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Janice Rothschild Blumberg
At her 99th birthday celebration at The Breman Museum last year, Janice Rothschild Blumberg was interviewed by her son, Bill Rothschild.
February 28, 2024, 10:16 am
Atlanta Mourns Matriarch Janice Rothschild Blumberg
Wife of famed Atlanta rabbi and accomplished historian made history and then wrote about it as an accomplished Atlanta historian.
By Bob Bahr
February 22, 2024, 10:22 am
Memorial Service for Janice Rothschild Blumberg is March 11
A memorial service will take place at 2 p.m. on March 11 at The Temple, with a reception to follow in Schwartz-Goldstein Hall. 

Janice Rothschild Blumberg
February 13, 2024, 3:27 pm
A Century of Lived History
Janice Rothschild Blumberg witnessed a century of recovery and growth in Atlanta's Jewish community.
By Dave Schechter
Dave Schechter
August 30, 2023, 11:24 am
Speeding Past History
Do motorists streaming past the Leo Frank Memorial know who he was and why he is important?
By Dave Schechter
Janice Rothschild Blumberg’s memoir, published in 2021, figured prominently in the two-day celebration of her birthday.
March 2, 2023, 3:20 pm
Janice Rothschild Blumberg Celebrates 99th Birthday
Her birthday, on Feb. 11, was followed by a program in the Bagel and Books series at The Breman Museum.
By Bob Bahr
Rabbi Peter Berg described the new makeover as one of the most ambitious of any synagogue in North America.
February 24, 2022, 4:35 pm
The Temple Introduces Innovative Technology
Janice Rothschild Blumberg's 98th birthday celebration was an occasion for The Temple to show off its new $1.3 million technological make-over.
By Bob Bahr
After his liberation from Auschwitz, teenager Thomas Geve drew 79 works based on a secret diary he had kept, describing daily life in the concentration camp. He never drew another picture.
October 15, 2021, 11:55 am
A Year of Choices for Jewish Book Lovers
Nine books for Jewish readers that are worth another look.
By Bob Bahr
Blumberg's new book is scheduled for publication in November.
August 31, 2021, 7:36 pm
Janice Rothschild Blumberg Takes on New Challenges
Her new book is a memoir of her life over the last century.
By Bob Bahr
Ann Schoenberg interviewed Sherry Frank in 1993. (Courtesy of Sherry Frank)
August 12, 2021, 4:27 pm
Legacy of Legendary Jewish Georgians
An innovative online catalog system now brings the voices and faces of The Breman Museum’s vast oral history collection directly onto your computer.
By Flora Rosefsky
Photo courtesy of Bill Rothschild and the William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum// Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King with Rabbi Jacob Rothschild and Janice Rothschild at the January 1965 dinner in Atlanta honoring King’s receiving the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize.
June 19, 2020, 7:35 am
Rothschild Helped Lay Path for Today’s Activist Rabbis
At a time when many Southern Jews felt compelled to balance their racial and religious identities, the Pittsburgh native felt no such reticence.
By Dave Schechter
For many years, Jan Epstein hosted a weekly interview program about Jewish life on Atlanta Interfaith Broadcasters.
May 29, 2019, 12:24 pm
Atlanta Interfaith Broadcasters: 50 Years as Safe Haven
Atlanta Interfaith Broadcasters, now more commonly known as AIB-TV, was launched in 1969 with the aim of racial and religious bridge-building and shows no sign of abating.
By Kevin C. Madigan
Temple Rabbi Alvin Sugarman (left), accompanied by U.S. Ambassador Thomas Pickering, is welcomed to Jerusalem by Mayor Teddy Kollek (right) and Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir for a Martin Luther King Day address in January 1986.
April 12, 2018, 12:53 pm
What Israel Means to Me: Alvin M. Sugarman
Here’s what the emeritus rabbi of The Temple has to say as we celebrate Israel’s 70th birthday.
Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday has been a national holiday for 33 years.
January 22, 2018, 9:52 am
Martin Luther King’s Uncertain Jewish Legacy
Fifty years later, some try to live up to King’s dreams while others focus on his vision of Israel.
By Dave Schechter
Calling the event “beyond belief but not beyond words,” Janice Rothschild Blumberg accepts the NIF Atlanta Tzedek Award, given in honor of her “extraordinary commitment to justice, equality and civil rights.”
June 2, 2017, 12:09 am
NIF Honors History-Making Temple Matriarch
Janice Rothschild Blumberg was presented the NIF Atlanta Tzedek Award on May 25.
By Michael Jacobs
Former Temple Rebbetzin Janice Rothschild Blumberg is receiving the first New Israel Fund Atlanta Tzedek Award.
May 18, 2017, 3:25 pm
NIF Honoree Eager to Face Group’s Critics
Janice Rothschild Blumberg urges everyone to attend, ask questions and learn about the organization.
By Michael Jacobs
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