Moishe House Celebrates 3rd Atlanta Home
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Moishe House Celebrates 3rd Atlanta Home

Five months after opening, Moishe House Buckhead held a formal mezuzah-hanging ceremony Sunday night, Oct. 8

Leah R. Harrison
By Leah R. Harrison October 11, 2017, 4:09 pm Edit

Leah Harrison is a reporter and copy editor for the Atlanta Jewish Times.

While his fraternity brother, Congregation Shearith Israel Rabbi Ari Kaiman, and Eli Harrison listen, Lander Gold, the senior director of advancement and philanthropic partnerships for Moishe House, tells about the organization’s origins in 2006 in Oakland, Calif., when three friends decided to hold a Shabbat dinner and ended up hosting more than 70 young adults.
While his fraternity brother, Congregation Shearith Israel Rabbi Ari Kaiman, and Eli Harrison listen, Lander Gold, the senior director of advancement and philanthropic partnerships for Moishe House, tells about the organization’s origins in 2006 in Oakland, Calif., when three friends decided to hold a Shabbat dinner and ended up hosting more than 70 young adults.

Moishe House Buckhead held a formal mezuzah-hanging ceremony Sunday night, Oct. 8, five months after opening as the 100th house for the international organization and third in Atlanta.

Moishe House was founded 11 years ago as a place for young Jewish adults to connect through events and programming chosen and organized by house residents, and to engage in their communities on their own terms.

Through the end of September, the Toco Hills, Virginia-Highland and Buckhead houses had hosted 953 unique participants, with total attendance of 2,913, at 168 programs. Recent events included New to ATL Happy Hour and Break Fast Bagel Bash.

Moishe House Toco Hills resident Matt Goldberg talks about the ways the organization has enriched his life.

Now there are 108 Moishe Houses in 27 countries, with 111 likely by year’s end. As long as community support continues, a fourth Moishe House in the Atlanta area is possible.

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