The Hebrew Benevolent Congregation, which first organized in 1860 as the Hebrew Benevolent Society, began construction in 1875 on a synagogue in Atlanta. The Temple, as it came to be known, continues to serve the Jewish community in the city. JSU GO is designed for public school teens looking to learn more about their Jewish heritagethrough hands-on, meaningful experiences. The case quickly became a major story in Atlanta, and the death brought tensions about child labor and the grievances of the rural working class to the fore, increasing pressure for someone to be held responsible. [7], After being commuted, Frank was transferred to the prison in Milledgeville, over 100 miles from Marietta, Phagan's hometown. Meet Our People | Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta The creation of Orthodox Congregation Beth Jacob, soon under the leadership of Emanuel Feldman (1952), served as a harbinger of the ceremonial/religious revival of the last half of the twentieth century. Our Partners We also recognize the important value of partnering and participating with the broader Atlanta Jewish community in the spirit of klal yisrael. [2], In the 1850s, due to the transient nature of much of the Jewish community, there were no consistent religious services and no formally organized community. WebAtlanta Jewish Foundation is the place your contributions align with your values. ga('send', 'pageview');
Certainly this is the case in comparison with American racism and European outbreaks against the Jews culminating in the Holocaust. Nevertheless, the Jewish population continued to grow in the decades following, going from 4,000 in 1910 to 12,000 in 1937, and accounting for a third of the city's foreign-born population in 1920. Active in the conservative faction of the Democratic Party, Jews routinely held seats on the aldermanic board, the school board, and in the state legislature. z-index:11111111; It was not only the historically wealthier German Jewish community that moved, but many poorer Jews whose primary language was Yiddish, migrated there also. The editor of the Atlanta Constitution newspaper, Ralph McGill, wrote a powerful editorial in the paper denouncing the bombing and any tolerance for hatred in the city, for which he won a Pulitzer Prize. Janice Rothschild Blumberg, As but a Day to a Hundred and Twenty, 1867-1987 (Atlanta: Hebrew Benevolent Congregation, 1987). Upon his arrival, Rabbi Geffen noted a number of problems and gaps in the Orthodox community and sought to remedy them, including the lack of religious schools, the state of the community's mikveh, and the level of kashrut. Across this sprawling metro area, we are here to plan for the communitys future, to rise up to meet human needs of our people in Atlanta and around the world, and to amplify Jewish Atlantas incredible assets. Located in the center of Jewish Atlanta, through its variety of programs it served as both a community center and immigrant help center.