torah is a congregation without walls that is open to all. Guardians of the Torah is also an organization that supports police and other public safety officers and first responders in need of spiritual support. We profess our devotion to G-d, our commitment to studying Torah.
Congregation Gesher L’Torah 4320 Kimball Bridge Road Alpharetta www.wearegesher.org770-777-400930022
The Shema Yisrael mission is to be a synagogue embracing all that is Jewish by seeking to nurture an inclusive and caring spiritual community reflecting Klal Yisrael (The Peoplehood of Israel). Shema Yisrael is dedicated to the premise that “we can wor ship G-d in holiness only as we serve one another in love.”
New Toco Shul 2003 Lavista Road, Atlanta 30329 www.newtocoshul.com770-765-7485
Congregation Beth Tefillah 5065 High Point Road, Atlanta 30342 www.bethtefillah.org404-843-2464
Congregation Shearith Israel 1180 University Drive, Atlanta 30306 www.shearithisrael.com404-873-1743
Congregation Or Hadash 7460 Trowbridge Road Sandy Springs 30328 www.or-hadash.org404-250-3338
Congregation Shema YisraelThe Open Synagogue 7100 Stanton Drive, Atlanta 30328 www.shemaweb.org404-255-7955
Guardians of the Torah P.O. Box 767981, Roswell 30076 www.guardiansofthetorah.org770-286-3477
Celebrating 130 years, Ahavath Achim Synagogue is a historical, egalitarian congregation driven by social action, Jewish continuity, culturel, arts and education.
Anshi includes a wide array of profes sionals, artisans, and academics, singles, families, Holocaust survivors, grandparents and retirees. Congregation Ariel 5237 Tilly Mill Road, Dunwoody 30338 www.congariel.org770-390-9071
An Orthodox community in beautiful Dunwoody, the Ariel family welcomes Jews of all ages, stages and backgrounds. Join us for daily minyanim, classes with rabbis, one-on-one learning, youth groups for tots to teens, as well as study groups and work shops co-hosted with the Atlanta Scholars Kollel. Our growing campus includes a modern sanctuary, social hall, tevilas keilim mikvah, and elegant women’s mikvah.
Congregation Beth Shalom is an egalitar ian inclusive, spiritual Jewish community, providing a warm, nurturing environment where we pray, learn, educate and perpetu ate Torah and Jewish values, while serving the greater community.
Congregation Beth Itzhak offers catering for all your needs under AKC supervision. Congregation Beth Jacob 1855 Lavista Road, Atlanta 30329 www.bethjacobatlanta.org404-633-0551
Congregation Ner Hamizrach was founded in 1991 to serve the spiritual needs of the growing Sephardic Jewish population in Atlanta. The synagogue is home to a warm and welcoming kehilla, steeped in the Sep hardic tradition of nusach Edot Hamizrach. Ner Hamizrach is a strong leader in the Atlanta Orthodox Jewish Community.
Congregation Bet Haverim 2074 Lavista Road, Atlanta 30329 www.congregationbethaverim.org404-315-6446
We strive to help you feel immediately at home and welcomed at Rodeph Sholom in Rome, GA. We have rabbi-led services and Torah study throughout the year for High Holidays and Shabbat. See and feel the warmth of a small congregation where you will never feel lost in a crowd, and your participation can truly make a difference. Rodeph Sholom, NW Georgia’s only syna gogue, is located midway between Atlanta and Chattanooga. Temple Beth David 1885 McGee Road SW, Snellville 30078 www.tbdga.org770-978-3916
Everyone knows that Temple Emanu-El is more than just a Reform congregation. It is a warm, caring neighborhood syna gogue focused on transforming the local community. We embody the Jewish values of audacious hospitality and authentic companionship. Together we are building a congregation of thought-leaders, spiritual seekers, and engaged Jewish change-mak ers.
Temple Kol Emeth 1415 Old Canton Road, Marietta 30062 www.kolemeth.net770-973-3533
Temple Kehillat Chaim 1145 Green Street, Roswell 30075 www.kehillatchaim.org770-641-8630
Congregation Dor Tamid 11165 Parsons Road Johns Creek www.dortamid.org770-623-886030097
Temple Emanu-El 1580 Spalding Drive Atlanta www.templeemanuelatlanta.org770-395-134030350
Congregation Or VeShalom is a Sephardic synagogue in Brookhaven. At 400 families strong, we are dedicated to the spiritual and intellectual growth of our members. Building on over 100 years of tradition, we embrace our history and envision a strong future with innovative program ming. Come and experience the Sephardic warmth, culture and welcoming commu nity.
Temple Beth David began in 1981 as the first formal Jewish presence in Gwinnett County. TBD provides a continuing spirit of worship and service that does not sacrifice the family closeness. TBD offers weekly ser vices, holiday celebrations, life cycle events and educational programs.
The mission of Congregation B’nai Israel is to welcome and to engage Jews with open minds and open hearts. We are a warm and caring multi-generational Jewish commu nity for Jews and interfaith families on the south side of Atlanta. If you’re seeking a joyful connection to the southside Atlanta Jewish community, we welcome you.
The Temple, founded in 1867, blends tradi tion with innovation to create a vibrant and warm atmosphere that is inviting to all who walk through its famous red doors on Peachtree Street. In addition to upholding The Temple’s deep-seated roots within the greater Atlanta community, The Temple’s clergy and staff have dedicated themselves to engaging with each congregant.
Congregation Ner Tamid 1349 Old Highway 41, Suite 220 Marietta www.mynertamid.info678-264-857530060
Temple Beth Tikvah 9955 Coleman Road, Roswell 30075 www.bethtikvah.com770-642-0434
Temple Kehillat Chaim, which means Com munity of Life, is a Jewish Reform congre gation located in Historic Roswell. We seek to meet the spiritual, educational, cultural and social needs of our members.
Temple Kol Emeth is home to an inclusive and diverse Jewish congregation that re spects individuality while lifting the voices of its members to strengthen the greater community. Nurture your Jewish identity with energizing and inspiring leadership, spiritual music, and engaging program ming that adds meaning in your life.
The 1589TemplePeachtree Street Atlanta www.the-temple.org404-873-173130309
Ohr Hatorah of Toco Hills 2056 Lavista Road, Atlanta 30329 www.ohrhatorahatl.org404-315-1417
Rodeph Sholom Congregation 406 East 1st Street, Rome 30161 www.rodephsholomrome.org706-291-6315
A Reform synagogue serving the Johns Creek, Alpharetta, Greater North Fulton, South Forsyth and Gwinnett area founded to create meaningful and enduring religious experiences for our members and their families. We actively welcome all families and individuals interested in participating in Jewish life and in the com munity of the congregation.
SEPHARDIC Congregation Ner Hamizrach 1858 Lavista Road NE, Atlanta 30329 www.nerhamizrach.com404-315-9020
REFORM Congregation B’nai Israel 1633 Highway 54E, Jonesboro 30238 www.bnai-israel.net678-817-7162
Temple Beth Tikvah’s proud history of inclusion, ritual, and support is paving the way to an exciting future. Get to know Temple Beth Tikvah and become a part of the rich experiences available.
Congregation Bet Haverim is a Reconstruc tionist synagogue founded by lesbians and gay men and embracing all Jews and their loved ones. Shabbat services include Erev Shabbat with music from our chorus, tot Shabbat for little ones, a chant service, and a monthly Shabbat dinner. We also offer Parent ’n’ Me and Sing ’n’ Play programs for babies, toddlers and preschoolers.
Temple Sinai is a vibrant Reform congrega tion in Sandy Springs that values lifelong Jewish learning, a warm spirit of com munity, a sense of inclusivity, and active participation in Jewish life. Our community serves as a center of Jewish life and as an extended, caring family for which we pro vide a Jewish context for life experiences.
Congregation Ner Tamid is a growing Reform synagogue serving West Cobb, South Cobb, Paulding, Kennesaw, Acworth and surrounding areas. We offer a warm, welcoming environment where we are dedicated to honoring the traditions of our heritage, while creating a Jewish experience that is relevant to today’s society.
Congregation Ner Hamizrach was founded in 1991 to serve the spiritual needs of the growing Sephardic Jewish population in Atlanta. The synagogue is home to a warm and welcoming kehilla, steeped in the Sep hardic tradition of nusach Edot Hamizrach. Ner Hamizrach is a strong leader in the Atlanta Orthodox Jewish community. Congregation Or VeShalom 1681 N. Druid Hills Road NE Atlanta www.orveshalom.org404-633-173730319
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Our mission is to inspire people to make themselves and their lives better through the wisdom of the Torah. Our diverse con gregation follows Orthodox RECONSTRUCTIONISTtraditions.
Temple Sinai 5645 Dupree Drive Sandy Springs 30327 www.templesinaiatlanta.org404-252-3073
We’re looking for a creative, colorful Rosh Hashanah illustration to be featured in Atlanta Jewish Times’ September 15 issue. Rosh Hashanah Art Contest 2022 ChildAllAgesWelcome!OneWinnerfromEachAgeGroup:(0-14)&Adult(15+) Deadline to submit is September 6thwww.atlantajewishtimes.com/RH_ART_2022Winnerswillrecievetickets to Zoo Atlanta!
HOLIDAY FLAVORS
Ben and Kirk Halpern with Chef Patrick Cherches with fresh Top Paddock lamb loins (left) and fresh Norwegian salmon (middle and right) for the Rosh Hashanah holiday.
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Kirk Halpern, founder and CEO of Farmers & Fishermen along with his son, Ben, have been very busy fulfilling the endless orders for salmon, lamb and traditional items for the Jewish Holidays.
By Robyn Spizman Gerson
“At Farmers & Fishermen, we have a passion for sourcing from small farmers and fishermen the freshest and highest quality meat and seafood to both our restaurant partners and valued home delivery customers throughout our community,” Halpern told the “RoshAJT.Hashanah
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Honey and Horseradish Glazed Norwegian Salmon
allows my son, Ben, my wife, Lori, and me the incredible op portunity to help other Jewish families enjoy home-cooked meals that are wholesome and delicious with an emphasis on having a sweet new year! Whether it be with our fresh Top Paddock lamb loins or fresh Norwegian salmon flown in directly from our partners at Leroy Seafood, our original recipes focus on sweet natural ingredients like figs, pomegranates, and honey — all of which highlight our whole some proteins in the sweetest way possible! We look forward to incorporating our own home-grown figs from our garden into our Rosh Hashanah cooking and hearing and seeing how your family made your holiday meal extra special by tagging us @farmersandfishermenpurveyors! Hap py Rosh Hashanah and ‘have a sweet new year’ from our family to yours.”
Honey and Horseradish Glazed Norwegian Salmon (makes four servings) Glaze: 1 tablespoon horseradish, drained 1 teaspoon ground ginger 2 teaspoons molasses ½ cup Manischewitz honey 2 tablespoons creole mustard Salmon: 2 tablespoons olive oil Kosher salt ground white pepper 4 (8 oz.) Norwegian salmon filets To Finish: 1 tablespoon fresh chopped dill Directions: In a small bowl, mix the ingredients for the glaze until thoroughly combined. Set aside.Pat salmon filets dry and season with kosher salt and ground white pepper. Place a 12” nonstick skillet over medium high heat. When ready, add 2 tablespoons of olive oil and then gently place the salmon in the pan to sear, presentation side to the pan. Without disturbing, cook for 2-3 minutes to create a nice crust. Gently turn the salmon filets over and reduce heat to medium low. Add the honey glaze and cook 3-4 minutes longer. As the glaze reduces, gently spoon a little over the top of the salmon. Remove the salmon from the pan and transfer to warmed plates. Add fresh chopped dill to the pan and spoon the sauce over the salmon to finish. Serve with sides of choice (I really enjoy Garlic Parmesan Roasted Fingerling Potatoes with this dish).
12 scallions, halved lengthwise and cut into 1½-in. segments
Arrange the sweet potatoes on a serving platter. Heat the remaining oil in a me dium saucepan over medium heat and add the green onions and chile. Fry for 4 to 5 minutes, stirring often to make sure not to burn the chile. Spoon the oil, onions and chile over the sweet potatoes. Dot the figs among the wedges and then drizzle over the balsamic reduction. Serve at room temperature. Crumble the cheese over the top, if using.
Herb-Roasted Top Paddock Australian Lamb Loin with Fig and Pomegranate Sauc
1 cup pomegranate molasses juice of half a lemon
Maldon sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
For the Sauce: 2 tablespoons olive oil 1 cup thinly sliced shallots (2-3 large shallots)
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Directions: Preheat the oven to 475 degrees Fahrenheit. Wash the sweet potatoes, halve them lengthwise and then cut each half again similarly into 3 long wedges. Mix with 3 tablespoons of the olive oil, 2 teaspoons of salt and some black pepper. Spread the wedges out, skin side down, on a baking sheet and cook for about 25 minutes, until soft but not mushy. Remove from the oven and leave to cool down. To make the balsamic reduction, place the balsamic vinegar and sugar in a small saucepan. Bring to a boil, then decrease the heat and simmer for 2 to 4 minutes, until it thickens. Be sure to remove the pan from the heat when the vinegar is still runnier than honey; it will continue to thicken as it cools. Stir in a drop of water before serv ing if it does become too thick to drizzle.
Recipe provided by Chef Patrick Cherches, Farmers & Fishermen Purveyors
1 red chile, thinly sliced 6 ripe figs, quartered 5 oz. soft goat’s milk cheese (optional)
1 tablespoon chopped fresh mint 1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
Meanwhile, place the chopped mint and parsley on a plate. When the lamb has seared, remove from the pan and transfer to the plate with chopped herbs. Roll the loins in the herbs to coat then transfer the lamb loins to a roasting rack on a baking sheet and let them cool for a couple of minutes. Roast the lamb until an instant-read thermometer inserted in the thickest part of a loin registers 125 degrees to 130 degrees for medium rare, or 130 degrees to 135 degrees for medium. Transfer the lamb to a cut ting board and let it rest for 10 minutes. Slice the lamb 1/2 inch thick and serve with fig and pomegranate sauce. For the Sauce: Heat 2 tablespoons of olive oil over medium heat. Add the shallots and sprinkle lightly with salt. When the shallots are lightly browned, add the figs. Stir in the pome granate molasses, lemon juice and thyme. Stir in salt and pepper to taste. Let the sauce cook until it is syrupy. Before serving, whisk in the butter.
By EliIngredients:Brafman
Roasted Sweet Potatoes and Fresh Figs
6 ea. fresh figs, stems removed, quartered
Ingredients (makes 4 servings) For the Lamb: 3 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil 3 garlic cloves (crushed)
2 boneless top paddock lamb loin (12 to 14 oz. each), trimmed
Directions: Preheat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit. Pat the lamb loins dry and season with salt and pepper. Heat 3 tablespoons of oil in a 12-inch skillet over medium-high heat until shimmering hot. Add crushed garlic cloves and gently place the lamb in the pan to sear. Cook the lamb, turning once, until two sides are nicely browned, about 2 min utes per side. (Since the loins are so small, sear only the top and bottom; you don’t need to bother with the sides.)
4 small sweet potatoes, 2¼ lbs. 5 tablespoons olive oil 3 tablespoons balsamic vinegar 1½ tablespoons fine sugar
2 teaspoons thyme leaves 1 tablespoon butter cut into cubes/slices
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Sauce Ingredients: 2 bottles soy sauce juice of 3 ½ lemons 1 teaspoon dry mustard dash of Leah & Perrins sauce dash of dry wine dash of oregano dash of vinegar 1 stick of butter or equivalent parve margarine
10 Roma tomatoes 1 bunch of chopped parsley
1 teaspoon of cumin 1 tablespoon of crushed red pepper
Directions: Ideally, grill the eggplant over an open flame, either on a grill or on stovetop burn ers. So much of the flavor comes from the smoke from the char you get from the open flame. Make sure you fork-spear the eggplants prior to grilling them. Grill eggplants until they are well-charred and deflated. Let them cool and slit them open to scrape out theCutpulp.tomatoes in half lengthwise. Toss in olive oil. Place on a cookie sheet flat sidedown with the skin up and sprinkle with kosher salt and black pepper. Roast in the oven at 350 degrees for 15 minutes. Peel and discard the skins. Rough chop tomatoes.
By CarolIngredientsNemo: 4 Cornish hens, about 1¼ lbs. each 1 cup undiluted apple juice concentrate, thawed ½ teaspoon cinnamon 1 tablespoon cornstarch 3 lemon slices Salt, pepper Directions: Wash hens and arrange in pan. In saucepan, combine apple juice, cinnamon and cornstarch. Mix till smooth.
Ingredients: (or canned pulp)
By Geoff Melkonian Geoff Melkonian, founder of Breadwinner, is ready for the holidays. “We are hap py to share our Roasted Eggplant Dip with the community,” he said. “My chef, Niyazi Mesta, and I are both of Turkish (and in my case also Armenian) descent. We take our Mediterranean and Middle Eastern foods very seriously. Whenever we can, we incor porate a recipe from this part of the world into our menu. It really is so delicious on its own or used as a dip or spread. I prefer to enjoy it spread on a piece of fresh-baked pita bread from our friends at Eli Pita. Or you can enjoy it on a cracker, bagel chip or pita chip. I’ve even used it as a sandwich spread or on a falafel. We recommend roast ing fresh eggplants. However, you could use 3 lbs. of canned eggplant pulp. You can find it in the international aisle of your grocery store or from specialty markets such as the Buford Highway Farmers Market. One final step at the end once you’ve plated/ bowled the eggplant dip is zesting the skin of a fresh lemon on top prior to serving your crowd. We hope you enjoy it as much as we do.”
In a large mixing bowl, add eggplant pulp, chopped tomatoes and all other ingre dients. Whisk to your desired texture. Serve cold or warm.
Roasted Eggplant Dip from Breadwinner Holiday Cornish Hens HOLIDAY FLAVORS
Directions: Rub lamb with garlic, salt and pepper to taste. Dust with generous amount of Bascom’s or comparable lamb rub seasoning. Baste with all the sauce ingredients. Roast 400 degrees in hot oven for 15 minutes; then reduce heat to 325 degrees for 30 minutes per pound, with the largest part of the lamb facing up.
Roasted Holiday Lamb
1 tablespoon of dried thyme 1 tablespoon of paprika
1 tablespoon of minced fresh garlic ½ cup of lemon juice ½ cup of olive oil salt and pepper
By Iris Wynne Iris Wynne likes to change up traditional brisket and chicken entrees with this roasted lamb recipe.
1 tablespoon of dried parsley
Add lemon slices. Cook and stir over medium heat till thickened. Brush glaze over hens.Roast for an hour at 375 degrees, or until fork-tender, basting several times dur ing cooking.Letrest for a few minutes, then cut in half and arrange on platter surrounded by cherry tomatoes and lemon slices. Serves Delicious8. and healthy!
1 whole lemon for zesting
10 whole eggplants
ForIngredientsfrittatas, yields 12 1 cup zucchini, small diced 1 cup yellow squash, small diced ¾ cup red onions, small diced ¾ cup colored peppers, small diced 4 cups fresh baby spinach 12 grape or cherry tomatoes, halved ¾ cup feta cheese, crumbled ¾ cup cheddar cheese, shredded 11 large eggs ¾ cup heavy cream 1 tablespoon Extra Virgin Olive Oil 1 teaspoon salt ¼ teaspoon pepper
Blend eggs, heavy cream, 1 teaspoon of salt, and 1 tablespoon of basil oil (set aside remaining basil oil to garnish later) until smooth.
Directions Preheat still oven to 325 degrees Fahrenheit.
Supplies
Individual Farmer’s Market Vegetable Egg Frittatas
Garnish before serving: Drizzle ½ tablespoon of basil oil onto each frittata, top with a small bundle of sundried tomatoes. Add leftover fresh basil flowers and cherry tomatoes to garnish.
1 tablespoon PAM spray or butter ½ cup sundried tomatoes in oil, julienned 7 tablespoons basil oil For basil oil, yields 1 pint 5 ½ cups fresh basil 1 clove fresh garlic ¾ cup Extra Virgin Olive Oil ¾ cup vegetable oil 1 teaspoon salt ¼ teaspoon pepper
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To make frittatas: Heat 1 tablespoon of olive oil in a large sauté pan on medium/high heat. Add the zucchini, yellow squash, colored peppers and red onion. Sauté for 4 minutes. Add baby spinach and sauté for 2 more minutes until spinach is wilted. Remove from heat and cool vegetable mixture on a sheet pan.
To make basil oil: Boil a large pot of salted water (water should taste briny). Prepare a large bowl of ice water and place near stove. Blanch basil by dropping it into boiling water for 3 seconds then immediately shock in bowl of ice water. Squeeze all excess water out of basil. Blend basil, 1 teaspoon of salt, and remaining ingredients in an electric blender.
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LargeOven sauté pan Large Electricpotblender (immersion or countertop style) 12 4-oz. foil ramekins or 12 cup non-stick muffin pan
Lay out 12 foil cups on a half sheet pan and grease each cup with PAM spray or butter. Divide the vegetable mixture, feta and cheddar evenly into each cup. Top off with egg mixture leaving about ¼ in. of space. Add 2 tomato halves into each cup. Bake for 15 minutes or until set. Let frittatas cool for about 10 minutes before removing from baking tin. Serve warm or refrigerate to serve the next day. To reheat: Preheat still oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Heat uncovered 10-15 minutes or until warm.
By Added Touch Catering Breaking the fast is elevated to the next level and can be ready in no time with these make-ahead frittatas. What we love about these “farmer’s market” egg bakes is that you can truly add any veggies or cheeses to the base (aka ... clean out your kitch en!) but we are happy to share our “added touch” for making this brunch favorite!
½ teaspoon ground cinnamon ½ cup pecans 1 teaspoon grated ginger
1 tablespoon brown sugar
By Sandy Bailey
Directions: Place the soft butter into a mixing bowl with the sugar. Mix the butter and sugar for 3 minutes.
Congregation Etz Chaim member Sandy Bailey, known for her bountiful High Holy Days meals, includes this relish to lighten up her table.
Ingredients: 1 bunch or bag of fresh Brussels sprouts 1-2 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil Salt and pepper to taste Directions: Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Line a cookie sheet with foil and spray with cooking spray. Cut off the bottom ends of Brussel Sprouts. If leaves fall off, keep on tray or dis card.Place sprouts on tray and drizzle with olive oil. Toss and sprinkle with salt and pepper to taste. Place in oven for about 25
By Stephanie Anchor
Oven-Roasted Brussels Sprouts HOLIDAY FLAVORS
By Terri Hitzig
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Terri Hitzig, known for her passion for baking, recently returned to Atlanta from Chattanooga, where she was a pastry chef at Bluff View Art District. Now, with Terri’s Kitchen Table, she specializes in such High Holy Day delicacies as chopped liver, hon ey cake, apple cake and “anything else you might crave” with a custom order. Check her out at www.terriskitchentable.com or follow her on Instagram and Facebook.
Relish
Sandy Springs resident Stephanie Anchor makes this easy, healthy side dish to compliment her entrees.
Apfelkuchen: German Apple Cake
Add the eggs to the mixture one at a time and blend. Add in the salt and baking powder. Add the pecans and ginger. Mix in the flour. Mix all together. Peel your apples, cut into slices. Heat up your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Prepare a springform with a circle of parchment paper at the bottom. Pour the batter into the mold and spread evenly. Arrange your apple slices on top. Sprinkle the cinnamon and brown sugar over the apple slices. Be sure to put a cookie sheet under your springform pan. Bake the cake for about 40-50 minutes or until the cake is golden on the outside and baked on the inside. Test if it is done by inserting a toothpick. If the toothpick comes out clean, it’s baked through.
salt 2 teaspoons baking powder 2 cups all-purpose flour 3 apples, medium- to large-sized (Honeycrisp or Braeburn)
Ingredients: 2 sticks room-temp butter 1 cup sugar 3 ¼eggsteaspoons
Cranberryminutes.Walnut
Serves 6 Ingredients: 1 orange 2 cups fresh or frozen cranberries (8 smalloz.) can mandarin oranges ½ cup sugar ¼ cup chopped walnuts Directions: Grate the zest of half of the orange in a medium saucepan, then squeeze in all the juice.Add the cranberries, sugar and walnuts and cook over a medium heat. Stir oc casionally until the mixture thickens and the cranberries begin to pop. About 10 min utes. Cool and serve.
Ingredients: small head of red cabbage, shredded ⅓ cup chopped scallions ⅓ cup sunflower seeds 3 cups shredded carrots 11-oz. can of mandarin oranges handful of dried cranberries
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Directions: Combine milk and sugar in a medium saucepan over medium-low heat, stirring frequently. In a separate bowl, sprinkle the gelatin evenly over the surface of the cold water. Set aside to hydrate. When the milk mixture is hot to the touch or 140 degrees Fahrenheit, whisk in the hydrated gelatin until fully dissolved. Remove from the heat. Stir in the heavy cream and vanilla, saffron and cardamom. Divide the mixture among 6 heat-proof ramekins or small glasses. Place in the fridge to chill for at least 6 hours or overnight. (Cover loosely with plastic wrap, if desired.) Serve with crushed pistachios and rose petals. Enjoy within 3 days.
Red Cabbage Salad
Directions: Put the cabbage, etc., into a large plastic bag and set aside. In cruet or jar, mix the dressing and shake thoroughly. Pour on slaw and let the flavor seep in for at least an hour.
By Susie Dworkin Weiss
Saffron Panna Cotta
Avocado Toast
Oil balsamic vinegar kosher or sea salt cracked black pepper
Our take on avocado toast … only we did the toasting for you!
By Nadia Deljou Nadia Deljou is a Persian-oriented private/personal and pop-up chef who grew up in Atlanta, trained in New York, then returned here to form Delle Dining, where she curates sensory experiences at the intersection of music and dining. She also has cooking classes, a pastry and bread program and casual pop-up dinners open to the public. She describes her food as “herbaceous, bright, authentic, unique and inten tional.” Below, she offers her recipe for a very unique High Holy Day dessert, Saffron Panna Cotta. Ingredients: 1½ cups whole milk 360 mL ½ cup sugar 100g ¼ oz. unflavored gelatin (1 packet, 7g) ¼ cup cold water 60mL 1 cup heavy whipping cream 240 mL 2 teaspoons vanilla bean paste or ½ vanilla bean scraped 1-2 pinches ground saffron ¼ teaspoon ground cardamom
Dressing Ingredients: 4 tablespoons of brown sugar (can substitute equivalent of sugar substitute) ½ teaspoon ground black pepper 4 tablespoons of red wine vinegar 1 tablespoon reserved mandarin or ange½liquidcupvegetable oil 1 teaspoon chicken consommé powder ½ teaspoon garlic powder
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Ingredients: Jennifer’s Homemade Original Flatbread (Rosemary Flatbread or Salt & Pepper Flatbread for an extra kick) 1 avocado, smashed feta ExtracherrycheesetomatoesVirginOlive
By Jennifer Herckis Behar
Susie Dworkin Weiss prepares this slaw recipe hours ahead of the meal for a colorful, sweet and tart salad dish.
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Directions: Spread the smashed avocado over the flatbread. Sprinkle some crumbled feta over the avocado. Slice some cherry tomatoes and toss with extra virgin olive oil and balsamic vinegar. Sprinkle with good kosher salt and cracked black pepper.
In a large bowl, whisk together mayonnaise, pickles, mustard, onion powder, gar lic powder, salt, paprika, pepper and onion. Add cauliflower, eggs and dill and stir to combine.Cover and refrigerate 1 hour or up to 5 days before serving. Recipe provided from “Keto BBQ,” by Faith Gorsky and Lara Clevenger (Simon & Schuster, 2021)
4 tablespoons butter, room temperature 1 teaspoon brown mustard (optional) salt, black ground pepper to taste Directions: In a medium skillet, over medium heat, heat walnuts until browned and fragrant, stirring occasionally, about 5 minutes. Remove the skillet from the heat and cool off walnuts for a couple of minutes. Add warm walnuts and garlic to a large plastic bowl. Mix to marry flavors. In a medium deep pan, add red beans and cold water to cover. Bring to boil, re move from the heat, drain and give a couple of minutes to cool. Add beans and but ter to a plastic bowl with walnuts. Process everything in a bowl with an immersion (stand-up) mixer until a smooth paste. Check for seasonings and add salt, black pep per if needed. Clean up the mixer with warm water. In a medium bowl, add herring, apple, goat cheese, butter and mustard. Process everything in a bowl with the immersion mixer until smooth. Check for seasonings. Add if Cutneeded.apiece of wax paper 12x12-inch. Roll out on a kitchen counter and spread bean paste into a 10x10-inch square on paper with a spatula. Spread herring mixture evenly over bean square. Roll in with a help of wax paper. Tightly cover with paper and place on a tray. Refrigerate for several hours. Remove from the fridge, cut into circles and serve as a cold appetizer.
Directions: Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit with racks in upper and lower thirds. Spread buckwheat in a single layer on a rimmed baking sheet. Bake until slightly darkened and fragrant, 10 to 12 minutes. Let cool. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment. Combine sugar and butter in a medium pot over medium heat. Cook, stirring occasionally, until butter is melted. Remove from heat and let cool slightly. Stir in cocoa and vanilla until evenly combined. Add egg and stir until evenly incorporated. Fold in toasted buckwheat.
All recipes and photos provided by “Cooking with Yiddishe mama.” For more recipes go to www.cookingwithyiddishemama.blogspot.com.
Drop tablespoonfuls of batter onto the prepared baking sheets, spacing them 2 inches apart and flattening slightly with the back of a spoon. Top with flaky salt. Bake until shiny and dry, 8 to 9 minutes, rotating sheets front to back and top to bottom. Let cool until firm; transfer to a wire rack to cool completely. Store in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 3 days.
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Spoon evenly into the loaf pan and bake for 35-40 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean when inserted into the center of the cake. Leave in the pan for 5 minutes be fore turning out on a rack. Warm the remaining honey in a saucepan over low heat for 1 minute or until runny. Brush the warm cake with warm honey. Serve warm or cool. Store leftovers in aluminum foil, tightly wrapped. Recipe provided from “Sweet Food” by Kay Scarlett
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Ingredients: ½ cup walnut in pieces 1 can red beans (15.5 oz.), drained and rinsed in cold water
Salted Chocolate Buckwheat Thins (Yields 24 large cookies.)
1½ teaspoons baking powder 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
(Yields about 14-15 medium-sized pieces.)
Honey and Banana Loaf (Serves 8)
¾ cup light brown sugar (I used ½ cup mix of brown and cane sugars) 2 large eggs, lightly beaten 2 tablespoons honey 1 large ripe banana, cut into chunks 1½ cups whole-wheat flour
Directions: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Grease 9 x 5” loaf pan. Combine the butter and sugar in a food processor for 1 minute until lighter in color. Add the beaten eggs and process until combined. Put 1 tablespoon of the honey in a saucepan over low heat and warm for 1 min ute until runny. Add to the food processor with banana and blend until smooth. Add the flour, baking powder and cinnamon and process until well combined. If dough is sticky, add several tablespoons of buttermilk.
1 large egg ¾ teaspoon flaky sea salt
Directions: In a medium saucepan, over medium-high heat, add cauliflower and enough wa ter to cover by 2 to 3 inches. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer about 5 minutes until fork-tender. Drain and cool completely.
Ingredients: 3 cups cauliflower florets
Red Beans Roulade with Cheesy Herring Filling
2 medium cloves of garlic, minced ¼ teaspoon salt ⅛ teaspoon black ground pepper 6 tablespoons butter, room temperature Filling: 3 oz. herring pieces in wine or light oil, drained ½ medium apple, cored, peeled, chopped 2 oz. (about 50 gram) goat cheese (can be substituted on cream cheese)
Ingredients: ¾ cup buckwheat groats 1 cup packed light brown sugar (I used ¾ cup) ½ cup (1 stick) salted butter 2 tablespoons cocoa powder ½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract
Ingredients: ½ cup unsalted butter, softened
Cauliflower “Potato” Salad (Serves 6)
6 tablespoons full-fat mayonnaise 2 tablespoons finely minced dill pickles 1 teaspoon yellow mustard 1 teaspoon onion powder 1 teaspoon garlic powder ½ teaspoon salt ¼ teaspoon ground sweet paprika ⅛ teaspoon ground black pepper ¼ cup minced red onion 2 eggs, hard-boiled and chopped 2 tablespoons chopped fresh dill
Follow along to find out how BarkinLeeds expresses what is most personal to her.
// Photo Credit: Howard Mendel Photography
Chai Style Art
Jaffe: How do you decide which so cietal issues to tackle in your work?
Temme Barkin-Leeds examines the self-portraits she created when she turned 80. On the right is her acrylic on canvas, “Art Forms in Nature.”
Barkin-Leeds: My work is driven by social consciousness, but there are times that it is also extremely personal, like the selfie drawings I made when I turned 80.
In their Buckhead home, BarkinLeeds and husband Stephen are sur rounded by her compositions and art that she’s collected over decades of travel.
The media I choose is based on the needs of the project and the message it purports to convey. For example, when I was deal ing with the refugee crises, I used back grounds found in violent video games as a backdrop for photoshopped images of seated refugees as they could have been found in places like Turkey or the U.S. My work in ceramics often relates to the twodimensional work — recent “mask-like” abstract constructions refer back to my “Selfies at 80” drawings.
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ing about social issues — from violence in video games to Ukraine, art forms in nature, Syria and a myriad of other con temporary topics — the artist and art consultant is far from shy. In an uncon ventional way, some of her work places commercial images such as Hello Kitty or the Pillsbury Doughboy into paintings that contrast digital and physical reali ties.
Jaffe: As a native Atlantan, how did you get into a career in fine art?
Barkin-Leeds: Some of my first memories of art as a child were playing with crayons and making objects in clay: ashtrays or a figure of an elephant. Draw ing has always been a way to escape and allow me to focus on something outside my reality. One of the most expansive ex periences in my art-making was in grad school. Though intimidated by it, I intro duced technology, specifically software that allowed me to make animation.
While I did not follow that path after my initial work there, I found that it freed me to learn, use unconventional materi als and methods and allowed me to make more experimental work.
Temme Barkin-Leeds Creates Art with a Conscience
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“Our anniversaries usually involved pur chasing a work of art,” she says. “Most of our art supports Southern artists, but we also have a few pieces by those of nation al repute. My main studio is in a house we built 29 years ago in the mountains of North Georgia. We spend at least half of every month there, and, during COVID, were up there almost exclusively.”
Jaffe: How do you set the stage for yourBarkin-Leedscreativity?: My work first takes form in my mind and can take different times to complete. The more complicat ed ones take several months. That said, I can feel as if a drawing is complete if it was meant to be a sketch, and it may have only taken an afternoon. Pricing is always a challenge, but I usually price work based on what my work has sold for previously and increase pricing in increments as time goes on. My work, in my mind, is still considered affordable.
Above: This large depiction of a carnival night was done in glitter and gesso by New York artist Josette Urso.
Steve’s office houses mementos of his career in the General Services Administration under President Obama.
That said, what one pays is determined by how much the work speaks to you and if it is more than decoration, [something] that you want to live with and appreciate over time. I have had representation at the Lee Matney Gallery in Virginia, but sell my work directly to clients now.
Jaffe: How would you describe your homes?Barkin-Leeds: Our house in Rabun County is more inviting, especially in its color scheme (warm colors, soft edges, or ganic), whereas our collection in Atlanta is more eclectic and somewhat more dra matic. The large piece ascending the stairs is very eccentric, if not scary. It’s a collage depiction of a carnival night in glitter and gesso by New York artist Josette Urso. We have some Jewish-themed art that goes back to the 1960s. When I was an art con sultant (21 years in business), I tended to purchase art by artists we placed in collec tions or featured in changing exhibitions which I curated. I have never had a favor ite artist; being trained as an art historian (MA, Art History) as well as a practicing artist (MFA, Studio Art). I find there are many artists I respect and some who awe me — Durer, Rembrandt, Michelangelo,
Below: Barkin-Leeds’s painting, “SYR #5,” is an abstraction of an image of a site in Syria destroyed by a drone, (acrylic on canvas, 2021). She strove to achieve an electrifying green shade. In the foyer, visitors are greeted by this gold painting by local artist EK Huckabee, known for creating unique mediums. The black sculpture is a clay piece with etched surface made by Native American artist Barbara Gonzalez (Than Moo Whe Sunbeam).
Barkin-Leeds displays a wide range of talent, including this pottery and ceramics. Several of her clay pieces are on display now at the Chastain Arts Center.
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Above: Temme’s work in the guest powder room is a striking example of the way she contrasts a controversial topic like violent video games with a lighthearted Hello Kitty (acrylic and oil on Gessoboard.)
Below: Art enthusiasts Stephen Leeds and Temme Barkin-Leeds surround themselves with decades of collecting and creating. Anniversary gifts often consist of art. Left: James Rosenquist, “I C U R A TV STAR,” (color lithograph on paper, 1991)
Jaffe: Steve, your office boasts a life time of Steveexperiences. : We moved to D.C. for three years in 2009, where I served as Senior Counselor for the General Services Ad ministration under Obama. GSA is the purchasing arm for U.S. goods and ser vices. So here you see sentiments from those times. I treasure the photos of my dear friend, the late Senator Max Cle land. The red, white and blue American flag sculpture by Ab the Flagman (Roger Lee Ivens), an Atlanta based outsider art ist, is a light and patriotic touch.
CHAI STYLE Picasso. Acquiring something by Anselm Kiefer would be on our wish list.
Temme and Steve sought out a home that had a large enough vertical space to showcase this aerial view of landmasses by artist Gregor Turk. Their daughter is excited about inheriting it when they move.
Jaffe: Steve said that you have the ability to see things in different ways and particularly admires your use of color. Barkin-Leeds: Color-wise, an exam ple is my “SYR#5” abstraction of an im age of a site in Syria destroyed by a drone, where I mixed bright yellows and greens to get an electric effect. In terms of seeing things differently, I captured a photograph of my mother on my iPhone, which had the illusion of holding her in my hands. Part of that was used in my painting with shapes culled from Ernst Haeckel’s book “Art Forms in Nature.” Thus, my mother was memorial ized as she became another art form in Nature herself. ì
New Book Probes Pope’s Silence During Holocaust
Moreover, according to Kertzer, the Vatican itself “has been totally unwilling to come to terms with this history.” It was only in early March 2020, for example, that Pope Francis finally opened up the secret archives of Pope Pius XII.
As Kertzer points out, the Catholic Church at the end of World War II effective ly scrubbed clean the effects of its silence and, in the years after Pope Pius’s death in 1958, began a campaign to put the wartime pontiff on the road to sainthood. ì
In Kertzer’s opinion, Pius XII’s si lence throughout most of the war was due to his fear, even as late as the roundup of Jews in October 1943. He was fearful for the future of the church in Italy and especially with maintaining the church’s relations with German Catholics. The pope, Kertzer says, was afraid that they might interpret a campaign of hostility toward the Nazis as a reason to set in motion a major break with the Catholic Church, much as the Protestant Reforma tion had been set in motion by Martin Lu ther in the 15th century.
Kertzer’s book is the first to incorpo rate new revelations about what religious leader and officials in the Vatican did or failed to do during the war years. Among the new revelations is the response by the pope’s adviser on Jewish issues, Mon signor Angelo Dell’Acqua, to the demand that the pope should speak out publicly about the fate of the Jews in Rome.
So Pius XII ignored repeated pleas by America and its allies to take a stand against the Nazis and their genocidal campaign, which they pursued with single-minded determination in every country they occupied. Instead, the pope stayed quiet and focused his rhetoric on matters of faith, speaking in lofty tones about the virtues of peace and the “fruit of charity and justice.”
David Kertzer’s new book is a searing indictment of Pope Pius XII and the Church hierarchy. Pope Pius XII resisted repeated requests to speak out against the Nazis and fascists in Italy. Even when Rome’s Jews were rounded up in October 1943 the pontiff made no public statement.
By Bob Bahr “The Pope at War” is Pulitzer Prizewinning author David Kertzer’s searing new indictment of Pope Pius XII’s timid response to the Holocaust and the atroci ties committed by Adolf Hitler and Italian dictator Benito Mussolini. Kertzer, who teaches Italian Studies at Brown Univer sity and has previously written several well-received books about the history of relations between Jews and the Church, skillfully guides readers through the twists and turns in the Vatican’s diplo matic strategy, which largely avoided any outspoken criticism of the Nazis. Nor, for that matter was Pope Pius XII critical of Mussolini and his Black Brigades in Italy where, as the Bishop of Rome, he was the titular head of Catholic Church. Pope Pius XII said nothing publicly, even in mid-October of 1943, during the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, as German SS officers began their Judenoperation in Rome to round up and deport Italian Jews to Auschwitz. Kertzer makes clear that because the pontiff had never challenged Italy’s laws depriving the Jews of their civ il and legal rights nor spoken out against the systematic murder of millions of Jews in Europe, it was not altogether surpris ing that he remained silent while Rome’s Jews were taken from their homes. He re mained silent even as they were transport ed to the military college along the banks of the city’s Tiber River, a few hundred yards from the Vatican. Only 16 of them, according to Kertzer, survived Auschwitz. Although his book deals mostly with Pope Pius XII, who assumed the papacy in 1939, on the eve of war in Europe, Kertzer made clear in an interview that the pontiff’s silence was deeply rooted in church“Thehistory.persecution of the Jews, which began in the thirties, in many countries, including not just Germany but Italy, Po land, Romania, Hungary and elsewhere, all relied on the precedent of the Catho lic Church,” he said. “I mean, they largely duplicated the antisemitic measures that the popes themselves had put into place in the papal states for the hundreds of years that they ruled over Jews.”
“Dell’Acqua says, ‘no, we should not be protesting, not even making oral pro test,’” Kertzer said. “They weren’t even talking about any kind of public pro tests. This is all going to be private and Dell’Acqua gives us various antisemitic reasons for why they shouldn’t. He says Jews complain too much and so on. So this is all now known just because of the opening of the archives two years ago. We knew a lot. We knew, basically what the pope did or didn’t do publicly, but why he did what he did and what advice he was given and what was being said in private to him by his advisers is new.”
“He was afraid, as I found out from the documents in the newly opened Vati can archives, that if he were seen as do ing anything to end Mussolini’s regime and this helped lead to the fall of the Axis powers, German Catholics would blame him for their loss, and this would have a very negative impact on the influence of the Vatican and perhaps in Germany and perhaps produce a new schism with the Reformation still in the minds, of course, of churchmen,” the historian said.
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AJT: Was this indeed a role of a life time?Levin: It’s a great role because Shy lock is a complex character … impatient, stubborn and not always warm, but with a wry sense of humor and deep feelings. He is vulnerable, yet vengeful and hu man. Much of my life has been spent be ing the only Jew in various circles, often encountering misperceptions about my religion and culture. To have the oppor tunity to speak some of this text — “Hath not a Jew hands, organs, dimensions, senses, affections, passions? Fed with the same food … warmed and cooled by the same winter and summer as a Christian is?” — particularly in this specific the ater, in which I look into the audience’s eyes, was an extremely powerful experi ence for me. To be able to speak “as a Jew” to the audience, not just as a character, was profound.
The production, which ran for three weekends for a total of 12 performances, gave Levin only three weeks to prepare. Quickly learning lines is a skill, and Levin says she uses “mnemonic devices, espe cially when my responses are similar to other lines. In the courtroom scene, I say many lines along the theme of ‘Most no ble judge; excellent judge; O wise and up right judge.’ A line preceding one of those mentions a knife. That ‘n’ sound precedes my line ‘Most noble judge.’ Sometimes I create a slideshow of images like Mac beth’s witch’s ‘Scale of dragon, tooth of wolf, witches mummy, maw and gulf of the ravined salt sea shark.’”
Levin, who was featured in the Aug. 8 edition of the Atlanta Journal-Constitu tion for her role as Shylock in “The Mer chant of Venice” at Atlanta’s Shakespeare Tavern Playhouse, has come a long way since her modest start. The play sticks largely to the original, except for one notso-minor change: it was performed by an all-female“Merchant,”cast. which is notorious for its negative representation of Jews, “doesn’t talk so much about the Jews of the time as it does the concept in Chris tian minds of what a Jew was,” says Levin.
Levin was originally inspired by Chana Shapiro to seek out a singing career. Here she appears as the “country wench” Jaquenetta in Shakespeare’s “Love’s Labor’s Lost.”
Rivka Levin played the role of Maria in the Shakespeare Tavern Playhouse’s production of “Twelfth Night” in 2009. Atlanta native Rivka Levin added an emotional dimension to her recent role as a female Shylock in “The Merchant of Venice.”
AJT: Expound on your costuming.
“Written shortly after Marlowe’s ‘The Jew of Malta,’ in which the Jew is presented as an absolute caricature of a mustachetwirling villain, Shakespeare’s play asks the audience to acknowledge Shylock as being human as a result of the treatment he’s received, not an ingrained trait. A Jew is merely a human, just like any other … and what he becomes as a result of how he is treated is no different than others.”
By Marcia Caller Jaffe Growing up in the Beth Jacob con gregation, Rivka Levin struggled aca demically until her mother insisted that she try out for Teen Theater at the JCC. Now the actress has carved out a brilliant niche, including roles like the nurse in “Romeo and Juliet” and performing and serving as music director for the Shake speare Tavern Playhouse’s “A Christmas Carol” for the past 17 years.
AJT: How did you handle the gen der reversal?Levin : I didn’t adjust my mind set, but adjusted body language, taking one signature posture from my uncle, which helped me find other ways of ton ing down my femininity. I think it very much affected the moments of softness and sorrow that I gave this character. The lines are easily read as “angry,” but there are many colors of anger: disap pointment, frustration, masked sadness, exasperation, world-weariness. I think women are sometimes better at express ing the nuances of emotion.
Levin: I wear only enough makeup to distinguish my features under the lights and keep it fairly minimal, pulling my hair back to give a nod toward the male ness. My costume begins with a red hat, which was the “yellow star” of the time in Venice; Jews were required to wear a red hat. I wear a long-sleeved white poet’s blouse under a floor-length black robe with full sleeves, much like a graduation robe. I have a gold-and-brown brocade sash, and wear a thick, black sleeveless outer robe over this ensemble. Yes, it’s very hot.
Strangest role: Starring as a hoopskirted harpist in rapper Killer Mike’s show “Trigger Warning” on Netflix. In her spare time: Levin sews cos tumes for the Georgia Renaissance Festi val, where she has appeared for the last 27 seasons. Dream future roles: Desiree in “A Little Night Music,” “Carmen” and Bea trice in “Much Ado About Nothing.” ì
Levin studied voice with Deborah Hartman, cantor emeritus at The Temple. She starred alongside Queen Latifah and Dolly Parton in “A Joyful Noise.”
Levin spoke to the AJT about the allfemale production, her strangest role and more.
Shylock is Role of a Lifetime for Local Actress
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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31 Daily Shofar at the JCC — 11 to 11:30 a.m. every day from Aug. 29 through Sept. 23. All are invited to listen as the sho far is sounded in the lobby of Main Street at 11 a.m. and in the Brill Family Fitness Center at 11:10 a.m. The blow ing of the shofar, a ram’s horn, is an important part of the Jewish High Hol iday season. This special tradition of blowing the shofar in the days leading up to Rosh Hashanah is to remind us to “wake up,” reflect on the past year and begin the spiritual preparation. Visit https://bit.ly/3cWBIWO for more information. Torah Study — 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. Join Rabbi Jordan each Wednesday either on Zoom or in-person at Congrega tion Dor Tamid and continue an indepth look at the Book of Leviticus. For more information, visit https://bit. ly/3srZsGj.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2
Limmud Fest at Ramah Darom 2022 — Sept. 2 through Sept. 5 LimmudFest at Ramah Darom is a celebration and festival of Jewish thought, arts, cul ture, life, learning and teaching. Come to the North Georgia mountains with hundreds of Jews from all walks of life for a full schedule of workshops, dis cussions, arts, music, performances, text-study sessions, yoga, hiking and more. Pricing per person includes comfortable accommodations, deli cious kosher meals and activities. See https://www.limmudse.org/ for de tails.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
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Significant Others of Addicts Support Group — 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Join Sally Anderson, MS, LPC for a weekly free support group for spouses, partners and/or significant others of those struggling with addiction. Visit https:// bit.ly/3B5bABf for more information.
Alpharetta Farmers Market — 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. At the Downtown Alpharetta Farmers Market you will find farm ers with fruits, vegetables and natural meats, gardeners with fresh flowers and herbs and makers of all sorts of edible home goods from yummy des serts and breads to local raw honey and homemade sauces, jellies and soaps. For more information, visit https://bit.ly/3D31jq8.
Temple Beth Tikvah Saturday Ser vices — 10 to 11:30 a.m. Join services online or in person. Visit https://bit. ly/3BbaS5n for more information.
Avalon Nights Live — 6 to 8 p.m. Kick back and groove to the tunes all sea son long. Unwind after a long week with live music in The Plaza every Friday. Visit https://bit.ly/3ap0u0Y for details.
Temple Beth Tikvah Friday Night Ser vices — 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Join services online or in person. Visit https://bit. ly/35XKJeJ for more information.
SOJOURN’s Drawing from the Well — 12 to 1 p.m. An inclusive weekly meetup for LGBTQ+ Jews and allies. For more information, visit https://bit. ly/3gxpDWP
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1 Jewish Spirituality and Mysticism — 8 p.m. A weekly class on Jewish spiritu ality, mysticism and how to apply it to your personal growth in a meaning ful way, taught by Rabby Hirshy. Visit https://bit.ly/3suZDkg for more infor mation. Knit and Crochet Group — 1 to 3 p.m. Join Dor Tamid on Zoom to social ize and crochet and knit beanies for premature babies from home. For more information, visit https://bit. ly/34Ru9wp.
Annual Holocaust Teachers of America Symposium — From Friday until Sunday, this intense teacher-created, teacher-led professional development symposium will give participants priceless knowledge pertaining to the complex history of the Holocaust, 2000 years of antisemitism in Europe, the roles of imperialism, colonialism, nationalism, economics and democ racy in the sociopolitical changes in Europe and how individuals were af fected by these changes and how to accurately and appropriately bring these lessons to the 6-12 classroom. Visit https://bit.ly/3zx4oxn for more information.
Jewish Genealogy Discussion Group — 1 to 2 p.m. A weekly discussion group of the seminars offered at the Inter national Jewish Genealogy Confer ence held at the Lisa F. Brill Institute in the Kuniansky Family Center at the MJCCA. Registration at the Inter national Conference is required for participation in the discussion group. For more information, see https://bit. ly/3BvTbQf.
Tot Shabbat and Kiddush Lunch — 11 a.m. Join an interactive Tot Shabbat and sing, play and engage in fun activ ities, followed by a wonderful Shabbat Kiddush lunch together. https://bit. ly/3rBWd03.
Kabbalah & Coffee — 9:30 to 11 a.m. A Weekly Study Series with Rabbi Ari Sollish. Discuss, explore and journey through the world of Jewish mystical teaching and learn how to apply these profound teachings to your daily life. For more information, visit https://bit. ly/3LP4o11.
Young Adult Bureka Making — 6 to 8 p.m. Young adults are invited to join Congregation Or VeShalom for a fun night of learning how to make bu rekas. No experience needed. Pizza will be served. Register at ber2022shalom.org/event/YABurekaSeptemwww.orvebySept.5.
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Uncoupling: Divorce Support Group in Atlanta — 5:30 to 7 p.m. A bi-monthly group providing support, resources and a safe place to process and share experiences related to divorce and separation. Open to men and women of mixed ages. $35 per session. For more information, visit https://bit. ly/3y96TH9
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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8
Torah Reading: Ki Teitzei Friday, Sept. 9 (Elul 13, 5782) light candles at 7:34 p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 3 (Elul 7, 5782) Shabbat ends 8:38 p.m.
Torah Reading: Shoftim Friday, Sept. 2 (Elul 6, 5782) light candles at 7:44 p.m.
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6
Hadassah OUT LOUD: Super South Tri-Region Conference — Sept. 9 – 11. Finding our voices with purpose, us ing our voices with passion! Topics in clude ReConceiving Infertility: Getting Medical, Political & Personal About Infertility, Women’s Health Equity at Risk, Evolving Zionism: A Contem porary View from Young Women’s Perspectives, Better Together: Building Intercommunity Relationships and The Power of Civic Engagement: Using Your Voice, Advocating for Yourself: The Art of Personal Empowerment. For more information, visit https://bit. ly/3A0uzhh.
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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4
Saturday, Sept. 10 (Elul 14, 5782) Shabbat ends at 8:28 p.m.
Frankly Speaking with Sherry Frank — 12 to 1:15 p.m. NCJW Atlanta is ex cited to continue a women’s discus sion group for members and friends. Moderated by noted Atlanta advocate extraordinaire Sherry Frank, this monthly lunchtime meeting focuses on current events through a Jewish lens. Bring your lunch and desserts and beverages will be provided. Please RSVP to christineh@ncjwatlanta.org.
Noshfest 2022 — Sunday, Sept. 4th and Monday, Sept. 5th from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Noshfest is entering its tenth year celebrating Jewish food and cul ture by showcasing delicacies and ac tivities unique to Jewish heritage and bringing together members of Cobb County’s diverse community in a fun two-day festival. For more informa tion, visit https://www.kolemeth.net/ noshfest.
Brain Health Bootcamp — 1 to 3 p.m. Virtual Brain Health Bootcamp every Tuesday will combine gentle physi cal exercise, including yoga and exer cises to help reduce stress and anxiety, along with a full hour of brain exercis es done in a non-stress and engaging way of learning. For more informa tion, visit https://bit.ly/3sr94RP.
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Healing & Wholeness: Addressing Mental Well-Being — 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. A panel discussion with Rabbi Mark Zimmerman, Dr. Joel Axler and Daniel Epstein. Moderated by Dr. Louise Short. With so much increased stress in our society, burnout and the mental health aspects of our youth, the panel will discuss the Jewish val ues and psychiatric issues around these topics. Lox and bagel brunch followed by discussion. Find out more details at https://bit.ly/3Qm2XIH.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10
Shabbat Learners’ Service — 10:45 to 11:45 a.m. On the second Shabbat of each month, tap into the spirit of Shabbat at Intown Jewish Academy for an interactive service. You’ll enjoy engaging discussion, inspirational stories, moving prayer and intelligent commentary in a warm and friendly setting. Participants are invited to join the Main Service for Musaf, followed by a Kiddush luncheon. For more de tails, visit https://bit.ly/34N3xwG.
Splash Into the Holidays — 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Join Congregation Or VeShalom for pizza, shaved ice and fun with a waterslide, face painting, touch-a-truck, mitzvah project for first responders and story time with PJ Library. Registration requested. Suggested donation $5 per person or $20 per family. Visit www.orveshalom. org/event/splash to sign up.
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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 12
Jewish Women’s Torah and Tea — 7:45 to 8:45 p.m. Join the Jewish Women’s Circle of Decatur for a weekly discus sion on the parsha and contempo rary Jewish issues. Visit https://bit. ly/3RhGZbf for more information.
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Richard Peretz is an articulate, stra tegic visionary whose business philoso phy — “every number tells a story” — sums him up best. As chief financial officer of UPS, Per etz was responsible for overseeing the company’s accounting, finance, financial planning, auditing, taxes and more. He was a member of the executive leader ship team that set the strategy for UPS worldwide operations, consisting of over 500,000 employees in over 220 countries.
Peretz first began working at UPS in 1981, not as an executive but as a college freshman earning an hourly wage. Dur ing his tenure, UPS went from success to success, completing over $3 billion in ac quisitions around the world. Peretz had a front-row seat to all of it, being part of the team that led the company’s IPO in 1999 and participating in the financial negotiations on the U.S. labor contract in 2002.For the next chapter of his life, Per etz wants to focus on public boards and private equity work, including startups, plus taking more time for his family, trav
Former UPS CFO Delivers on Promise to Give Back
3) Ship early. Demand for ship ping outpaces all the carrier avail able capacity. UPS estimated an ad ditional 5 million packages per day in excess demand for peak 2021. Car riers add transit times for deliveries, which can take up to 10 days to cross the country. To guarantee delivery before the first day of Chanukah, ship early and know the holiday schedule for your carrier.
“Since our children, Erica and Josh, were born and through our membership at the JCC, we created our wonderful extended Atlanta family,” Peretz said. From left to right: Josh (26), Ilana, Erica (28) and Richard Peretz el, hobbies and giving back to the com munity. “Every number tells a story, and every dollar impacts a life,” Peretz added.
Peretz:1)Plan ahead. The workdays between Thanksgiving and Dec. 25th affect delivery. Some years it’s 18 and others as much as 22 workdays that impact industry capacity.
2) Buy early and shop sales. Giv en the acceleration of online buying and home delivery, retailers, both online and physical, have expanded sales start dates to early November. Plan ahead and catch the deals.
“In 1992, when UPS relocated to At lanta, my wife, Ilana, and I moved to East Cobb,” Peretz recalled. “We left from 1995 to 1997 for another move and returned in 1997 and have been here ever since. Since our children, Erica and Josh, were born and through our membership at the JCC, we created our wonderful extended At lanta family. We feel very fortunate to be part of the Atlanta Jewish community!” Peretz grew up in San Antonio, Tex as, one of seven siblings in a Conservative Jewish family. The Air Force originally brought his parents to the state.
Peretz has spent that last 29 years in Atlanta, earning an MBA from the Goizu eta Business School at Emory University and serving on the board of the Jewish Education Loan Fund (JELF), the Geor gia chapter of the American Red Cross, Temple Kol Emeth and the Boy Scouts of America’s Georgia chapter.
“San Antonio was a wonderful open Jewish community to grow up in and my formative years and lifelong friends re volved around the Jewish community,” he told the AJT. “With just over 10,000 resi dents, almost everyone knew everyone. My father was on the board of our syna gogue, Agudas Achim, where I attended Hebrew school, had my bar mitzvah. I was heavily involved in BBYO, Herzl AZA, Texoma Region and District 7.” His involvement in the San Anto nio community opened his eyes to the power of tzedakah. “My years in leader ship in BBYO and conventions were the foundation of both my professional and Jewish outlook as an adult,” Peretz says.
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4) Check alternatives. For big, bulky items look for options outside UPS and Fedex — avoid surcharges, which can be extremely high during peak season.
“As I delve deeper into my efforts to give back to both the Jewish and the greater community, my hope is that my efforts will contribute to positive change in the lives of many.”
ì Richard Peretz, the former CFO of UPS, grew up in San Antonio, but has spent the last 29 years in Atlanta.
“It started with leadership positions and responsibility to others, social action and tzedakah, as well as the importance of communicating ideas and direction. Most importantly, I saw the Hebrew Free Loan, Jewish family services and Jewish federation use their resources for others, including my parents, as they came upon some major health challenges which ren dered my father disabled. These services and the benefits my family received are part of the reason I support JELF and the Greater Atlanta Jewish Federation today.”
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Reesa D. Citron, daughter of Deborah and Jeremy Citron, in August 2022.
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Chelsea has attended The Epstein School for the last ten years and Camp Judaea for five summers. She loves swimming, traveling, aerial, spending time with her friends, art and cooking.
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“Because she wants to lose 15.”
Sincerely,FitToBeTied Dear F.T.B.T., You are facing a challenging dilemma. You love Ken and don’t want to hurt him. Yet, you keep watching him fall, a trajectory that is hurting him and your family. So, you really do need to address the situation. The question is how.
The Bride:
Toxipupik
“To tell you the truth, Rachel, not good,” Sadie replied. “She’s so unhappy, she’s lost 10 pounds already.”
Rachel, I think Ken has ADD. And my gut feeling is that if he would learn to manage it, he could probably be very successful. As I said, he is motivated and wants to succeed. But it seems like he is colliding with a wall each time he sets out. How can I tell Ken what I suspect? He is very sensitive. I’m afraid he’ll be very hurt — and angry — if I share my feelings. But I can’t let the situation continue this way. I am not willing to be the sole breadwinner in the family. Not only that, but this situation is pummeling Ken’s self-esteem. Your suggestions are most welcome.
n. A person who possesses a toxic personality down to their very core. Everyone who encounters them feels shreklekh (awful) afterward.
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Rachel thought for a moment. “So why doesn’t she leave him?” she asked.
“Every time she has to negotiate a deal, Franny brings Max with her. He is such a toxipupik that buyers will sign anything just to get away from him.”
JEWISH JOKE YIDDISH WORD OY VEY! HAVE I GOT A PROBLEM...
Combining the sadly common modern concept of the toxic personality and the old Yiddish pupik, meaning navel. In Yiddish culture, the belly button is the seat of the soul, the basic person, the place from which we all began.
Husbands and wives need to feel respected by their spouses. If they sense a crack in that necessary foundation, the repercussions can be severe. And so, dear F.T.B.T, I suggest that you tiptoe into this delicate area with tenderness, caring and honesty.
Dear Rachel, My husband, Ken, is a great guy. Kind, funny, warm, very devoted to me and the children. At the beginning of our marriage and for the next five years, he studied as a rabbinical student with my full support and agreement. We both felt that this was a wonderful step in the establishment of the strong Jewish home we hoped to create. He loved the richness of his learning and received a stipend. I was happy with the arrangement and worked parttime to supplement our income. And all was good. At the end of five years, with two beautiful additions to our family, the time had come for Ken to start a career. Ken took a course in computer programming and set out to join the work force. Creating resumes, sending them out and going on interviews took time. There were some promising possibilities and many disap pointments.Andfinally, after months of effort, he got a job! But, within a few short weeks, he got the pink slip. Ken was devastated. He had tried so hard, yet he was terminated. This scenario repeated itself several times before warning bells began clanging in my mind. Why were all of Ken’s jobs ending in failure? He was smart, he was trying hard — so what was the problem? After listening to Ken’s assessment of why he had been “let go” yet again, something clicked in my mind. Something is wrong with this picture, I realized.
“Ken,” you can say, “I love you. With all my heart. You’re a great husband and an amazing father. But there’s something on my mind that I want to share.” And then, let it out. Tell him that you feel he can do anything he sets out to accomplish. He has the wisdom and capabilities, you know, but something seems to be impeding him. “Would you consider going for an assessment to see if you might have ADD?”
You may see his face fall. A tear might slide down his cheek. Or he can get angry. He might storm out of the room and refuse to talk to you. He has suffered so much rejection, and now he feels rebuffed in his own home! Reassure him. Tell him that your unconditional love and support is always there no matter what, and nothing can change that. But after a lot of thought, you think this may be the problem, and it is so easily solvable! Give him the space he needs to process what you’re saying. Hopefully, he will be willing to explore your concerns. I believe he will feel your love, and your bond will be strengthened as you continue to grow together. ì I wish you much success in your journey, Rachel
Atlanta Jewish Times Advice Column Got a problem? Email Rachel Stein, a certified life coach, at oyvey@ atljewishtimes.com describing your problem in 250 words or less. We want to hear from you and get helpful suggestions for your situation at the same time!
—from “Schmegoogle: Yiddish Words for Modern Times” by Daniel Klein
OY VEY
Rachel was talking to her best friend, Sadie. “So, Sadie, how’s your daughter, the bride?” she asked.
ATLANTA JEWISH TIMES AUGUST 31, 2022 | 59 BRAIN FOOD “Down Time” SOLUTION F 1 L 2 A 3 G 4 J 5 A 6 B 7 S 8 A 9 R 10 B 11 O 12 R 13 I 14 A N S U 15 C L A M 16 A A L E G 17 R O U N 18 D H O G B 19 R A D Y Y 20 O Y O A 21 R E A 22 M 23 A 24 S 25 S M 26 E 27 M O R I 28 A 29 L 30 M 31 O T H E R 32 S 33 D 34 P S M 35 O O T 36 I A A A 37 L E 38 G I 39 M 40 I N G T 41 H E 42 N I N E D 43 A Y S S 44 E 45 I S M P 46 E O N T 47 S P 48 S 49 U 50 R L B 51 O 52 O F 53 A T 54 H E R S V 55 E T E 56 R A N S 57 A 58 S D O I R 59 A T E 60 B 61 A 62 N L 63 I 64 L 65 A C J 66 E R U S A 67 L 68 E 69 M 70 O 71 R A T E A 72 Y I N L 73 A T E L 74 A B O R M 75 A T T F 76 A S T 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 FOLLOW: That’s Kosher Now?! By: Yoni Glatt, koshercrosswords@gmail.com Difficulty Level: Medium ACROSS 1. Notable cola 5. Jewish song 9. Holy city in the Holy Land (Var.) 13. “Quickly!” 14. Muscle condition 15. Day of Atonement (animal) sacri fices, once 16. Classic Domino’s offering 19. Louise’s film cohort 20. Repo man, e.g. 21. Make like Nebuchadnezzar to 24.JehoiachinClassic McDonald’s offering 28. “Believe” Grammy winner 29. Brak or Akiva 30. Part of some rappers’ names 32. Evan of Broadway 35. In a relationship 37. Circle segment 38. “Nair” rival, once 41. Sprawling story 42. Classic Quiznos’ offering 46. Lima being? 47. “High ___” (Bogart classic) 50. Foster, as a bad habit 54. It makes the offerings in 16, 24, and 42-Across kosher now, when made at home 57. Destruction 58. Diet option 59. Holm and Fleming 60. PC “oops” keys 61. What ducks may be in 62. Host’s request DOWN 1. Promoted Lt. 2. “Shalom” preceder 3. Most Marvel heroes don’t wear 4.themOnes hoping to get in 5. Daily wear for some Jews 6. Boo follower 7. Rest locale 8. Printed anew 9. Going down Hermon, perhaps 10. Soda bubbles 11. A woodworker wields it 12. Onetime Russian ruler 17. Palindromic Parsons of fashion 18. Illinois home to Caterpillar, Inc. 22. Jewish title, for short 23. Famous Ezra 24. A successful salesperson often has it 25. From now on 26. King David’s eldest brother 27. Items in many a wedding 28. Hornets, on the scoreboard 31. You can’t fly to 40-Down from here 33. Infiltrates, say 34. Home of a world famous Buffett 36. Major waves 39. ___ de toilette 40. Dest. for many Jews 43. Kitchen wear 44. Stay out of sight, as a criminal 45. All there 47. “My liege” 48. Late Don of radio 49. AKA for 41-Across 51. Half a pair headphones? 52. Lang from Smallville 53. Crafty e-tailer 55. Suffix for cash or cloth 56. “Takin’ Care of Business” band, briefly
Howard Lee Epstein
Howard is preceded in death by his beloved wife, Dolly (Mommom), and his two sisters, Helen and Charlotte (Cissie). His memory will be cherished by his four daughters: Debbie (Stuie), Aileen (Max), Pennie (Russ), Sharon (George), his eight grandchildren Lee (Olga), Drew, Jake, Sam, Andrew, Samantha, Sydney, Maddy and his great grandson Sebastian, and all of our fur babies that he loved so much. The family will be announcing a Celebration of Life for Howard at a later date. For those who wish to make a donation in Howard’s memory, please consider The Humane Society. Please share your memories or condolences with the family at www.roswellfu neralhome.com.
89, HowardAlpharettaLeeEpstein, 89, of Alpharetta, Ga., passed away peacefully on Aug. 10, sur rounded by his beloved family. Best known as Poppop to all those he loved!
Our dad also liked to say, “if I could do it over again, I would not change a thing.”
Whether it was playing tennis at Oakwood Country Club in Kansas City or later in life at Boca Point Country Club; attending Chiefs’ football and Kings’ basketball games (he was an original season ticket holder for both franchises); traveling to Vegas with a group of lifelong friends; attending the first Super Bowl or humming along to musicals at Starlight Theater, our dad relished his experiences, truly enjoying life. He also embraced his community. He founded the Kansas City Youth Corps, chaired the Civic Action Committee of the Chamber of Commerce, was president of the local Optimist Club and served as a lifetime board member of the Kansas City Jewish Community Center and Temple B’nai Jehudah. He was especially proud that he was re sponsible for changing AAU rules so that girls could play basketball. Alan was honored for his community service by many civic and religious institutions, including receiving an award from the mayor for his work to rejuvenate downtown Kansas City. But his greatest love was family. He fully engaged in his kids’ passions and was so proud of them, whether it was their tennis tournaments or, later in life, their successes running a childcare center, conducting a successful therapy practice or working in real estate. He loved his grandchildren and was so proud of each of them. He also was a sup portive uncle and cousin, always finding time for others in his extended family. Our dad liked to say that the secret to his success was a loving mother who read to him. There is some truth to that, but the secret to his success also included his smarts, kindness, optimism and work ethic. And his great successes survive him, leaving be hind a wonderful legacy. He is survived by his wife, Vicki Bronfman; his children (all of Atlanta), Matt (Ronit Walker), Shana (David Sinkoe) and Darrin (Tara Boadu); his grand children, Kyra, Sam, Micah, Ethan and Audrey Bronfman, Leona Sinkoe and Madison and Harrison Boadu; and his many nieces and nephews, who could count on him to lend an ear, offer his advice and conclude with a good story. He also had an extraordinarily loving and close relationship with his brother, Lar ry Bronfman. The family wishes to express its appreciation to Luzeth DeOliveira, Joyce Lynn Jordan and Rosine DeJoie for providing him with such good care. He is preceded in death by his parents, Sam and Frances Bronfman, his sisters, Anne Lynne Mandelbaum and Frederika Bronfman, and his brother, Sanford Bron fman. He will be greatly missed by all.
Donations in his memory may be made to The Jewish Federation of Greater At lanta or Lynne Cancer Institute of Boca Raton, Fla.
Our dad liked to say if he had not met the perfect woman, he might have remained single. But in the early 1960s, at roughly 30, he met Vicki Miller, truly the right woman. They married in 1964. They were best friends and partners for nearly 60 years, and, as he liked to say, “marrying Vic was the best decision I ever made.”
Lois Roth Berch 89, LoisAtlantaRothBerch, (Leah Bat Juda v Devorah) 89, passed away on Aug. 19. She was born June 28, 1933, in Albany, N.Y., to Leonard and Dorothy Roth, both a blessed memory. She moved to Mobile, Ala., with her parents and identical twin sister, Sandra (a blessed memory, 2018). You know identical twins sometimes get in trouble and the Roth twins of Mobile were no exception. However, Lois was in the National Honor So ciety and graduated from Murphy High School in 1951. She went to the University of Alabama (Sigma Delta Tau sorority), then on to nurs ing school in New Orleans. Later, she moved to Atlanta and became an RN, working at Grady Memorial Hospital. She was an avid tennis player and occasional bowler, later a Mahjong player. She was a big sports fan, mostly the Atlanta Falcons, Braves and Alabama football. She was the catalyst behind starting the Very Special People (VSP) group, later under the Jewish Family and Career Services. In 1961, she married Leonard Berch (a blessed memory, 1981). Later she shared her life with Herbert Mendel (a blessed memory, 2015). She was a mother, aunt, grandmoth er, great grandmother and a friend to so many. She was a long-time member of Ahavath Achim Synagogue, Atlanta. She is survived by her children: Marshall (David), Sheldon (Linda), Susan and grandchildren, Noah, Jonathan, Louis (Ilene) and Brinkley and great granddaughter Remi. She was a love and a joy to everyone who knew her and will always be a blessed memory. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Very Special People Program, 4549 Chamblee Dunwoody Road, Atlanta, GA 30338. Funeral services took place Sunday Aug. 21, at Greenwood Cemetery, 1173 Cascade Road, Atlanta, GA 30311, at 10:30 a.m., with Rabbi Daniel Dorsch officiating. Arrange ments by Dressler’s Jewish Funeral Care, 770-451-4999.
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Howard was born to the late Abraham and Pauline Epstein on Jan. 10, 1933. He grew up in Phil adelphia, Pa. He served in the Korean war, was a pharmacist, loved flying small planes and loved all animals. He was most passionate about his family … the best Husband, Dad and Poppop!
Alan Bronfman 89, Boca Raton, Fla.
Alan Bronfman, 89, of Boca Raton, Fla., passed away peacefully on Aug. 23. Alan was born in Kansas City, Mo. Times were tough, and he was helping to support his family, including two disabled younger brothers and two younger sisters, by the time he was 21 years old. His start was in the icemaker business, with Frigidaire, then a division of General Motors, serving restau rants, hotels, hospitals and bars throughout the Kansas City metro area. Over his lifetime he was a successful serial entrepreneur, from real estate to kitchen appliances and always kept his eyes and ears open for good opportunities.
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Ann Friedman Galanti 90, AnnAtlantaFriedman Galanti, 90, of Atlanta, Ga., passed away early Monday morning, Aug. 22, her heart bursting with joy after reveling in a celebratory evening filled with devoted family, immense love and radiant joy, which is just how Ann lived her life. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on April 12, 1932, to Hymie and Flo Friedman (‘zl), Ann attended Erasmus Hall High School, followed by Brooklyn College. Ann’s life took a fateful turn the summer of 1954. After almost canceling a vacation to South Beach, in Miami, Fla., Ann met Sam Galanti when he and his friends were forced to change hotels, ending up at the same hotel as Ann and her friends. Following just a few chaperoned visits in September and November, Ann and Sam were engaged in December and mar ried Jan. 30, 1955, after seeing each other a total of only seven days before their wedding. Typical of Ann, she trusted her instincts, which proved to be impeccable throughout her life.Leaving behind the familiarity of Brooklyn, Ann moved to Sam’s hometown of Atlanta, where she lived an energetic life, rich with family, friends who were like family and community. Ann’s quick sense of humor, unbridled warmth and innate leadership skills propelled her to a life of service. Ann played an instrumental role in the establish ment and growth of Women’s American ORT in Atlanta, serving as North Suburban chapter president, followed by region and district leadership positions. ORT recognized Ann with Woman of the Year and Bea Camhi service awards. Ann also devoted her time to Congregation Or VeShalom and served as sisterhood president. Ann brought optimism, zest and thoughtfulness everywhere she went. She nur tured relationships with a big smile, a kind word, and practical advice. Ann was a great cook and baker, and she loved hosting family holidays. Above all, Ann believed in and modeled “family first,” which lives on through her children and grandchildren. Ann is survived by her husband, Sam Galanti. She is also survived by her children: Richard (Barrie) Galanti, Helene (Stuart) Tuck and Louisa (Mark) Benjamin; her trea sured eight grandchildren, Sam, Jonathan, Anna, Oliver, Peninah, Ilene, Samuel and Rachel and so many nieces, nephews and their families. She was preceded in death by her loving sister, Rheta Okun, and her loving brother Bernie and sister in law, Barbara Friedman (her forever best friend). She also loved her two wonderful caregivers, Mar valyn Clarke and Nadine Barrett. Donations can be made to Women’s American ORT or Congregation Or VeSha lom. Arrangements by Dressler’s Jewish Funeral Care, 770-451-4999.
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Carol Froman 73, CarolAtlantaFroman, 73, of Atlanta, died on Aug. 25, following a long illness. Carol was born in Washington, D.C., and grew up in Long Island, NY. She earned a bachelor’s degree from Wellesley College and worked as an editor for 20 years for the Centers for Surgical Anatomy and Technique at Emory University School of Medicine. She was preceded in death by her daughter, Shoshana Rothschild. She is survived by her husband of 50 years, Michael Froman, son, Benjamin Froman, granddaughter, Eliora Calanit Rothschild and son-in-law, Keith Rothschild. Graveside services were held at 3:30 p.m., August 26, at Arlington Memorial Park, with Rabbi Ari Kaiman officiating. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the charity of one’s choice. Dressler’s Jewish Funeral Care, 770-451-4999.
Sheila’s favorite time was spent with her nephews, Stefanie and Brad Taratoot (adult children of the late Bernard Taratoot and Cynthia Taratoot) and Barry and Jef frey Taratoot (adult children of the late Louis Taratoot and Bunnie Taratoot). She also cherished her time and trips with her lifelong friend Charlotte who she met in nursery
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Marcialyn Shapiro Moattar 80, MarcialynAugustaShapiro Moattar, 80, passed away on Aug. 12. She was born on Sept. 13, 1941, in Langley, S.C., and was raised in Augusta, Ga., where she married her now-deceased husband, Edward Moattar. Together, they started one of the most successful rug businesses in the South, now passed onto their children. Marcialyn was known as a staple in the design community and was admired not only for her undeniable glamour but also her “call it like it is” manner.She loved nothing more than spending time with her children, who were a very large part of her life up until the very end. She is survived by her daughter, Andrea, and her son, Jason. Services were held on Aug. 14, at Arlington Memorial Park in Sandy Springs. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in her name to St. Jude Children’s Hospital. Arrangements by Dressler’s Jewish Funeral Care, 79,Sheila770-451-4999.TaratootAtlantaSheilaTaratoot,79,passedawaypeacefully at Northside Hospital in the early morning hours of Aug. 23, after a brief illness. She was predeceased by her parents, Ben and Bessie Taratoot, and her brothers, Louis and Bernard Taratoot. Sheila loved to sing and was a member of many of Atlanta’s Jewish choirs over the years. She also loved films and critiquing them. Sheila had multiple jobs but her favor ite and most rewarding was her tenure at The Temple, where she served as Executive Assistant to the then Executive Director.
Gloria P. Levine 90, GloriaAtlantaP.Levine, 90, our dear Mom, Nana and great-Nana, passed away peacefully in the early morning hours of Aug. 27. She is predeceased by Joel, her beloved husband of 45 years. She fell in love with Atlanta when she arrived many decades ago. She devoted her younger years to raising her three children. Later in life she adored and doted on her five “delicious” grandsons. They love her dearly and still refer to her as their “cool Nana!” A person at home in any environment, able to turn any stranger into a friend, she was never as happy as when she was with her family and dear friends. Gloria had a passion for the written word and used this talent to honor her loved ones celebrating happy occasions. Gloria lived her values with love, generosity, respect and dignity. She was a proud member of “The Greatest Generation.” She is predeceased by her parents, Julius & Sayde, brother Lenny and great-granddaughter Harley Jade, all of blessed memory. She is survived by her three children, Rob ert (Teddi-Jo), Alyson and Jackie (Tom); grandchildren Richard, Joshua (Brittany), Jason (Sarah), Evan and Ben (fiancé Meghan); great-grandchildren Brody, Micah, Riley, Mack enzie and Caylee; sisters-in-law Natalie and Carole; along with many nieces, nephews and cousins.Graveside services were held on Monday, Aug. 29, at Greenwood Cemetery, 1173 Cascade Cir SW, Atlanta, GA 30311. In memory of Gloria, donations may be made to Congregation Or VeShalom, The USO, or a charitable organization of your choice. Ar rangements by Dressler’s Jewish Funeral Care, 770-451-4999.
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Becky.”When the book arrived, I wrote her: “Becky, the book arrived today, and I called the Hiller family, whom I know. Yes, the book was given to their son on the occasion of his bar mitzvah at age 13 in my synagogue, when I was president, which is why I signed the front of the book. The book is a book of Psalms and since it is in Hebrew it is read from left to right. Leah Hiller was astonished at the story, and I am delivering the book to her husband tonight. I am sure that they will write to you to thank you as I do now. This is one of the commandments that God asks of us to do: to return a lost item to its rightful owner. May you be blessed for fulfilling this commandment.”Thebookwas in excellent condition. The only names in the book were the rabbi’s name and mine. There were many more Feldman names, the rabbi’s name, than my Lipis names, and somehow by searching the Internet she found my email address. It turns out that I am probably the only Allen Lipis in the country, and since I have published many articles over the years, Becky was able to find me. The book belongs to Joseph Hiller, the bar mitzvah boy. It was my pleasure to call the Hillers, tell them that I had their son’s book and I wanted to return it. It is a mitzvah in the Torah to return a lost article to some one, so by returning the book I was doing a mitzvah not only for myself, but also for Becky Yant and for the Hillers. When I returned the book, Leah Hiller, the mother of the boy, told me that she had taken the book on a flight to New York, was reading it on the plane, and forgot to take it from the storage area in front of her seat. She was, of course, happy to receive the book back.God works in ways we shall never know. A Christian woman in Indiana found a Jew ish book, thought it had significance because it was written in Hebrew, believed it was a very special book because of the Hebrew and decided to try to return it to its owner. She kept the book for several years and, with a se rious effort on her part, she found me on the Internet because my name is unusual. Today, we don’t give out books to bar mitzvah boys in a public display, and it’s unlikely that any book like that would have a label in it that would list the president of the synagogue. It had to be a miracle that the Hillers got their book back. ì H.
A while later, she wrote, “The book has been sent. Please let me know that it arrived safely.
AllenthishopeemailtheYant.namedinfromceivedyearsManyMitzvahago,IreanemailawomanIndianaBettyShewrotefollowingtome:“Iyouareperson,Dr.H.Lipis,
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I had no idea what she was talking about, since I did not think I had lost an arti cle and I certainly had not been in Indiana at all. I wrote her back: “Becky, I live in Atlanta and there are two Hiller families here. One is Rabbi Moshe Hiller and Leah Hiller, and their emails are XXXX@hotmail.org. Their phone number is 404-XXX-XXXX. Moshe has a father who lives here, too. I have no idea why my name would be in their book. If you want to send the book to me, my address is XXXX Lavista Road, Atlanta, GA. Thanks for being so persistent in returning a lost item. It is a mitzvah to do so.” Since the Tehillim book has lots of He brew in it, and Becky was not Jewish, it was likely that she thought the book was more important than other books and probably could not read it. She was obviously a re ligious person who wanted to do the right thing for what was clearly a religious book. She wrote me back, “Dear Allen, this special book will be on its way to you today. I am thankful for you answering me, an unknown person. I pray that you can return this special book to its rightful owner. Again, thank you.”
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who had signed this book that I have found – the Artscroll Tehillim — a couple of years ago. I have tried to locate the owner from the name Yosef Hiller, but I cannot locate him. I found your name at the back page on the bottom. I would love for this person to get his book back. Becky.”
Finally, Becky wrote that she trusted our conversation and that she was going to send the book to me, as she had my address.
I responded to her that, indeed, I was that person. “I am that person and would love to retrieve the Tehillim book,” I wrote her. “Call me at home 404-325-XXXX so we can meet. Where exactly did you find the book?” She responded, “I found it on an air plane a few years ago and have been trying to find the owner and could not. I called people here in Indianapolis but no one could or would help me. I put it up on my computer, then decided to try again. I am so glad that you may help. You do know Yosef Hiller then? We cannot meet for I live here in India napolis, but I would be glad to mail the book to you. Becky.”
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