Shelter to aid APS families
Thursday, Sept. 3 (21 Elul 5786) — With the long weekend ahead, I’m looking for things to do. Mitzvah House has a volunteer project for the whole family.
😃 Other neat stuff:
📖 Read Jana Eplan’s take on preparing an aging family member for a big move.
👋🏼 Mazel! Jewish Fertility Foundation has welcomed Hilary Sloane as the new Marketing and Communications manager.
🧢 Looking for a new book? Try Peter Kurz’s “Where Traditions Meet: The Personal Inside Story of the Israel Baseball Quest for Olympic Gold.”
🏠 Read on for a story about the growth of Zaban Paradies Shelter, and how they’re helping families in the Atlanta Public Schools district.
Y’alla,
Logan
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Midtown Atlanta shelter launches new homeless prevention program
🤝🏽 A Midtown synagogue is at the heart of a new homeless prevention program to provide stable housing to at-risk residents through financial, legal, and supportive services.
Piloted in 10 cities across the U.S., Zaban Paradies Center (ZPC) at The Temple is charged with helping 150 families in the Atlanta Public Schools district who are at imminent risk of losing housing. The program, Atlanta Rising, is a $235 million long-term, citywide effort to end homelessness in Atlanta by scaling sustainable housing and support systems for Atlanta’s most vulnerable residents.
For more than 40 years, ZPC has supported Atlanta’s homeless couples. What started as a volunteer-run, seasonal shelter in 1984 has bloomed into a year-round, nonprofit organization with a $3.4 million operating budget.
🕍 Read Logan’s full report on Zaban.
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All the buzz at Georgia Tech
🐝 Amy Price from Adamah brought Jewish Atlantans up close and personal with the bees at Georgia Tech on Aug. 30.
“Gather and Connect: Behind the Hives” was a class on urban beekeeping held at the Kendeda Building for Innovative Sustainable Design. Attendees explored the hives, learned about honey’s connection to Jewish tradition, and created infused honey.
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🍯 Ma’alot Atlanta and Adamah are pairing up for a Rosh Hashanah hike on Sept. 12 at 5 p.m. at Arabia Mountain.
When Gloria Steinem identified as a Jew most
🦸🏼♀️ Gloria Steinem, the journalist and organizer who became the most recognizable face of America’s modern women’s movement, died Wednesday at her New York City home. She was 92.
For more than half a century, Steinem pushed American women to imagine lives beyond the limits society had set for them. She co-founded Ms. magazine, helped establish the National Women’s Political Caucus and turned phrases like “sexual harassment” from unnamed experiences into subjects of national debate.
Steinem was the daughter of a Jewish father, Leo Steinem, and a Protestant mother, Ruth Nuneviller. She was raised without much religion and generally described herself as secular, but she was unequivocal about where she stood when Jews were targeted: “Never in my life have I identified as a Christian,” she said, “but wherever there is antisemitism, I identify as a Jew.”
✡️ Read the full story on the Forward here.
What’s doin’ around town
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👶🏽 Sept. 5: Tot Shabbat at Or Hadash.
🥧 Sept. 9: Challah bake in Dunwoody.
📚 Sept. 14: JTeen’s college admissions webinar series begins.
♻️ Sept. 24: Composting class for seniors at the MJCCA.
✡️ The next Jewish holiday is Rosh Hashanah, which begins at sundown on Sept. 11.
🕯️ Light Shabbat candles this week at 7:40 p.m.
🌠 Selihot Song Circle – Join Or Hadash and our community partners under the stars for an evening of music, reflection, and prayers of forgiveness as we prepare for the High Holy Days. All are welcome. Light dessert follows. RSVP.
Before you go
💌 In this touching essay by Megan Vered, the author explains why she invites non-Jewish friends to the high holidays.
🍎 “Since my mother’s death,” Vered writes, “I have become the family hostess, doing my best to carry on her tradition of generous hospitality. Opening my heart and table to friends who are new to Jewish culture demystifies ritual, deepens empathy and creates the kind of honest conversation that brings people closer, while setting a positive example for the next generation.”
