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Holocaust Remembrance Ceremony set for April 24
B’nai B’rith International (Atlanta) and the Jewish Community Relations Council of Atlanta are proud to present the “Unto Every Person There is a Name” 2025 Remembrance Ceremony this year, the 36th anniversary of this global Shoah Memorial Initiative. Read more » »
Obituary: Herschel Woron Lawson
Herschel Woron Lawson passed away peacefully on March 3, 2025, at the age of 84. He was born Dec. 6, 1940, in Seattle, Wash., the oldest of four siblings. Herschel attended Garfield High School in Seattle and received his undergraduate and medical education at the University of Washington. Read more » »
Remembering Rabbi Alvin Sugarman
“I put on my pants one leg at a time. I’m just one guy, trying to make sense of this chaos we call life.” That is how Rabbi Alvin Marx Sugarman, of The Temple, described himself in a 2015 interview with Atlanta’s AIB Network. Sugarman engaged in that quest from childhood until his death on Jan. 17 at age 86. Read more » »
Obituary: Arline Natalie Berman
Arline Natalie Berman, 83 of Atlanta, Ga., passed away on Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024 from complications due to Alzheimer’s. Arline graduated from Georgia State University with a B.A. in psychology and an M.Ed. in counseling. Read more » »
Marcus Brodzki’s Rosh Hashanah Message for 2024
The High Holy Days are a religious oasis, frozen in time, and steeped in tradition, ritual, and music. Around the world the Jewish people regardless of language or level of observance recall the tune of Avinu Malkeinu on Rosh Hashanah (unless it falls on Shabbat) and the Kol Nidre on Yom Kippur. Read more » »
Obituary: Philip Abram Kaplan
Philip Abram Kaplan, of Marietta, a retired businessman and philanthropist, passed away peacefully at his home Wednesday, Aug. 14, from complications of Parkinson’s disease. He celebrated his 89th birthday on Aug. 13 with his family and loved ones. The funeral was held at Arlington cemetery on Monday, Aug. Read more » »
Obituary: Barbara Litzky Krinsky
Barbara Litzky Krinsky of Atlanta passed away on April 19, 2024. She was 94 years old. Barbara was born in the Bronx, N.Y., in 1930. Even after 76 years of living in the South, she referred to herself as a Bronx Girl. Read more » »
Pinch Hitter Quilt Honors Volunteer Legacy
To commemorate the B’nai B’rith Pinch Hitter Program’s legacy of volunteer service spanning more than four decades, a dedicated crew of crafters have meticulously sewed a quilt comprised of volunteer T-shirts with the plan to present the quilt to the community for display in a local museum. Read more » »
AJLF Brings ‘Mitzvah Madness’ to Aquarium
It was a “maddeningly” good time at the Georgia Aquarium on March 3 at the fifth annual Atlanta Jewish Life Festival as thousands of community members poured into the Ocean Ballroom to enjoy a Kids Zone with children’s activities, listen to live Read more » »
Atlanta Mourns Matriarch Janice Rothschild Blumberg
When this AJT writer visited Janice Rothschild Blumberg for the last time earlier this month, she was resting with several large pillows behind her, a soft blue bed jacket with rounded lapels neatly tied around her. Read more » »
