Tag Archives: Shearith Israel

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 » »

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 » »