Challah Day is here
Thurs., April 30 (13 Iyar 5786)
🚨 Many of us woke up early Wednesday to reports of two Jewish men stabbed in London. The alleged attacker has been detained.
🗳️ Early voting started this week. Is it Jewish to vote? Speaking of politics, two Jewish-adjacent bills are awaiting Gov. Brian Kemp’s signature: SB 523 and HB 1379. Each focuses on transparency, civil rights, and education.
🥖 National Challah Day is being celebrated this weekend with Challah Back Girls™ and OneTable gatherings. Publix is a solid choice, but when you’re feeling frisky order from Atlanta’s Challah Girl – you’ll be glad you did.
🗞️ Read on for news about the Memorial to the Six Million being recognized for excellence in restoration.
Send Y’alla to a friend this Shabbat.
Y’alla,
Logan
🏡 The Chastain Park Conservancy (CPC) is thrilled to announce our first Home and Garden Tour on Sat., May 2 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. This event will celebrate the beauty of our neighborhood, foster community, and support CPC’s mission. Get tickets here! SPONSOR MESSAGE
Holocaust memorial receives award
🏆 The Georgia Trust for Historical Preservation has recognized the Memorial to the Six Million, the first of its kind to be constructed in Georgia, for its 2024 renovation. Karen Lansky Edlin of Eternal Life-Hemshech said she is honored to be part of the process.
“We give lasting thanks to the survivors who built, designed and raised the money amongst themselves in order to pass along this legacy,” Edlin told Rough Draft.
Frida Presented by Atlanta Ballet
SPONSORED BY ATLANTA BALLET
Experience Atlanta Ballet’s production of Frida, a breathtaking ballet by Annabelle Lopez Ochoa that paints a powerful portrait of the life and art of the legendary Frida Kahlo.
Through bold choreography and striking imagery, her passions, pain, and artistic vision unfold onstage, and dreamlike sequences weave her iconic paintings and self-portraits into a vibrant theatrical tapestry.
From the creative team behind Coco Chanel: The Life of a Fashion Icon, this production is an unforgettable tribute to an iconic artist.
➞ Reserve your seats now. May 8-10 at the Cobb Energy Centre.
Cheers to the volunteers
🫶🏻 Volunteers Joel Marks and Craig Lefkoff (pictured) can often be found together, dressed in bright colors and patterns as they deliver games and crafts to the patients of Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Scottish Rite Hospital.
🦩 Friends since the 1990s, the pair signed up to volunteer together as grandparents and early retirees. Their signature shirts have bloomed into an entire wardrobe of themes from Disney to holiday to dill pickles, endearing the patients and worried family members.
He was president of his synagogue. Now he wants to be LA’s next mayor
🇮🇱 LOS ANGELES — Adam Miller (pictured) volunteered with a Reform social justice movement as a teenager, lived in Israel as a young adult and became a leader of one of the country’s most successful synagogues.
But Miller, a businessman who is running for mayor of Los Angeles, hasn’t said much about his Jewish background on the campaign trail. Instead, he has been talking about his entrepreneurial credentials — he sold his software company for $5.2 billion in 2021 — and touting the accomplishments of the nonprofits he started. His campaign site doesn’t mention his Jewish connections at all.
➡ Read the full story on the Forward.
🏡 The Chastain Park Conservancy (CPC) is thrilled to announce our first Home and Garden Tour on Sat., May 2 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. This event will celebrate the beauty of our neighborhood, foster community, and support CPC’s mission. Get tickets here! SPONSOR MESSAGE
Look & Listen
🐻 If you’ve ever read the children’s classic “Brown Bear” on repeat, this video from podcaster Claudia Oshry is for you.
🎼 Anthony Mordechai Tzvi Russell will leada concert on May 3 combining African American spirituals and Eastern Europe Jewish music.
🎙️ Listen to this podcast about how antisemitic conspiracy theory made it to the New Hampshire state capitol.
What’s doin’ around town
SPONSORED BY CONGREGATION OR HADASH
👶🏽 May 2:Tot Shabbat at Or Hadash.
🧘 May 6:Oy Vey AA group in Sandy Springs.
🍽️ May 8:YLD Shabbat dinner in Inman Park.
🎤 May 12: Shavuot in song with Rabbi Deborah Sacks Mintz.
👏🏼 May 12: Celebrate Andrea Young, retiring executive director of ACLU of Georgia.
👩🏽💻 May 14: JTech holds “The Direction of Atlanta’s Startup Ecosystem“
4️⃣ June 7: Kibbutz and Konnect’s 4th Anniversary Party.
✡️ The next Jewish holiday is Lag B’Omer on May 4.
🕯️ Light Shabbat candles this week at 8:03 p.m.
✨ Atlanta, come sing the week in on May 9. Join Or Hadash for Havdalah and Song Circle—a soul-lifting evening of melody and yai dai dai magic. Everyone welcome. Visit our calendar for details and RSVP to add your voice.
Before you go
😃 Mazel tov to local professors Mark Prausnitz of Georgia Tech (above right) and Matthew Bernstein of Emory (above left).
💉 Prausnitz is this year’s Class of 1934 Distinguished Professor Award — Georgia Tech’s highest faculty honor that recognizes excellence in teaching, research, and service. He is the Regents’ Professor, Regents’ Entrepreneur, and J. Erskine Love Jr. Chair in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering.
🎞️ Bernstein is retiring from Emory University’s Film and Media Department, where he inspired generations of students and helped shape Atlanta’s film culture. He served as board member, presenter, and supporter of the Atlanta Jewish Film Festival.
