Atlanta VOL. XCII NO. 6
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FEBRUARY 10, 2017 | 14 SHEVAT 5777
Chabad Of North Fulton Goes West
Chabad of North Fulton is opening a satellite site nine miles northwest of its base on Johns Creek’s Alpharetta border. Rabbi Hirshy Minkowicz announced Monday, Feb. 6, that his new location will serve the Jewish community on the western side of Alpharetta from the Crabapple area, close to the city of Milton. “We have been providing outreach and educational services to families in North Fulton for many years,” Rabbi Minkowicz said. “With the recent development of Avalon, the new Alpharetta City Hall and much other continued growth on the west side, traffic has made it more of a challenge for people from Milton, Crabapple and Alpharetta to attend some of the classes and programs.” He said he continues to travel to visit families in that area and is excited to offer programming in their back yard. The first offering at 800 Abbey Court will be a lunch-and-learn the first Thursday of each month, starting March 2. Amid the satellite launch, construction continues on Chabad of North Fulton’s expansion at 10180 Jones Bridge Road.“We will begin with some classes and other events in the Milton office while still focusing on building the mother ship in Johns Creek,” the rabbi said. ■
Natural Wonder Photo by Michael Jacobs
Children check out their handiwork in a mini-treehouse craft project at Intown Jewish Preschool’s Tu B’Shevat celebration Sunday, Feb. 5. Check out upcoming holiday activities on Page 13, IJP Executive Director Dena Schusterman’s thoughts about the new year of the trees on Page 14 and more IJP photos on Page 15.
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Falcons’ Fall Deflates City
When the Atlanta Falcons crashed in Super Bowl LI, failing to hold a 25-point second-half lead and losing to the New England Patriots, 34-28, in overtime Sunday, Feb. 5, Arthur Blank’s team did more than turn what could have been Atlanta’s greatest sports night into its worst. The loss also inflicted suffering on the legions of Jewish Falcon faithful. Congregation Beth Jacob had a crowdfunding challenge against an Orthodox young-adult outreach organization in Boston, JPULSE. An anonymous donor put up $5,000; the Super Bowl outcome determined whether the money helped needy families in Jewish Atlanta or extended JPULSE’s work in Boston. That $5,000 slipped through Beth Jacob’s fingers in part because Jewish wide receiver Julian Edelman didn’t let the ball slip through his hands on a miraculous fourth-quarter catch for New England. But the news wasn’t all bad in Toco Hills: To qualify for the bet, each side had to raise at least $12,500 for itself in three days; Beth Jacob brought in $18,061. The Temple’s Rabbi Peter Berg and Temple Chayai Shalom’s Rabbi Ken Carr in Easton, Mass., launched a crowdfunding campaign with a bet on the game. Because the Patriots won, Health Imperatives in Brockton, Mass., gets two-thirds of $2,031 raised, while the Zaban Paradies Center receives the rest ($677). Temple Sinai must make a $180 donation to the charitable cause of Temple Beth Shalom’s choice and send a couple of cases of Georgia candy northward, plus the Needham, Mass., synagogue’s newsletter, Facebook page and other communications outlets will carry a photo of the Sinai clergy and staff wishing mazel tov to the Patriots and Beth Shalom. Still, former Atlantan Rabbi David Geffen maintained the Rise Up faith from Jerusalem, where he and others watched the game in the early hours of Feb. 6. “Every team … can be defeated,” he wrote in an open letter to Blank. “If you and your team realize that and begin to grow in the ‘spirit’ which the Falcons possess, surely, Mr. Blank, your team will grow stronger as you rebound from the Super Bowl you did not win.” ■