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Rabbi Tobias Geffen
Dave Schechter, freelance contributor for the AJT.
September 14, 2022, 2:19 pm
Outtakes from Holocaust Coverage Research
The most dumbfounding item in the Southern Israelite was an advertisement teasing a Nazi air raid on Atlanta.
By Dave Schechter
Jake Krakovsky manipulates puppets made by Ryan Bradburn.
May 13, 2021, 6:11 pm
Yiddish Puppet-based Film at Emory
New bilingual show demonstrates the relevance of a 1935 Yiddish children’s story.
By Chana Shapiro
David Geffen remembers waving flags and holding a paper Torah aloft during Simchat Torah celebrations at Congregation Shearith Israel in 1946. The men would dance around the bimah with Torah scrolls.
October 9, 2020, 7:11 am
Simchat Torah and My Torah
David Geffen recalls his grandfather’s sukkah and how he shipped the lulav and etrog to others in the Southeast.
By Rabbi David Geffen
February 6, 2019, 11:57 am
Emory: The Coca Cola School
Rabbi David Geffen reflects on Emory University's sweet history of Jewish enrollment.
By Rabbi David Geffen
Rabbi Tobias Geffen made a collection for the land of Israel at a celebration for the completion of a section of Talmud in January 1911, and this is the receipt sent to him by Torat Hayyim Kollel in the Old City of Jerusalem. (Photo by Avie Geffen)
April 12, 2018, 6:18 pm
1948 Atlanta Sermon: ‘We Here Must Mobilize’
Speaking in Yiddish, Rabbi Tobias Geffen rallied Shearith Israel to accept the prophetic vision of Israel.
By Rabbi Tobias Geffen
A display on the lower level of Mercedes-Benz Stadium honors Georgia's rich history of high school football.
January 17, 2018, 11:34 am
Letter: Halachic Way to Watch Shabbat Football
The great Rabbi Tobias Geffen came up with a solution for his grandson to attend Grady High games.
Bert Lewyn and Bev Lewyn wrote is “On the Run in Nazi Berlin" four decades after Bert arrived in Atlanta.
April 18, 2017, 10:00 pm
Losing Our Two Survivors
The approach of another Yom HaShoah is a reminder that fewer witnesses to the Holocaust are with us each year.
By Rabbi David Geffen
Temima students promote the forthcoming musical during the Purim carnival at Congregation Beth Jacob on Sunday March 5
March 7, 2017, 1:31 pm
Temima to Relive Real Coke Drama
Temima play follows the history of Coca-Cola and Jewish Atlanta
By Rena Gray
January 19, 2017, 1:02 pm
Rivlin Honors Geffen Descendants
By Atlanta Jewish Times
January 4, 2016, 4:44 pm
Obituary: Bert Lewyn, 92
By Atlanta Jewish Times
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