Schmooze and News at AA

Posted on by Lauren Dube

Since being taken hostage by Hamas

BRING THEM HOME NOW

We demand the safe return of all citizens who have been taken hostage by the terrorist group Hamas. We will not rest until every hostage is released and returns home safely.

You can help bring them back home.
Visit our Israel Resource Page.

Schmooze and News at AA

Special Message

Shabbat Corner

Friday Evening–Saturday

  • Shabbat Evening Service 🔀: 6:00 p.m.—Zoom
  • Candle Lighting: 8:20 p.m.
  • Shabbat Morning Service—Bar Mitzvah of Naftali Rosenthal 🔀: 9:30 a.m.—Zoom
  • Torah Study 🔀: 10:30 a.m.—Zoom
  • Rebbe's Tish ⏺️: 12:30 p.m.
  • Mincha/Seudah Sheleshet/Ma'ariv/Havdallah 🔀: 7:30 p.m.—Zoom
  • Conclusion of Shabbat: 9:04 p.m.
  • Torah Parashat (Behar-Bechukotai):

▶️ Virtual 🔀 Hybrid ⏺️ In-Person

Feel-Good News

Kiddush Sponsor

Rabbi Laurence and Rebbetzin Brooke Rosenthal with love to the Congregation in honor of Naftali's Bar Mitzvah on 5/24!

Mazal Tov to Amira and Michael Bobrov >>

Events

Naftali Rosenthal's Bar Mitzvah

Sat, May 24 @ 9:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
More >>

Scholar-in-Residence with Rabbi David Goodman

Tue, May 27 @ 7–9:00 p.m.
More >>

Rosh and Nosh

Wed, May 28 @ 8:15–9:00 a.m.
More >>

Tikkun Leil Shavuot with Rodger Kamenetz

Sun, June 1 @ 7:00 p.m.–Tue, June 3 @ 1:00 p.m.
More >>

Birthday and Anniversary Breakfast with Rodger Kamenentz

Sun, June 1 @ 10–11:00 a.m.
More >>

New Israel Fund Atlanta's Tzedek Awards

Sun, June 8 @ 7:30 p.m.
More >>

The 138th Annual Meeting

Sun, June 8 @ 11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
More >>

Naomi's Book Club

Mon, Jun 9 @ 10:15–11:30 a.m.
More >>

Brotherhood Gathering

Sun, Jun 22 @ 2–4:00 p.m.
More >>

For more events, please visit our events calendar.

View Calendar

Other Things Happening


2025–26 registration for Kesher religious school (Pre-K–6th Grade) and Neisah teen program (7th–9th Grade) is now open!

The Kesher and Neisah programs are generously endowed by the Judith and Aaron z"l Alembik Ahavath Achim Youth Education Program.

Register | More Info

The 2025 Spring Beineinu—Passover issue is out! If you haven't yet received your copy in the mail, you can view the electronic version here.

We are excited to be partnering with L'dor V'dor Judaica, an organization that rescues Judaica from thrift shops, estate sales, and the trash and rehomes it to folks in need of Judaica, allowing beautiful pieces and traditions to live on from generation to generation. AA will be collecting Judaica that our community no longer uses for others to rehome. We will accept all forms of Judaica that are useable. We will not accept books of any kind at this time.

If you have any Judaica in need of a new home, please contact the Director of Development, Jackie Nix ([email protected]; 404.603.5743), who will catalog and organize the items before placing them on a table outside the AA offices.

We look forward to helping you find items that ensure you can practice the traditions that connect you to the Jewish community and heritage.


Are you fun? Innovative? Passionate? Love kids? Kesher is seeking:

  • Madrichim (teaching assistants) for the fall of 2024. $10/hour or community service hours
  • Part-time teachers/facilitators for the fall of 2024. Beginning at $30/hour.
  • Subs

Kesher is AA's supplementary Jewish education program for students Pre-K through sixth grade. If you are interested, please email our Interim Director of Education: Annsley Klehr ([email protected]).

The Kesher program is generously endowed by the Judith and Aaron z"l Alembik Ahavath Achim Youth Education Program.


Do you know an AA congregant who is in the hospital or infirm? We are concerned about loved ones and friends who are in the hospital or infirm. Although our synagogue office remains closed, we are still working and would like to connect with you, especially in regards to pastoral care. If you have information about friends or family in the hospital or other care facilities, please contact Rabbi Rosenthal ([email protected]) directly. We always appreciate the opportunity to speak with anyone in need and offer support in any way we can.
 


Introducing the Kiddush Crew! 🥖🍷 We're launching a brand-new Kiddush Crew to support Ariela Rosenthal in preparing our beloved weekly Kiddush meals—and you can be part of it! Each week, two volunteers will team up with Ariela to help slice, dice, and serve joy to the community. It's a fun, social, and meaningful way to contribute—plus, you get behind-the-scenes access to all the deliciousness! Sign up below to reserve your date. Let's make Kiddush magic together!

Sign Up


Calling all leaders! AA's Social Action Committee is on the lookout for one or two passionate co-chairs to help lead our 2025 Habitat for Humanity Build—an inspiring, hands-on opportunity to make a real difference in our community. Let's build something great—together!

📅 Build Dates: Sunday, June 22 and/or Sunday, July 13
📍 Location: Mableton, GA

If you're ready to roll up your sleeves, rally volunteers, and help create something lasting, we want to hear from you!

Contact Alan Wexler:
📧 Email: [email protected]
📞 Phone: 404.872.8880 (Office); 404.931.8561 (Cell)

Your help is needed to fight the ugliness. Across America, we are witnessing an alarming rise in anti-Zionist and anti-Jewish demonstrations, especially on college and university campuses. Perhaps such events have occurred at your alma mater. As a concerned alum, you can raise your voice and urge university leadership to counter antisemitism. Equally important, you can also thank university administrators who are fighting to keep the campus free from discrimination, hate, violence, and antisemitism.

Ahavath Achim's (AA) Response to Antisemitism and Hate Committee wishes to create an Alumni Database. If you participate in this effort, we will alert you when antisemitic incidents occur or when positive steps are taken to counter such hate are taken. The Committee will prepare sample letters for you to use or personalize when communicating with your alma mater's leadership. Your voice matters.

We hope every college graduate in your household will join this effort.

Join the Database


Backpack Buddies needs your help! Backpack Buddies is seeking volunteers weekly, monthly, or whenever you can help during the school year to pack food at the Synagogue. If you are interested in volunteering, please sign up below or contact the chair: Carla Werthheimer ([email protected]). It's easy and fun!

Sign Up


Ahavath Achim's Sisterhood is a dynamic organization of women of all ages with diverse experiences, talents, and interests within our synagogue, community, and the Jewish world. Every woman counts for Sisterhood to grow and thrive. Basic membership dues are $45, but we encourage you to join at a Chai-er level. Your generous dues and donations are vital for Sisterhood to continue to offer programs and projects that strengthen and sustain our Jewish values.
 

We need your involvement in AA's social action programs! Motivate your family and friends "into action" towards the betterment of our community, and envision our current programs continued for the future. Reach out to your nieces, nephews, friends, and new neighbors for new contacts and ideas to help us increase our pool of volunteers for our wonderful existing and future programs. We need you! Find out how you want to be involved by reviewing the list of social action programs in which our synagogue has been involved for many years. If you'd like to become involved, please email our Social Action Chair: Alan Wexler ([email protected]; 404.872.8880).

Are you a warm, friendly, dedicated volunteer who wants to make a difference in a fellow congregant's life through acts of loving kindness? Are you willing to make a personal call or visit to comfort and support a congregant who has lost a loved one or been ill? These caring touches – acts of loving kindness – make all the difference in the world to those receiving them. If you want to be a part of strengthening our community, then AA's new Chesed Initiative is for you! This committee will work with our clergy, staff, and lay leaders to connect members who need help with members who want to do good deeds! Additionally, if you know of a congregant who is facing personal difficulties related to health, loss, or grief, please contact Fern Schorr ([email protected]; 404.355.5222) to let us know. Help us reach out to members in need. We welcome your help and time with this important project.


Hamas is refusing to accept a U.S.-backed deal to free hostages in exchange for a pause in the fighting. But some are still blaming Israel. Calls for a temporary ceasefire should be directed to the one address preventing it from happening: Hamas. We need to make sure your members of Congress know that Hamas is to blame. It takes just a minute to email your members by clicking the link below. Please take just 1 minute to make a difference and stand with Israel! I encourage you to forward this email to your friends and family.

Tell Congress


Your donation to the Israel Emergency Campaign helps to rebuild damaged infrastructure and address the unprecedented levels of trauma caused by the horrific attack on Isreael.

Donate


Donate to the Ukraine Emergency Fund of Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta

Donate

Tribute donations offer the ability to memorialize or honor friends and family through donations to a variety of designated funds. Tribute donations can be made in honor of B'nai Mitzvah, the birth of a baby, a graduation, a wedding, or other special occasion. Donations in memory of loved ones are a thoughtful and meaningful way to remember those who have passed away. Your donation will be acknowledged with a card to the recipient of this tribute. Please note that Tribute Donations require a minimum contribution of $18.
 

5785 High Holiday Hub

A source of everything you'll need to navigate your High Holiday spiritual experience!
Registration • Youth and Family • Service Schedule • Tunes and Meshorerim • Committee Fair • Yom Kippur Appeal/Chai Campaign • Honors • Machzorim • Operation Isaiah • Sisterhood Honey Fundraiser • Lulav and Etrog • Hearing Loop and Screen Assisted Service • Disabled Parking • Resources
Visit the Hub

5785 Passover Hub

Service Schedule • Passover Seder Matching • Selling of Chametz and Maot Chitim • Passover Observance in the Home • Which Utensils Can Be Kashered • Passover Resources
Visit the Hub

Schmooze and News at AA

Posted on by Lauren Dube

Since being taken hostage by Hamas

BRING THEM HOME NOW

We demand the safe return of all citizens who have been taken hostage by the terrorist group Hamas. We will not rest until every hostage is released and returns home safely.

You can help bring them back home.
Visit our Israel Resource Page.

Schmooze and News at AA

Special Message

Shabbat Corner

Friday Evening–Saturday

  • Shabbat Evening Service 🔀: 6:00 p.m.—Zoom
  • Candle Lighting: 8:14 p.m.
  • Shabbat Morning Service—Aufruf of Sarah Goodman and Barry Fields 🔀: 9:30 a.m.—Zoom
  • Torah Study 🔀: 10:30 a.m.—Zoom
  • Rebbe's Tish ⏺️: 12:30 p.m.
  • Mincha/Seudah Sheleshet/Ma'ariv/Havdallah 🔀: 7:30 p.m.—Zoom
  • Conclusion of Shabbat: 8:59 p.m.
  • Torah Parashat (Emor):

▶️ Virtual 🔀 Hybrid ⏺️ In-Person

Feel-Good News

Kiddush Sponsor

Sarah Goodman and Barry Fields in honor of their aufruf on 5/17 and Daniel Goodman's birthday on May 17!

Mazal Tov to Sarah Goodman and Barry Fields >>
Mazal Tov to Lisa Vitello >>
Blood Drive 5.4.25 >>

Events

Brotherhood Gathering

Thu, May 15 @ 8–9:30 p.m.
More >>

Tallit and Tefillin Clinic

Sun, May 18 @ 9–10:30 a.m.
More >>

Naftali Rosenthal's Bar Mitzvah

Sat, May 24 @ 9:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
More >>

Scholar-in-Residence with Rabbi David Goodman

Tue, May 27 @ 7–9:00 p.m.
More >>

Rosh and Nosh

Wed, May 28 @ 8:15–9:00 a.m.
More >>

Tikkun Leil Shavuot with Rodger Kamenetz

Sun, June 1 @ 7:00 p.m.–Tue, June 3 @ 1:00 p.m.
More >>

Birthday and Anniversary Breakfast with Rodger Kamenentz

Sun, June 1 @ 10–11:00 a.m.
More >>
NEW

New Israel Fund Atlanta's Tzedek Awards

Sun, June 8 @ 7:30 p.m.
More >>

The 138th Annual Meeting

Sun, June 8 @ 11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
More >>
NEW

Naomi's Book Club

Mon, Jun 9 @ 10:15–11:30 a.m.
More >>

For more events, please visit our events calendar.

View Calendar

Other Things Happening


2025–26 registration for Kesher religious school (Pre-K–6th Grade) and Neisah teen program (7th–9th Grade) is now open!

The Kesher and Neisah programs are generously endowed by the Judith and Aaron z"l Alembik Ahavath Achim Youth Education Program.

Register | More Info

The 2025 Spring Beineinu—Passover issue is out! If you haven't yet received your copy in the mail, you can view the electronic version here.

We are excited to be partnering with L'dor V'dor Judaica, an organization that rescues Judaica from thrift shops, estate sales, and the trash and rehomes it to folks in need of Judaica, allowing beautiful pieces and traditions to live on from generation to generation. AA will be collecting Judaica that our community no longer uses for others to rehome. We will accept all forms of Judaica that are useable. We will not accept books of any kind at this time.

If you have any Judaica in need of a new home, please contact the Director of Development, Jackie Nix ([email protected]; 404.603.5743), who will catalog and organize the items before placing them on a table outside the AA offices.

We look forward to helping you find items that ensure you can practice the traditions that connect you to the Jewish community and heritage.


Are you fun? Innovative? Passionate? Love kids? Kesher is seeking:

  • Madrichim (teaching assistants) for the fall of 2024. $10/hour or community service hours
  • Part-time teachers/facilitators for the fall of 2024. Beginning at $30/hour.
  • Subs

Kesher is AA's supplementary Jewish education program for students Pre-K through sixth grade. If you are interested, please email our Interim Director of Education: Annsley Klehr ([email protected]).

The Kesher program is generously endowed by the Judith and Aaron z"l Alembik Ahavath Achim Youth Education Program.


Do you know an AA congregant who is in the hospital or infirm? We are concerned about loved ones and friends who are in the hospital or infirm. Although our synagogue office remains closed, we are still working and would like to connect with you, especially in regards to pastoral care. If you have information about friends or family in the hospital or other care facilities, please contact Rabbi Rosenthal ([email protected]) directly. We always appreciate the opportunity to speak with anyone in need and offer support in any way we can.
 


Introducing the Kiddush Crew! 🥖🍷 We're launching a brand-new Kiddush Crew to support Ariela Rosenthal in preparing our beloved weekly Kiddush meals—and you can be part of it! Each week, two volunteers will team up with Ariela to help slice, dice, and serve joy to the community. It's a fun, social, and meaningful way to contribute—plus, you get behind-the-scenes access to all the deliciousness! Sign up below to reserve your date. Let's make Kiddush magic together!

Sign Up


Calling all leaders! AA's Social Action Committee is on the lookout for one or two passionate co-chairs to help lead our 2025 Habitat for Humanity Build—an inspiring, hands-on opportunity to make a real difference in our community. Let's build something great—together!

📅 Build Dates: Sunday, June 22 and/or Sunday, July 13
📍 Location: Mableton, GA

If you're ready to roll up your sleeves, rally volunteers, and help create something lasting, we want to hear from you!

Contact Alan Wexler:
📧 Email: [email protected]
📞 Phone: 404.872.8880 (Office); 404.931.8561 (Cell)

Your help is needed to fight the ugliness. Across America, we are witnessing an alarming rise in anti-Zionist and anti-Jewish demonstrations, especially on college and university campuses. Perhaps such events have occurred at your alma mater. As a concerned alum, you can raise your voice and urge university leadership to counter antisemitism. Equally important, you can also thank university administrators who are fighting to keep the campus free from discrimination, hate, violence, and antisemitism.

Ahavath Achim's (AA) Response to Antisemitism and Hate Committee wishes to create an Alumni Database. If you participate in this effort, we will alert you when antisemitic incidents occur or when positive steps are taken to counter such hate are taken. The Committee will prepare sample letters for you to use or personalize when communicating with your alma mater's leadership. Your voice matters.

We hope every college graduate in your household will join this effort.

Join the Database


Backpack Buddies needs your help! Backpack Buddies is seeking volunteers weekly, monthly, or whenever you can help during the school year to pack food at the Synagogue. If you are interested in volunteering, please sign up below or contact the chair: Carla Werthheimer ([email protected]). It's easy and fun!

Sign Up


Ahavath Achim's Sisterhood is a dynamic organization of women of all ages with diverse experiences, talents, and interests within our synagogue, community, and the Jewish world. Every woman counts for Sisterhood to grow and thrive. Basic membership dues are $45, but we encourage you to join at a Chai-er level. Your generous dues and donations are vital for Sisterhood to continue to offer programs and projects that strengthen and sustain our Jewish values.
 

We need your involvement in AA's social action programs! Motivate your family and friends "into action" towards the betterment of our community, and envision our current programs continued for the future. Reach out to your nieces, nephews, friends, and new neighbors for new contacts and ideas to help us increase our pool of volunteers for our wonderful existing and future programs. We need you! Find out how you want to be involved by reviewing the list of social action programs in which our synagogue has been involved for many years. If you'd like to become involved, please email our Social Action Chair: Alan Wexler ([email protected]; 404.872.8880).

Are you a warm, friendly, dedicated volunteer who wants to make a difference in a fellow congregant's life through acts of loving kindness? Are you willing to make a personal call or visit to comfort and support a congregant who has lost a loved one or been ill? These caring touches – acts of loving kindness – make all the difference in the world to those receiving them. If you want to be a part of strengthening our community, then AA's new Chesed Initiative is for you! This committee will work with our clergy, staff, and lay leaders to connect members who need help with members who want to do good deeds! Additionally, if you know of a congregant who is facing personal difficulties related to health, loss, or grief, please contact Fern Schorr ([email protected]; 404.355.5222) to let us know. Help us reach out to members in need. We welcome your help and time with this important project.


Hamas is refusing to accept a U.S.-backed deal to free hostages in exchange for a pause in the fighting. But some are still blaming Israel. Calls for a temporary ceasefire should be directed to the one address preventing it from happening: Hamas. We need to make sure your members of Congress know that Hamas is to blame. It takes just a minute to email your members by clicking the link below. Please take just 1 minute to make a difference and stand with Israel! I encourage you to forward this email to your friends and family.

Tell Congress


Your donation to the Israel Emergency Campaign helps to rebuild damaged infrastructure and address the unprecedented levels of trauma caused by the horrific attack on Isreael.

Donate


Donate to the Ukraine Emergency Fund of Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta

Donate

Tribute donations offer the ability to memorialize or honor friends and family through donations to a variety of designated funds. Tribute donations can be made in honor of B'nai Mitzvah, the birth of a baby, a graduation, a wedding, or other special occasion. Donations in memory of loved ones are a thoughtful and meaningful way to remember those who have passed away. Your donation will be acknowledged with a card to the recipient of this tribute. Please note that Tribute Donations require a minimum contribution of $18.
 

5785 High Holiday Hub

A source of everything you'll need to navigate your High Holiday spiritual experience!
Registration • Youth and Family • Service Schedule • Tunes and Meshorerim • Committee Fair • Yom Kippur Appeal/Chai Campaign • Honors • Machzorim • Operation Isaiah • Sisterhood Honey Fundraiser • Lulav and Etrog • Hearing Loop and Screen Assisted Service • Disabled Parking • Resources
Visit the Hub

5785 Passover Hub

Service Schedule • Passover Seder Matching • Selling of Chametz and Maot Chitim • Passover Observance in the Home • Which Utensils Can Be Kashered • Passover Resources
Visit the Hub

Schmooze and News at AA

Posted on by Lauren Dube

Since being taken hostage by Hamas

BRING THEM HOME NOW

We demand the safe return of all citizens who have been taken hostage by the terrorist group Hamas. We will not rest until every hostage is released and returns home safely.

You can help bring them back home.
Visit our Israel Resource Page.

Schmooze and News at AA

Special Message

Shabbat Corner

Friday Evening–Saturday

  • Shabbat Evening Service 🔀: 6:00 p.m.—Zoom
  • Candle Lighting: 8:09 p.m.
  • Shabbat Morning Service 🔀: 9:30 a.m.—Zoom
  • Torah Study 🔀: 10:30 a.m.—Zoom
  • L'Dor V'Drum 🔀: 11:00 a.m.—Zoom
  • Rebbe's Tish ⏺️: 12:30 p.m.
  • Mincha/Seudah Sheleshet/Ma'ariv/Havdallah 🔀: 7:15 p.m.—Zoom
  • Conclusion of Shabbat: 8:53 p.m.
  • Torah Parashat (Achrei Mot-Kedoshim):

▶️ Virtual 🔀 Hybrid ⏺️ In-Person

Feel-Good News

Kiddush Sponsor

Eileen Cohn and Family in honor of Barry Silver's Bar Mitzvah Anniversary on 4/30!

mAAc Tour of the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum 5.1.25
The Great Big Recycling Event 5.4.25 >>
Mazal Tov to Sarah Cohen and Michael Litzky >>

Events

L'Dor V'Drum

Sat, May 10 @ 11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Registration Preferred
More >>

Brotherhood Gathering

Thu, May 15 @ 8–9:30 p.m.
More >>

Tallit and Tefillin Clinic

Sun, May 18 @ 9–10:30 a.m.
More >>

Naftali Rosenthal's Bar Mitzvah

Sat, May 24 @ 9:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
More >>

Scholar-in-Residence with Rabbi David Goodman

Tue, May 27 @ 7–9:00 p.m.
More >>

Rosh and Nosh

Wed, May 28 @ 8:15–9:00 a.m.
More >>

Tikkun Leil Shavuot with Scholar-in-Residence Roger Kamenetz

Sun, June 1 @ 7:00 p.m.–Tue, June 3 @ 1:00 p.m.
More >>
Save the Date

New Israel Fund Atlanta's Tzedek Awards

Sun, June 8 @ 7:30 p.m.
More >>

Naomi's Book Club

Mon, Jun 9 @ 10:15–11:30 a.m.
More >>

For more events, please visit our events calendar.

View Calendar

Other Things Happening at AA


We are looking for nominations for The Marvin C. Goldstein and Rita Goldstein Wolfson Volunteer of the Year Award (presented to a volunteer who has shown outstanding efforts to strengthen our congregation and community) and the Cantor Isaac Goodfriend Award for Exemplary Leadership (presented to a volunteer who has shown exemplary leadership without recognition) to be presented at the Annual Meeting in June. To submit recommendations, please contact Jackie Nix ([email protected]; 404.603.5743). Along with names, please include the rationale behind your recommendations. Each recommendation received will be vetted and researched by our clergy, professional staff, and officers for final award determinations.


2025–26 registration for Kesher religious school (Pre-K–6th Grade) and Neisah teen program (7th–9th Grade) is now open!

The Kesher and Neisah programs are generously endowed by the Judith and Aaron z"l Alembik Ahavath Achim Youth Education Program.

Register | More Info

The 2025 Spring Beineinu—Passover issue is out! If you haven't yet received your copy in the mail, you can view the electronic version here.

We are excited to be partnering with L'dor V'dor Judaica, an organization that rescues Judaica from thrift shops, estate sales, and the trash and rehomes it to folks in need of Judaica, allowing beautiful pieces and traditions to live on from generation to generation. AA will be collecting Judaica that our community no longer uses for others to rehome. We will accept all forms of Judaica that are useable. We will not accept books of any kind at this time.

If you have any Judaica in need of a new home, please contact the Director of Development, Jackie Nix ([email protected]; 404.603.5743), who will catalog and organize the items before placing them on a table outside the AA offices.

We look forward to helping you find items that ensure you can practice the traditions that connect you to the Jewish community and heritage.


Are you fun? Innovative? Passionate? Love kids? Kesher is seeking:

  • Madrichim (teaching assistants) for the fall of 2024. $10/hour or community service hours
  • Part-time teachers/facilitators for the fall of 2024. Beginning at $30/hour.
  • Subs

Kesher is AA's supplementary Jewish education program for students Pre-K through sixth grade. If you are interested, please email our Interim Director of Education: Annsley Klehr ([email protected]).

The Kesher program is generously endowed by the Judith and Aaron z"l Alembik Ahavath Achim Youth Education Program.


Do you know an AA congregant who is in the hospital or infirm? We are concerned about loved ones and friends who are in the hospital or infirm. Although our synagogue office remains closed, we are still working and would like to connect with you, especially in regards to pastoral care. If you have information about friends or family in the hospital or other care facilities, please contact Rabbi Rosenthal ([email protected]) directly. We always appreciate the opportunity to speak with anyone in need and offer support in any way we can.
 

Your help is needed to fight the ugliness. Across America, we are witnessing an alarming rise in anti-Zionist and anti-Jewish demonstrations, especially on college and university campuses. Perhaps such events have occurred at your alma mater. As a concerned alum, you can raise your voice and urge university leadership to counter antisemitism. Equally important, you can also thank university administrators who are fighting to keep the campus free from discrimination, hate, violence, and antisemitism.

Ahavath Achim's (AA) Response to Antisemitism and Hate Committee wishes to create an Alumni Database. If you participate in this effort, we will alert you when antisemitic incidents occur or when positive steps are taken to counter such hate are taken. The Committee will prepare sample letters for you to use or personalize when communicating with your alma mater's leadership. Your voice matters.

We hope every college graduate in your household will join this effort.

Join the Database

The 2025 Hunger Walk Run on Sunday, March 9, was a very successful and exciting day! This experience of inclusive unity, where all religions gather together, walk side by side, and share a common cause greater than their own, was truly amazing. Although the event is over, our work is not. And it is not too late to donate and help us reach our lofty goal.

To donate to Sally's Friends, click here and follow these instructions:

  1. Click on "Donate Now."
  2. From the "Select a Team Member" drop-down list, select Sally Kaplan
  3. Fill out the remaining fields.
  4. Be sure to conduct a simple search to discover if your employer has a Matching Gift Program.

Or, for your convenience, mail a check to:

Sally Kaplan
4507 Chattahoochee Way
Marietta, GA 30067
Checks should be payable to "Hunger Walk Run 2025." Write "Sally's Friends" in the "For" field.

Questions? Please contact Bebe Kaplan (404.587.1736).


Backpack Buddies needs your help! Backpack Buddies is seeking volunteers weekly, monthly, or whenever you can help during the school year to pack food at the Synagogue. If you are interested in volunteering, please sign up below or contact the chair: Carla Werthheimer ([email protected]). It's easy and fun!

Sign Up


Ahavath Achim's Sisterhood is a dynamic organization of women of all ages with diverse experiences, talents, and interests within our synagogue, community, and the Jewish world. Every woman counts for Sisterhood to grow and thrive. Basic membership dues are $45, but we encourage you to join at a Chai-er level. Your generous dues and donations are vital for Sisterhood to continue to offer programs and projects that strengthen and sustain our Jewish values.
 

We need your involvement in AA's social action programs! Motivate your family and friends "into action" towards the betterment of our community, and envision our current programs continued for the future. Reach out to your nieces, nephews, friends, and new neighbors for new contacts and ideas to help us increase our pool of volunteers for our wonderful existing and future programs. We need you! Find out how you want to be involved by reviewing the list of social action programs in which our synagogue has been involved for many years. If you'd like to become involved, please email our Social Action Chair: Alan Wexler ([email protected]; 404.872.8880).

Are you a warm, friendly, dedicated volunteer who wants to make a difference in a fellow congregant's life through acts of loving kindness? Are you willing to make a personal call or visit to comfort and support a congregant who has lost a loved one or been ill? These caring touches – acts of loving kindness – make all the difference in the world to those receiving them. If you want to be a part of strengthening our community, then AA's new Chesed Initiative is for you! This committee will work with our clergy, staff, and lay leaders to connect members who need help with members who want to do good deeds! Additionally, if you know of a congregant who is facing personal difficulties related to health, loss, or grief, please contact Fern Schorr ([email protected]; 404.355.5222) to let us know. Help us reach out to members in need. We welcome your help and time with this important project.


Hamas is refusing to accept a U.S.-backed deal to free hostages in exchange for a pause in the fighting. But some are still blaming Israel. Calls for a temporary ceasefire should be directed to the one address preventing it from happening: Hamas. We need to make sure your members of Congress know that Hamas is to blame. It takes just a minute to email your members by clicking the link below. Please take just 1 minute to make a difference and stand with Israel! I encourage you to forward this email to your friends and family.

Tell Congress


Your donation to the Israel Emergency Campaign helps to rebuild damaged infrastructure and address the unprecedented levels of trauma caused by the horrific attack on Isreael.

Donate


Donate to the Ukraine Emergency Fund of Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta

Donate

Tribute donations offer the ability to memorialize or honor friends and family through donations to a variety of designated funds. Tribute donations can be made in honor of B'nai Mitzvah, the birth of a baby, a graduation, a wedding, or other special occasion. Donations in memory of loved ones are a thoughtful and meaningful way to remember those who have passed away. Your donation will be acknowledged with a card to the recipient of this tribute. Please note that Tribute Donations require a minimum contribution of $18.
 

5785 High Holiday Hub

A source of everything you'll need to navigate your High Holiday spiritual experience!
Registration • Youth and Family • Service Schedule • Tunes and Meshorerim • Committee Fair • Yom Kippur Appeal/Chai Campaign • Honors • Machzorim • Operation Isaiah • Sisterhood Honey Fundraiser • Lulav and Etrog • Hearing Loop and Screen Assisted Service • Disabled Parking • Resources
Visit the Hub

5785 Passover Hub

Service Schedule • Passover Seder Matching • Selling of Chametz and Maot Chitim • Passover Observance in the Home • Which Utensils Can Be Kashered • Passover Resources
Visit the Hub

Schmooze and News at AA

Posted on by Lauren Dube

Since being taken hostage by Hamas

BRING THEM HOME NOW

We demand the safe return of all citizens who have been taken hostage by the terrorist group Hamas. We will not rest until every hostage is released and returns home safely.

You can help bring them back home.
Visit our Israel Resource Page.

Schmooze and News at AA

Special Message

Shabbat Corner

Friday Evening–Saturday

  • Shabbat Evening Service 🔀: 6:00 p.m.—Zoom
  • Candle Lighting: 8:04 p.m.
  • Sustainability Shabbat 🔀: 9:30 a.m.—Zoom
  • Torah Study 🔀: 10:30 a.m.—Zoom
  • Pray 'n' Play ⏺️: 11:15 a.m.
  • Rebbe's Tish ⏺️: 12:30 p.m.
  • Mincha/Seudah Sheleshet/Ma'ariv/Havdallah 🔀: 7:15 p.m.—Zoom
  • Conclusion of Shabbat: 8:48 p.m.
  • Torah Parashat (Tazria-Metzora):

▶️ Virtual 🔀 Hybrid ⏺️ In-Person

Feel-Good News

Kiddush Sponsor

The Green Team in honor of Sustainability Shabbat!

Rabbi Laurence Rosenthal Speaks at Catholic Community's Memorial Service for Pope Francis >>
Yom HaZikaron Memorial for Israel's Fallen Soldiers and Victims of Terror 4.29.25
Mazal Tov to Gail Solomon >>

Events

Sustainability Shabbat

Sat, May 3 @ 9:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
More >>
NEW

Pray 'n' Play

Sat, May 3 @ 11:15 a.m.–12:15 p.m.
More >>

Blood Drive

Sun, May 4 @ 9:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m.
More >>

The Great Big Recycling Event

Sun, May 4 @ 9:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
More >>

Kesher and Nesiah End-of-Year Ceremony and Brunch

Sun, May 4 @ 9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
More >>

Georgian Chamber Players Concert

Sun, May 4 @ 3–5:00 p.m.
More >>

Naomi's Book Club

Mon, May 5 @ 10:15–11:30 a.m.
Virtual Only
More >>

L'Dor V'Drum

Sat, May 10 @ 11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Registration Preferred
More >>

Tallit and Tefillin Clinic

Sun, May 18 @ 9–10:30 a.m.
More >>
NEW

Naftali Rosenthal's Bar Mitzvah

Sat, May 24 @ 9:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
More >>

Scholar-in-Residence with Rabbi David Goodman

Tue, May 27 @ 7–9:00 p.m.
More >>

Rosh and Nosh

Wed, May 28 @ 8:15–9:00 a.m.
More >>
NEW

New Israel Fund Atlanta's Tzedek Awards

Sun, June 8 @ 7:30 p.m.
More >>

For more events, please visit our events calendar.

View Calendar

Other Things Happening at AA


We are looking for nominations for The Marvin C. Goldstein and Rita Goldstein Wolfson Volunteer of the Year Award (presented to a volunteer who has shown outstanding efforts to strengthen our congregation and community) and the Cantor Isaac Goodfriend Award for Exemplary Leadership (presented to a volunteer who has shown exemplary leadership without recognition) to be presented at the Annual Meeting in June. To submit recommendations, please contact Jackie Nix ([email protected]; 404.603.5743). Along with names, please include the rationale behind your recommendations. Each recommendation received will be vetted and researched by our clergy, professional staff, and officers for final award determinations.


2025–26 registration for Kesher religious school (Pre-K–6th Grade) and Neisah teen program (7th–9th Grade) is now open!

The Kesher and Neisah programs are generously endowed by the Judith and Aaron z"l Alembik Ahavath Achim Youth Education Program.

Register | More Info

The 2025 Spring Beineinu—Passover issue is out! If you haven't yet received your copy in the mail, you can view the electronic version here.

We are excited to be partnering with L'dor V'dor Judaica, an organization that rescues Judaica from thrift shops, estate sales, and the trash and rehomes it to folks in need of Judaica, allowing beautiful pieces and traditions to live on from generation to generation. AA will be collecting Judaica that our community no longer uses for others to rehome. We will accept all forms of Judaica that are useable. We will not accept books of any kind at this time.

If you have any Judaica in need of a new home, please contact the Director of Development, Jackie Nix ([email protected]; 404.603.5743), who will catalog and organize the items before placing them on a table outside the AA offices.

We look forward to helping you find items that ensure you can practice the traditions that connect you to the Jewish community and heritage.


Are you fun? Innovative? Passionate? Love kids? Kesher is seeking:

  • Madrichim (teaching assistants) for the fall of 2024. $10/hour or community service hours
  • Part-time teachers/facilitators for the fall of 2024. Beginning at $30/hour.
  • Subs

Kesher is AA's supplementary Jewish education program for students Pre-K through sixth grade. If you are interested, please email our Interim Director of Education: Annsley Klehr ([email protected]).

The Kesher program is generously endowed by the Judith and Aaron z"l Alembik Ahavath Achim Youth Education Program.


Do you know an AA congregant who is in the hospital or infirm? We are concerned about loved ones and friends who are in the hospital or infirm. Although our synagogue office remains closed, we are still working and would like to connect with you, especially in regards to pastoral care. If you have information about friends or family in the hospital or other care facilities, please contact Rabbi Rosenthal ([email protected]) directly. We always appreciate the opportunity to speak with anyone in need and offer support in any way we can.
 

The 2025 Hunger Walk Run on Sunday, March 9, was a very successful and exciting day! This experience of inclusive unity, where all religions gather together, walk side by side, and share a common cause greater than their own, was truly amazing. Although the event is over, our work is not. And it is not too late to donate and help us reach our lofty goal.

To donate to Sally's Friends, click here and follow these instructions:

  1. Click on "Donate Now."
  2. From the "Select a Team Member" drop-down list, select Sally Kaplan
  3. Fill out the remaining fields.
  4. Be sure to conduct a simple search to discover if your employer has a Matching Gift Program.

Or, for your convenience, mail a check to:

Sally Kaplan
4507 Chattahoochee Way
Marietta, GA 30067
Checks should be payable to "Hunger Walk Run 2025." Write "Sally's Friends" in the "For" field.

Questions? Please contact Bebe Kaplan (404.587.1736).

Your help is needed to fight the ugliness. Across America, we are witnessing an alarming rise in anti-Zionist and anti-Jewish demonstrations, especially on college and university campuses. Perhaps such events have occurred at your alma mater. As a concerned alum, you can raise your voice and urge university leadership to counter antisemitism. Equally important, you can also thank university administrators who are fighting to keep the campus free from discrimination, hate, violence, and antisemitism.

Ahavath Achim's (AA) Response to Antisemitism and Hate Committee wishes to create an Alumni Database. If you participate in this effort, we will alert you when antisemitic incidents occur or when positive steps are taken to counter such hate are taken. The Committee will prepare sample letters for you to use or personalize when communicating with your alma mater's leadership. Your voice matters.

We hope every college graduate in your household will join this effort.

Join the Database


Backpack Buddies needs your help! Backpack Buddies is seeking volunteers weekly, monthly, or whenever you can help during the school year to pack food at the Synagogue. If you are interested in volunteering, please sign up below or contact the chair: Carla Werthheimer ([email protected]). It's easy and fun!

Sign Up


Ahavath Achim's Sisterhood is a dynamic organization of women of all ages with diverse experiences, talents, and interests within our synagogue, community, and the Jewish world. Every woman counts for Sisterhood to grow and thrive. Basic membership dues are $45, but we encourage you to join at a Chai-er level. Your generous dues and donations are vital for Sisterhood to continue to offer programs and projects that strengthen and sustain our Jewish values.
 

We need your involvement in AA's social action programs! Motivate your family and friends "into action" towards the betterment of our community, and envision our current programs continued for the future. Reach out to your nieces, nephews, friends, and new neighbors for new contacts and ideas to help us increase our pool of volunteers for our wonderful existing and future programs. We need you! Find out how you want to be involved by reviewing the list of social action programs in which our synagogue has been involved for many years. If you'd like to become involved, please email our Social Action Chair: Alan Wexler ([email protected]; 404.872.8880).

Are you a warm, friendly, dedicated volunteer who wants to make a difference in a fellow congregant's life through acts of loving kindness? Are you willing to make a personal call or visit to comfort and support a congregant who has lost a loved one or been ill? These caring touches – acts of loving kindness – make all the difference in the world to those receiving them. If you want to be a part of strengthening our community, then AA's new Chesed Initiative is for you! This committee will work with our clergy, staff, and lay leaders to connect members who need help with members who want to do good deeds! Additionally, if you know of a congregant who is facing personal difficulties related to health, loss, or grief, please contact Fern Schorr ([email protected]; 404.355.5222) to let us know. Help us reach out to members in need. We welcome your help and time with this important project.


The election is still ongoing until May 4—Don't procrastinate getting your vote in! The World Zionist Congress and its affiliates provide millions of dollars in funding and support programs that enrich our community and Jewish life in the U.S. voting opens on Monday, March 10 to select delegates for the new Congress. Casting your vote for MERCAZ USA is an investment in the future of the Jewish institutions at the heart of our communities.

This funding includes Israel education at Ramah summer camps, programming at our congregation, and critical philanthropy efforts supporting hostage families, the global diaspora, and more. Any Jewish adult over 18 who resides permanently in the U.S. and did not vote in the last Knesset election is eligible to vote for MERCAZ USA in the World Zionist Congress elections. 

It's critical that we don't let extremist voices limit the voice of the conservative movement, including our work on environmental and climate initiatives at the WZO. Vote here and select slate #17 MERCAZ USA. Voting closes on May 4. No preregistration or organizational membership is required beforehand.


Hamas is refusing to accept a U.S.-backed deal to free hostages in exchange for a pause in the fighting. But some are still blaming Israel. Calls for a temporary ceasefire should be directed to the one address preventing it from happening: Hamas. We need to make sure your members of Congress know that Hamas is to blame. It takes just a minute to email your members by clicking the link below. Please take just 1 minute to make a difference and stand with Israel! I encourage you to forward this email to your friends and family.

Tell Congress


Your donation to the Israel Emergency Campaign helps to rebuild damaged infrastructure and address the unprecedented levels of trauma caused by the horrific attack on Isreael.

Donate


Donate to the Ukraine Emergency Fund of Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta

Donate

Tribute donations offer the ability to memorialize or honor friends and family through donations to a variety of designated funds. Tribute donations can be made in honor of B'nai Mitzvah, the birth of a baby, a graduation, a wedding, or other special occasion. Donations in memory of loved ones are a thoughtful and meaningful way to remember those who have passed away. Your donation will be acknowledged with a card to the recipient of this tribute. Please note that Tribute Donations require a minimum contribution of $18.
 

5785 High Holiday Hub

A source of everything you'll need to navigate your High Holiday spiritual experience!
Registration • Youth and Family • Service Schedule • Tunes and Meshorerim • Committee Fair • Yom Kippur Appeal/Chai Campaign • Honors • Machzorim • Operation Isaiah • Sisterhood Honey Fundraiser • Lulav and Etrog • Hearing Loop and Screen Assisted Service • Disabled Parking • Resources
Visit the Hub

5785 Passover Hub

Service Schedule • Passover Seder Matching • Selling of Chametz and Maot Chitim • Passover Observance in the Home • Which Utensils Can Be Kashered • Passover Resources
Visit the Hub

Schmooze and News at AA

Posted on by Lauren Dube

Since being taken hostage by Hamas

BRING THEM HOME NOW

We demand the safe return of all citizens who have been taken hostage by the terrorist group Hamas. We will not rest until every hostage is released and returns home safely.

You can help bring them back home.
Visit our Israel Resource Page.

Schmooze and News at AA

Special Message

Shabbat Corner

Friday Evening–Saturday

  • Shabbat Evening Service 🔀: 6:00 p.m.—Zoom
  • Candle Lighting: 7:58 p.m.
  • Shabbat Morning Service 🔀: 9:30 a.m.—Zoom
  • Torah Study 🔀: 10:30 a.m.—Zoom
  • L'Dor V'Drum ⏺️: 11:00 a.m.
  • Rebbe's Tish ⏺️: 12:30 p.m.
  • Mincha/Seudah Sheleshet/Ma'ariv/Havdallah 🔀: 7:15 p.m.—Zoom
  • Conclusion of Shabbat: 8:43 p.m.
  • Torah Parashat (Shmini):

▶️ Virtual 🔀 Hybrid ⏺️ In-Person

Feel-Good News

Kiddush Sponsor

Mindy, Ira, Michael, and Billy Planer in honor of Dick Planer's 90th birthday on 4/27

Dr. Michael and Esther Levine in honor of their 63rd anniversary on 4/14!

Rosalie Hirschberg in honor of her birthday on 4/16!

Noah Surden's Mitzvah Project >>

Events

L'Dor V'Drum

Sat, April 26 @ 11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Registration Preferred
More >>

Yom HaShoah 60th Community-Wide Holocaust Commemoration

Sun, Apr 27 @ 11:00 a.m.
More >>

How to Make a Home

Sun, Apr 27 @ 5–7:00 p.m.
Registration Required
More >>

Rosh and Nosh

Mon, April 28 @ 8:15–9:00 a.m.
More >>
NEW

Yom HaZikaron Memorial

Tue, April 29 @ 7–9:00 p.m.
(Doors Open at 6:00 p.m.)
Registration Required
More >>
NEW

mAAc Tour of the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum

Thu, May 1 @ 1–4:00 p.m.
Register by 4/25
More >>

Pray 'n' Play

Sat, May 3 @ 11:15 a.m.–12:15 p.m.
More >>

Blood Drive

Sun, May 4 @ 9:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m.
More >>

The Great Big Recycling Event

Sun, May 4 @ 9:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
More >>

Kesher and Nesiah End-of-Year Ceremony and Brunch

Sun, May 4 @ 9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
More >>

Naomi's Book Club

Mon, May 5 @ 10:15–11:30 a.m.
Virtual Only
More >>

Georgian Chamber Players Concert

Sun, May 4 @ 3–5:00 p.m.
More >>

Naftali Rosenthal's Bar Mitzvah

Sat, May 24 @ 9:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
More >>

Scholar-in-Residence with Rabbi David Goodman

Tue, May 27 @ 7–9:00 p.m.
More >>
NEW

New Israel Fund Atlanta's Tzedek Awards

Sun, June 8 @ 7:30 p.m.
More >>

For more events, please visit our events calendar.

View Calendar

Other Things Happening at AA


We are looking for nominations for The Marvin C. Goldstein and Rita Goldstein Wolfson Volunteer of the Year Award (presented to a volunteer who has shown outstanding efforts to strengthen our congregation and community) and the Cantor Isaac Goodfriend Award for Exemplary Leadership (presented to a volunteer who has shown exemplary leadership without recognition) to be presented at the Annual Meeting in June. To submit recommendations, please contact Jackie Nix ([email protected]; 404.603.5743). Along with names, please include the rationale behind your recommendations. Each recommendation received will be vetted and researched by our clergy, professional staff, and officers for final award determinations.


2025–26 registration for Kesher religious school (Pre-K–6th Grade) and Neisah teen program (7th–9th Grade) is now open!

The Kesher and Neisah programs are generously endowed by the Judith and Aaron z"l Alembik Ahavath Achim Youth Education Program.

Register | More Info

The 2025 Spring Beineinu—Passover issue is out! If you haven't yet received your copy in the mail, you can view the electronic version here.

We are excited to be partnering with L'dor V'dor Judaica, an organization that rescues Judaica from thrift shops, estate sales, and the trash and rehomes it to folks in need of Judaica, allowing beautiful pieces and traditions to live on from generation to generation. AA will be collecting Judaica that our community no longer uses for others to rehome. We will accept all forms of Judaica that are useable. We will not accept books of any kind at this time.

If you have any Judaica in need of a new home, please contact the Director of Development, Jackie Nix ([email protected]; 404.603.5743), who will catalog and organize the items before placing them on a table outside the AA offices.

We look forward to helping you find items that ensure you can practice the traditions that connect you to the Jewish community and heritage.


Are you fun? Innovative? Passionate? Love kids? Kesher is seeking:

  • Madrichim (teaching assistants) for the fall of 2024. $10/hour or community service hours
  • Part-time teachers/facilitators for the fall of 2024. Beginning at $30/hour.
  • Subs

Kesher is AA's supplementary Jewish education program for students Pre-K through sixth grade. If you are interested, please email our Interim Director of Education: Annsley Klehr ([email protected]).

The Kesher program is generously endowed by the Judith and Aaron z"l Alembik Ahavath Achim Youth Education Program.


Do you know an AA congregant who is in the hospital or infirm? We are concerned about loved ones and friends who are in the hospital or infirm. Although our synagogue office remains closed, we are still working and would like to connect with you, especially in regards to pastoral care. If you have information about friends or family in the hospital or other care facilities, please contact Rabbi Rosenthal ([email protected]) directly. We always appreciate the opportunity to speak with anyone in need and offer support in any way we can.
 

The 2025 Hunger Walk Run on Sunday, March 9, was a very successful and exciting day! This experience of inclusive unity, where all religions gather together, walk side by side, and share a common cause greater than their own, was truly amazing. Although the event is over, our work is not. And it is not too late to donate and help us reach our lofty goal.

To donate to Sally's Friends, click here and follow these instructions:

  1. Click on "Donate Now."
  2. From the "Select a Team Member" drop-down list, select Sally Kaplan
  3. Fill out the remaining fields.
  4. Be sure to conduct a simple search to discover if your employer has a Matching Gift Program.

Or, for your convenience, mail a check to:

Sally Kaplan
4507 Chattahoochee Way
Marietta, GA 30067
Checks should be payable to "Hunger Walk Run 2025." Write "Sally's Friends" in the "For" field.

Questions? Please contact Bebe Kaplan (404.587.1736).

Your help is needed to fight the ugliness. Across America, we are witnessing an alarming rise in anti-Zionist and anti-Jewish demonstrations, especially on college and university campuses. Perhaps such events have occurred at your alma mater. As a concerned alum, you can raise your voice and urge university leadership to counter antisemitism. Equally important, you can also thank university administrators who are fighting to keep the campus free from discrimination, hate, violence, and antisemitism.

Ahavath Achim's (AA) Response to Antisemitism and Hate Committee wishes to create an Alumni Database. If you participate in this effort, we will alert you when antisemitic incidents occur or when positive steps are taken to counter such hate are taken. The Committee will prepare sample letters for you to use or personalize when communicating with your alma mater's leadership. Your voice matters.

We hope every college graduate in your household will join this effort.

Join the Database


Backpack Buddies needs your help! Backpack Buddies is seeking volunteers weekly, monthly, or whenever you can help during the school year to pack food at the Synagogue. If you are interested in volunteering, please sign up below or contact the chair: Carla Werthheimer ([email protected]). It's easy and fun!

Sign Up


Ahavath Achim's Sisterhood is a dynamic organization of women of all ages with diverse experiences, talents, and interests within our synagogue, community, and the Jewish world. Every woman counts for Sisterhood to grow and thrive. Basic membership dues are $45, but we encourage you to join at a Chai-er level. Your generous dues and donations are vital for Sisterhood to continue to offer programs and projects that strengthen and sustain our Jewish values.
 

We need your involvement in AA's social action programs! Motivate your family and friends "into action" towards the betterment of our community, and envision our current programs continued for the future. Reach out to your nieces, nephews, friends, and new neighbors for new contacts and ideas to help us increase our pool of volunteers for our wonderful existing and future programs. We need you! Find out how you want to be involved by reviewing the list of social action programs in which our synagogue has been involved for many years. If you'd like to become involved, please email our Social Action Chair: Alan Wexler ([email protected]; 404.872.8880).

Are you a warm, friendly, dedicated volunteer who wants to make a difference in a fellow congregant's life through acts of loving kindness? Are you willing to make a personal call or visit to comfort and support a congregant who has lost a loved one or been ill? These caring touches – acts of loving kindness – make all the difference in the world to those receiving them. If you want to be a part of strengthening our community, then AA's new Chesed Initiative is for you! This committee will work with our clergy, staff, and lay leaders to connect members who need help with members who want to do good deeds! Additionally, if you know of a congregant who is facing personal difficulties related to health, loss, or grief, please contact Fern Schorr ([email protected]; 404.355.5222) to let us know. Help us reach out to members in need. We welcome your help and time with this important project.


The election is still ongoing until May 4—Don't procrastinate getting your vote in! The World Zionist Congress and its affiliates provide millions of dollars in funding and support programs that enrich our community and Jewish life in the U.S. voting opens on Monday, March 10 to select delegates for the new Congress. Casting your vote for MERCAZ USA is an investment in the future of the Jewish institutions at the heart of our communities.

This funding includes Israel education at Ramah summer camps, programming at our congregation, and critical philanthropy efforts supporting hostage families, the global diaspora, and more. Any Jewish adult over 18 who resides permanently in the U.S. and did not vote in the last Knesset election is eligible to vote for MERCAZ USA in the World Zionist Congress elections. 

It's critical that we don't let extremist voices limit the voice of the conservative movement, including our work on environmental and climate initiatives at the WZO. Vote here and select slate #17 MERCAZ USA. Voting closes on May 4. No preregistration or organizational membership is required beforehand.


Hamas is refusing to accept a U.S.-backed deal to free hostages in exchange for a pause in the fighting. But some are still blaming Israel. Calls for a temporary ceasefire should be directed to the one address preventing it from happening: Hamas. We need to make sure your members of Congress know that Hamas is to blame. It takes just a minute to email your members by clicking the link below. Please take just 1 minute to make a difference and stand with Israel! I encourage you to forward this email to your friends and family.

Tell Congress


Your donation to the Israel Emergency Campaign helps to rebuild damaged infrastructure and address the unprecedented levels of trauma caused by the horrific attack on Isreael.

Donate


Donate to the Ukraine Emergency Fund of Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta

Donate

Tribute donations offer the ability to memorialize or honor friends and family through donations to a variety of designated funds. Tribute donations can be made in honor of B'nai Mitzvah, the birth of a baby, a graduation, a wedding, or other special occasion. Donations in memory of loved ones are a thoughtful and meaningful way to remember those who have passed away. Your donation will be acknowledged with a card to the recipient of this tribute. Please note that Tribute Donations require a minimum contribution of $18.
 

5785 High Holiday Hub

A source of everything you'll need to navigate your High Holiday spiritual experience!
Registration • Youth and Family • Service Schedule • Tunes and Meshorerim • Committee Fair • Yom Kippur Appeal/Chai Campaign • Honors • Machzorim • Operation Isaiah • Sisterhood Honey Fundraiser • Lulav and Etrog • Hearing Loop and Screen Assisted Service • Disabled Parking • Resources
Visit the Hub

5785 Passover Hub

Service Schedule • Passover Seder Matching • Selling of Chametz and Maot Chitim • Passover Observance in the Home • Which Utensils Can Be Kashered • Passover Resources
Visit the Hub

Schmooze and News at AA

Posted on by Lauren Dube

Since being taken hostage by Hamas

BRING THEM HOME NOW

We demand the safe return of all citizens who have been taken hostage by the terrorist group Hamas. We will not rest until every hostage is released and returns home safely.

You can help bring them back home.
Visit our Israel Resource Page.

Schmooze and News at AA

Special Message

Shabbat Corner

Friday Evening–Saturday
For a full Passover service schedule, please visit the Passover Hub

  • Shabbat Evening Service 🔀: 6:00 p.m.—Zoom
  • Candle Lighting: 7:53 p.m.
  • Passover Morning Service 🔀: 9:30 a.m.—Zoom
  • Torah Study 🔀: 10:30 a.m.—Zoom
  • Rebbe's Tish ⏺️: 12:30 p.m.
  • Mincha/Seudah Sheleshet/Ma'ariv/Havdallah 🔀: 7:00 p.m.—Zoom
  • Candle Lighting: 8:37 p.m.
  • Torah Parashat (Pesach VII):

▶️ Virtual 🔀 Hybrid ⏺️ In-Person

5785 Passover Hub

Service Schedule • Passover Seder Matching • Selling of Chametz and Maot Chitim • Passover Observance in the Home • Which Utensils Can Be Kashered • Passover Resources
Visit the Hub

Feel-Good News

Kiddush Sponsor

Barbara and Bruce Ribner in honor of their anniversary on 4/20!

Todah Rabah to Our Passover Seder Hosts >>

Events

Sisterhood Closing Program

Mon, April 21 @ 7–9:00 p.m.
Register by 4/14
More >>

L'Dor V'Drum

Sat, April 26 @ 11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Registration Preferred
More >>

Yom HaShoah 60th Community-Wide Holocaust Commemoration

Sun, Apr 27 @ 11:00 a.m.
More >>

How to Make a Home

Sun, Apr 27 @ 5–7:00 p.m.
Registration Required
More >>

mAAc Tour of the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum

Thu, May 1 @ 1–4:00 p.m.
Register by 4/25
More >>

Pray 'n' Play

Sat, May 3 @ 11:15 a.m.–12:15 p.m.
More >>

Blood Drive

Sun, May 4 @ 9:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m.
More >>

The Great Big Recycling Event

Sun, May 4 @ 9:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
More >>

Kesher and Nesiah End-of-Year Ceremony and Brunch

Sun, May 4 @ 9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
More >>
NEW

Naomi's Book Club

Mon, May 5 @ 10:15–11:30 a.m.
Virtual Only
More >>

Georgian Chamber Players Concert

Sun, May 4 @ 3–5:00 p.m.
More >>

Naftali Rosenthal's Bar Mitzvah

Sat, May 24 @ 9:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
More >>

New Israel Fund Atlanta's Tzedek Awards

Sun, June 8 @ 7:30 p.m.
More >>

For more events, please visit our events calendar.

View Calendar

Other Things Happening at AA


2025–26 registration for Kesher religious school (Pre-K–6th Grade) and Neisah teen program (7th–9th Grade) is now open!

The Kesher and Neisah programs are generously endowed by the Judith and Aaron z"l Alembik Ahavath Achim Youth Education Program.

Register | More Info

The 2025 Spring Beineinu—Passover issue is out! If you haven't yet received your copy in the mail, you can view the electronic version here.

We are excited to be partnering with L'dor V'dor Judaica, an organization that rescues Judaica from thrift shops, estate sales, and the trash and rehomes it to folks in need of Judaica, allowing beautiful pieces and traditions to live on from generation to generation. AA will be collecting Judaica that our community no longer uses for others to rehome. We will accept all forms of Judaica that are useable. We will not accept books of any kind at this time.

If you have any Judaica in need of a new home, please contact the Director of Development, Jackie Nix ([email protected]; 404.603.5743), who will catalog and organize the items before placing them on a table outside the AA offices.

We look forward to helping you find items that ensure you can practice the traditions that connect you to the Jewish community and heritage.


Are you fun? Innovative? Passionate? Love kids? Kesher is seeking:

  • Madrichim (teaching assistants) for the fall of 2024. $10/hour or community service hours
  • Part-time teachers/facilitators for the fall of 2024. Beginning at $30/hour.
  • Subs

Kesher is AA's supplementary Jewish education program for students Pre-K through sixth grade. If you are interested, please email our Interim Director of Education: Annsley Klehr ([email protected]).

The Kesher program is generously endowed by the Judith and Aaron z"l Alembik Ahavath Achim Youth Education Program.


Do you know an AA congregant who is in the hospital or infirm? We are concerned about loved ones and friends who are in the hospital or infirm. Although our synagogue office remains closed, we are still working and would like to connect with you, especially in regards to pastoral care. If you have information about friends or family in the hospital or other care facilities, please contact Rabbi Rosenthal ([email protected]) directly. We always appreciate the opportunity to speak with anyone in need and offer support in any way we can.
 

The 2025 Hunger Walk Run on Sunday, March 9, was a very successful and exciting day! This experience of inclusive unity, where all religions gather together, walk side by side, and share a common cause greater than their own, was truly amazing. Although the event is over, our work is not. And it is not too late to donate and help us reach our lofty goal.

To donate to Sally's Friends, click here and follow these instructions:

  1. Click on "Donate Now."
  2. From the "Select a Team Member" drop-down list, select Sally Kaplan
  3. Fill out the remaining fields.
  4. Be sure to conduct a simple search to discover if your employer has a Matching Gift Program.

Or, for your convenience, mail a check to:

Sally Kaplan
4507 Chattahoochee Way
Marietta, GA 30067
Checks should be payable to "Hunger Walk Run 2025." Write "Sally's Friends" in the "For" field.

Questions? Please contact Bebe Kaplan (404.587.1736).

Your help is needed to fight the ugliness. Across America, we are witnessing an alarming rise in anti-Zionist and anti-Jewish demonstrations, especially on college and university campuses. Perhaps such events have occurred at your alma mater. As a concerned alum, you can raise your voice and urge university leadership to counter antisemitism. Equally important, you can also thank university administrators who are fighting to keep the campus free from discrimination, hate, violence, and antisemitism.

Ahavath Achim's (AA) Response to Antisemitism and Hate Committee wishes to create an Alumni Database. If you participate in this effort, we will alert you when antisemitic incidents occur or when positive steps are taken to counter such hate are taken. The Committee will prepare sample letters for you to use or personalize when communicating with your alma mater's leadership. Your voice matters.

We hope every college graduate in your household will join this effort.

Join the Database


Backpack Buddies needs your help! Backpack Buddies is seeking volunteers weekly, monthly, or whenever you can help during the school year to pack food at the Synagogue. If you are interested in volunteering, please sign up below or contact the chair: Carla Werthheimer ([email protected]). It's easy and fun!

Sign Up


Ahavath Achim's Sisterhood is a dynamic organization of women of all ages with diverse experiences, talents, and interests within our synagogue, community, and the Jewish world. Every woman counts for Sisterhood to grow and thrive. Basic membership dues are $45, but we encourage you to join at a Chai-er level. Your generous dues and donations are vital for Sisterhood to continue to offer programs and projects that strengthen and sustain our Jewish values.
 

We need your involvement in AA's social action programs! Motivate your family and friends "into action" towards the betterment of our community, and envision our current programs continued for the future. Reach out to your nieces, nephews, friends, and new neighbors for new contacts and ideas to help us increase our pool of volunteers for our wonderful existing and future programs. We need you! Find out how you want to be involved by reviewing the list of social action programs in which our synagogue has been involved for many years. If you'd like to become involved, please email our Social Action Chair: Alan Wexler ([email protected]; 404.872.8880).

Are you a warm, friendly, dedicated volunteer who wants to make a difference in a fellow congregant's life through acts of loving kindness? Are you willing to make a personal call or visit to comfort and support a congregant who has lost a loved one or been ill? These caring touches – acts of loving kindness – make all the difference in the world to those receiving them. If you want to be a part of strengthening our community, then AA's new Chesed Initiative is for you! This committee will work with our clergy, staff, and lay leaders to connect members who need help with members who want to do good deeds! Additionally, if you know of a congregant who is facing personal difficulties related to health, loss, or grief, please contact Fern Schorr ([email protected]; 404.355.5222) to let us know. Help us reach out to members in need. We welcome your help and time with this important project.


The election is still ongoing until May 4—Don't procrastinate getting your vote in! The World Zionist Congress and its affiliates provide millions of dollars in funding and support programs that enrich our community and Jewish life in the U.S. voting opens on Monday, March 10 to select delegates for the new Congress. Casting your vote for MERCAZ USA is an investment in the future of the Jewish institutions at the heart of our communities.

This funding includes Israel education at Ramah summer camps, programming at our congregation, and critical philanthropy efforts supporting hostage families, the global diaspora, and more. Any Jewish adult over 18 who resides permanently in the U.S. and did not vote in the last Knesset election is eligible to vote for MERCAZ USA in the World Zionist Congress elections. 

It's critical that we don't let extremist voices limit the voice of the conservative movement, including our work on environmental and climate initiatives at the WZO. Vote here and select slate #17 MERCAZ USA. Voting closes on May 4. No preregistration or organizational membership is required beforehand.


Hamas is refusing to accept a U.S.-backed deal to free hostages in exchange for a pause in the fighting. But some are still blaming Israel. Calls for a temporary ceasefire should be directed to the one address preventing it from happening: Hamas. We need to make sure your members of Congress know that Hamas is to blame. It takes just a minute to email your members by clicking the link below. Please take just 1 minute to make a difference and stand with Israel! I encourage you to forward this email to your friends and family.

Tell Congress


Your donation to the Israel Emergency Campaign helps to rebuild damaged infrastructure and address the unprecedented levels of trauma caused by the horrific attack on Isreael.

Donate


Donate to the Ukraine Emergency Fund of Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta

Donate

Tribute donations offer the ability to memorialize or honor friends and family through donations to a variety of designated funds. Tribute donations can be made in honor of B'nai Mitzvah, the birth of a baby, a graduation, a wedding, or other special occasion. Donations in memory of loved ones are a thoughtful and meaningful way to remember those who have passed away. Your donation will be acknowledged with a card to the recipient of this tribute. Please note that Tribute Donations require a minimum contribution of $18.
 

5785 High Holiday Hub

A source of everything you'll need to navigate your High Holiday spiritual experience!
Registration • Youth and Family • Service Schedule • Tunes and Meshorerim • Committee Fair • Yom Kippur Appeal/Chai Campaign • Honors • Machzorim • Operation Isaiah • Sisterhood Honey Fundraiser • Lulav and Etrog • Hearing Loop and Screen Assisted Service • Disabled Parking • Resources
Visit the Hub

Schmooze and News at AA

Posted on by Lauren Dube

Since being taken hostage by Hamas

BRING THEM HOME NOW

We demand the safe return of all citizens who have been taken hostage by the terrorist group Hamas. We will not rest until every hostage is released and returns home safely.

You can help bring them back home.
Visit our Israel Resource Page.

Schmooze and News at AA

Special Message

A message from Rabbi Mike offered at a Labor Seder in 2022 honoring essential workers

Shabbat Corner

Friday Evening–Saturday
For a full Passover service schedule, please visit the Passover Hub

  • Candle Lighting: 7:48 p.m.
  • Shabbat Evening Service 🔀: 6:00 p.m.—Zoom
  • Shabbat Morning Service 🔀: 9:30 a.m.—Zoom
  • Torah Study 🔀: 10:30 a.m.—Zoom
  • L'Dor V'Drum ⏺️: 11:00 a.m.
  • Rebbe's Tish ⏺️: 12:30 p.m.
  • Candle Lighting: 8:32 p.m. *The end of Shabbat marks the beginning of Passover
  • Torah Parashat (Tzav):

▶️ Virtual 🔀 Hybrid ⏺️ In-Person

5785 Passover Hub

Service Schedule • Passover Seder Matching • Selling of Chametz and Maot Chitim • Passover Observance in the Home • Which Utensils Can Be Kashered • Passover Resources
Visit the Hub

Feel-Good News

Kiddush Sponsor

Linda and Dr. Bruce Beeber in honor of the aufruf of Dr. Tova Sara Beeber and Gilad Lev on 4/5!

Mazal Tov to Dr. Tova Sara Beeber and Gilad Lev >>

Events

L'Dor V'Drum

Sat, Apr 12 @ 11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Registration Preferred
More >>

Young Adults Seder

Sun, Apr 13 @ 7–9:00 p.m.
Register by 4/10
More >>

Sisterhood Closing Program

Mon, April 21 @ 7–9:00 p.m.
Register by 4/14
More >>

Yom HaShoah 60th Community-Wide Holocaust Commemoration

Sun, Apr 27 @ 11:00 a.m.
More >>

How to Make a Home

Sun, Apr 27 @ 5–7:00 p.m.
Registration Required
More >>

mAAc Tour of the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum

Thu, May 1 @ 1–4:00 p.m.
Register by 4/25
More >>

Pray 'n' Play

Sat, May 3 @ 11:15 a.m.–12:15 p.m.
More >>
NEW

Naomi's Book Club

Mon, May 5 @ 10:15–11:30 a.m.
More >>

Blood Drive

Sun, May 4 @ 9:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m.
More >>

The Great Big Recycling Event

Sun, May 4 @ 9:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
More >>

Georgian Chamber Players Concert

Sun, May 4 @ 3–5:00 p.m.
More >>

Naftali Rosenthal's Bar Mitzvah

Sat, May 24 @ 9:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
More >>

New Israel Fund Atlanta's Tzedek Awards

Sun, June 8 @ 7:30 p.m.
More >>
NEW

For more events, please visit our events calendar.

View Calendar

Other Things Happening at AA


2025–26 registration for Kesher religious school (Pre-K–6th Grade) and Neisah teen program (7th–9th Grade) is now open!

The Kesher and Neisah programs are generously endowed by the Judith and Aaron z"l Alembik Ahavath Achim Youth Education Program.

Register | More Info

The 2025 Spring Beineinu—Passover issue is out! If you haven't yet received your copy in the mail, you can view the electronic version here.


"Let all who are hungry come and eat!" You may know these words from the Passover Haggadah—This year, AA is inviting you to make them a reality by bringing together members of the community in seders all over the Atlanta region. Whether you are hungry for food, companionship, or new friends, you can make this Passover memorable by participating in AA's Seder Match. How does it work? If you have extra space at your table or are looking to be a guest at someone's table, please fill out the form below. We will match you up with members from the AA community. Hosts and guests will be asked to provide specific details so we can make the right match!

Sign Up

We are excited to be partnering with L'dor V'dor Judaica, an organization that rescues Judaica from thrift shops, estate sales, and the trash and rehomes it to folks in need of Judaica, allowing beautiful pieces and traditions to live on from generation to generation. AA will be collecting Judaica that our community no longer uses for others to rehome. We will accept all forms of Judaica that are useable. We will not accept books of any kind at this time.

If you have any Judaica in need of a new home, please contact the Director of Development, Jackie Nix ([email protected]; 404.603.5743), who will catalog and organize the items before placing them on a table outside the AA offices.

We look forward to helping you find items that ensure you can practice the traditions that connect you to the Jewish community and heritage.


Are you fun? Innovative? Passionate? Love kids? Kesher is seeking:

  • Madrichim (teaching assistants) for the fall of 2024. $10/hour or community service hours
  • Part-time teachers/facilitators for the fall of 2024. Beginning at $30/hour.
  • Subs

Kesher is AA's supplementary Jewish education program for students Pre-K through sixth grade. If you are interested, please email our Interim Director of Education: Annsley Klehr ([email protected]).

The Kesher program is generously endowed by the Judith and Aaron z"l Alembik Ahavath Achim Youth Education Program.


Do you know an AA congregant who is in the hospital or infirm? We are concerned about loved ones and friends who are in the hospital or infirm. Although our synagogue office remains closed, we are still working and would like to connect with you, especially in regards to pastoral care. If you have information about friends or family in the hospital or other care facilities, please contact Rabbi Rosenthal ([email protected]) directly. We always appreciate the opportunity to speak with anyone in need and offer support in any way we can.
 

The 2025 Hunger Walk Run on Sunday, March 9, was a very successful and exciting day! This experience of inclusive unity, where all religions gather together, walk side by side, and share a common cause greater than their own, was truly amazing. Although the event is over, our work is not. And it is not too late to donate and help us reach our lofty goal.

To donate to Sally's Friends, click here and follow these instructions:

  1. Click on "Donate Now."
  2. From the "Select a Team Member" drop-down list, select Sally Kaplan
  3. Fill out the remaining fields.
  4. Be sure to conduct a simple search to discover if your employer has a Matching Gift Program.

Or, for your convenience, mail a check to:

Sally Kaplan
4507 Chattahoochee Way
Marietta, GA 30067
Checks should be payable to "Hunger Walk Run 2025." Write "Sally's Friends" in the "For" field.

Questions? Please contact Bebe Kaplan (404.587.1736).

Your help is needed to fight the ugliness. Across America, we are witnessing an alarming rise in anti-Zionist and anti-Jewish demonstrations, especially on college and university campuses. Perhaps such events have occurred at your alma mater. As a concerned alum, you can raise your voice and urge university leadership to counter antisemitism. Equally important, you can also thank university administrators who are fighting to keep the campus free from discrimination, hate, violence, and antisemitism.

Ahavath Achim's (AA) Response to Antisemitism and Hate Committee wishes to create an Alumni Database. If you participate in this effort, we will alert you when antisemitic incidents occur or when positive steps are taken to counter such hate are taken. The Committee will prepare sample letters for you to use or personalize when communicating with your alma mater's leadership. Your voice matters.

We hope every college graduate in your household will join this effort.

Join the Database


Backpack Buddies needs your help! Backpack Buddies is seeking volunteers weekly, monthly, or whenever you can help during the school year to pack food at the Synagogue. If you are interested in volunteering, please sign up below or contact the chair: Carla Werthheimer ([email protected]). It's easy and fun!

Sign Up


Ahavath Achim's Sisterhood is a dynamic organization of women of all ages with diverse experiences, talents, and interests within our synagogue, community, and the Jewish world. Every woman counts for Sisterhood to grow and thrive. Basic membership dues are $45, but we encourage you to join at a Chai-er level. Your generous dues and donations are vital for Sisterhood to continue to offer programs and projects that strengthen and sustain our Jewish values.
 

We need your involvement in AA's social action programs! Motivate your family and friends "into action" towards the betterment of our community, and envision our current programs continued for the future. Reach out to your nieces, nephews, friends, and new neighbors for new contacts and ideas to help us increase our pool of volunteers for our wonderful existing and future programs. We need you! Find out how you want to be involved by reviewing the list of social action programs in which our synagogue has been involved for many years. If you'd like to become involved, please email our Social Action Chair: Alan Wexler ([email protected]; 404.872.8880).

Are you a warm, friendly, dedicated volunteer who wants to make a difference in a fellow congregant's life through acts of loving kindness? Are you willing to make a personal call or visit to comfort and support a congregant who has lost a loved one or been ill? These caring touches – acts of loving kindness – make all the difference in the world to those receiving them. If you want to be a part of strengthening our community, then AA's new Chesed Initiative is for you! This committee will work with our clergy, staff, and lay leaders to connect members who need help with members who want to do good deeds! Additionally, if you know of a congregant who is facing personal difficulties related to health, loss, or grief, please contact Fern Schorr ([email protected]; 404.355.5222) to let us know. Help us reach out to members in need. We welcome your help and time with this important project.


The election is still ongoing until May 4—Don't procrastinate getting your vote in! The World Zionist Congress and its affiliates provide millions of dollars in funding and support programs that enrich our community and Jewish life in the U.S. voting opens on Monday, March 10 to select delegates for the new Congress. Casting your vote for MERCAZ USA is an investment in the future of the Jewish institutions at the heart of our communities.

This funding includes Israel education at Ramah summer camps, programming at our congregation, and critical philanthropy efforts supporting hostage families, the global diaspora, and more. Any Jewish adult over 18 who resides permanently in the U.S. and did not vote in the last Knesset election is eligible to vote for MERCAZ USA in the World Zionist Congress elections. 

It's critical that we don't let extremist voices limit the voice of the conservative movement, including our work on environmental and climate initiatives at the WZO. Vote here and select slate #17 MERCAZ USA. Voting closes on May 4. No preregistration or organizational membership is required beforehand.


Hamas is refusing to accept a U.S.-backed deal to free hostages in exchange for a pause in the fighting. But some are still blaming Israel. Calls for a temporary ceasefire should be directed to the one address preventing it from happening: Hamas. We need to make sure your members of Congress know that Hamas is to blame. It takes just a minute to email your members by clicking the link below. Please take just 1 minute to make a difference and stand with Israel! I encourage you to forward this email to your friends and family.

Tell Congress


Your donation to the Israel Emergency Campaign helps to rebuild damaged infrastructure and address the unprecedented levels of trauma caused by the horrific attack on Isreael.

Donate


Donate to the Ukraine Emergency Fund of Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta

Donate

Tribute donations offer the ability to memorialize or honor friends and family through donations to a variety of designated funds. Tribute donations can be made in honor of B'nai Mitzvah, the birth of a baby, a graduation, a wedding, or other special occasion. Donations in memory of loved ones are a thoughtful and meaningful way to remember those who have passed away. Your donation will be acknowledged with a card to the recipient of this tribute. Please note that Tribute Donations require a minimum contribution of $18.
 

5785 High Holiday Hub

A source of everything you'll need to navigate your High Holiday spiritual experience!
Registration • Youth and Family • Service Schedule • Tunes and Meshorerim • Committee Fair • Yom Kippur Appeal/Chai Campaign • Honors • Machzorim • Operation Isaiah • Sisterhood Honey Fundraiser • Lulav and Etrog • Hearing Loop and Screen Assisted Service • Disabled Parking • Resources
Visit the Hub

Schmooze and News at AA

Posted on by Lauren Dube

Since being taken hostage by Hamas

BRING THEM HOME NOW

We demand the safe return of all citizens who have been taken hostage by the terrorist group Hamas. We will not rest until every hostage is released and returns home safely.

You can help bring them back home.
Visit our Israel Resource Page.

Schmooze and News at AA

Special Message

Shabbat Corner

Friday Evening–Saturday

  • Candle Lighting: 7:42 p.m.
  • Passover Family Shabbat Experience ⏺️: 9:00 a.m.
  • Shabbat Evening Service 🔀: 6:00 p.m.—Zoom
  • Shabbat Morning Service 🔀: 9:30 a.m.—Zoom
  • Torah Study 🔀: 10:30 a.m.—Zoom
  • Rebbe's Tish ⏺️: 12:30 p.m.
  • Mincha/Seudah Sheleshet/Ma'ariv/Havdallah 🔀: 7:00 p.m.—Zoom
  • Conclusion of Shabbat: 8:27 p.m.
  • Havdallah and Kiddush Levana 🔀: 8:27 p.m.—Zoom
  • Torah Parashat (Vayikra):

▶️ Virtual 🔀 Hybrid ⏺️ In-Person

5785 Passover Hub

Service Schedule • Passover Seder Matching • Selling of Chametz and Maot Chitim • Passover Observance in the Home • Which Utensils Can Be Kashered • Passover Resources
Visit the Hub

Feel-Good News

Kiddush Sponsor

Linda and Dr. Bruce Beeber in honor of the aufruf of Dr. Tova Sara Beeber and Gilad Lev on 4/5!

Mazal Tov to Dr. Tova Sara Beeber and Gilad Lev >>
Mazal Tov to Sherry Habif >>

Events

Passover Family Shabbat Experience

Sat, Apr 5 @ 9:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
More >>
NEW

Havdallah and Kiddush Levana

Sat, Apr 5 @ 8:27–8:42 p.m.
More >>

Friendship 5K

Sun, Apr 6 @ 12:30 p.m.
Registration Required
More >>

mAAc at the Fox Theatre—Parade

Sun, Apr 6 @ 1:00 p.m.
Sold Out
More >>

Naomi's Book Club

Mon, Apr 7 @ 10:15–11:30 a.m.
More >>

Fast of the Firstborn

Thu, Apr 10 @ 8–9:30 a.m..
More >>

L'Dor V'Drum

Sat, Apr 12 @ 11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Registration Preferred
More >>

Young Adults Seder

Sun, Apr 13 @ 7–9:00 p.m.
Register by 4/10
More >>

Sisterhood Closing Program

Mon, April 21 @ 7–9:00 p.m.
Register by 4/14
More >>

Yom HaShoah 60th Community-Wide Holocaust Commemoration

Sun, Apr 27 @ 11:00 a.m.
More >>

How to Make a Home

Sun, Apr 27 @ 5–7:00 p.m.
Registration Required
More >>

mAAc Tour of the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum

Thu, May 1 @ 1–4:00 p.m.
Registration Coming Soon
More >>

Blood Drive

Sun, May 4 @ 9:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m.
More >>
NEW

The Great Big Recycling Event

Sun, May 4 @ 9:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
More >>

Georgian Chamber Players Concert

Sun, May 4 @ 3–5:00 p.m.
More >>

Naftali Rosenthal's Bar Mitzvah

Sat, May 24 @ 9:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
More >>
NEW

For more events, please visit our events calendar.

View Calendar

Other Things Happening at AA


2025–26 registration for Kesher religious school (Pre-K–6th Grade) and Neisah teen program (7th–9th Grade) is now open!

The Kesher and Neisah programs are generously endowed by the Judith and Aaron z"l Alembik Ahavath Achim Youth Education Program.

Register | More Info

The 2025 Spring Beineinu—Passover issue is out! If you haven't yet received your copy in the mail, you can view the electronic version here.


"Let all who are hungry come and eat!" You may know these words from the Passover Haggadah—This year, AA is inviting you to make them a reality by bringing together members of the community in seders all over the Atlanta region. Whether you are hungry for food, companionship, or new friends, you can make this Passover memorable by participating in AA's Seder Match. How does it work? If you have extra space at your table or are looking to be a guest at someone's table, please fill out the form below. We will match you up with members from the AA community. Hosts and guests will be asked to provide specific details so we can make the right match!

Sign Up

We are excited to be partnering with L'dor V'dor Judaica, an organization that rescues Judaica from thrift shops, estate sales, and the trash and rehomes it to folks in need of Judaica, allowing beautiful pieces and traditions to live on from generation to generation. AA will be collecting Judaica that our community no longer uses for others to rehome. We will accept all forms of Judaica that are useable. We will not accept books of any kind at this time.

If you have any Judaica in need of a new home, please contact the Director of Development, Jackie Nix ([email protected]; 404.603.5743), who will catalog and organize the items before placing them on a table outside the AA offices.

We look forward to helping you find items that ensure you can practice the traditions that connect you to the Jewish community and heritage.


Are you fun? Innovative? Passionate? Love kids? Kesher is seeking:

  • Madrichim (teaching assistants) for the fall of 2024. $10/hour or community service hours
  • Part-time teachers/facilitators for the fall of 2024. Beginning at $30/hour.
  • Subs

Kesher is AA's supplementary Jewish education program for students Pre-K through sixth grade. If you are interested, please email our Interim Director of Education: Annsley Klehr ([email protected]).

The Kesher program is generously endowed by the Judith and Aaron z"l Alembik Ahavath Achim Youth Education Program.


Do you know an AA congregant who is in the hospital or infirm? We are concerned about loved ones and friends who are in the hospital or infirm. Although our synagogue office remains closed, we are still working and would like to connect with you, especially in regards to pastoral care. If you have information about friends or family in the hospital or other care facilities, please contact Rabbi Rosenthal ([email protected]) directly. We always appreciate the opportunity to speak with anyone in need and offer support in any way we can.
 

The 2025 Hunger Walk Run on Sunday, March 9, was a very successful and exciting day! This experience of inclusive unity, where all religions gather together, walk side by side, and share a common cause greater than their own, was truly amazing. Although the event is over, our work is not. And it is not too late to donate and help us reach our lofty goal.

To donate to Sally's Friends, click here and follow these instructions:

  1. Click on "Donate Now."
  2. From the "Select a Team Member" drop-down list, select Sally Kaplan
  3. Fill out the remaining fields.
  4. Be sure to conduct a simple search to discover if your employer has a Matching Gift Program.

Or, for your convenience, mail a check to:

Sally Kaplan
4507 Chattahoochee Way
Marietta, GA 30067
Checks should be payable to "Hunger Walk Run 2025." Write "Sally's Friends" in the "For" field.

Questions? Please contact Bebe Kaplan (404.587.1736).

Your help is needed to fight the ugliness. Across America, we are witnessing an alarming rise in anti-Zionist and anti-Jewish demonstrations, especially on college and university campuses. Perhaps such events have occurred at your alma mater. As a concerned alum, you can raise your voice and urge university leadership to counter antisemitism. Equally important, you can also thank university administrators who are fighting to keep the campus free from discrimination, hate, violence, and antisemitism.

Ahavath Achim's (AA) Response to Antisemitism and Hate Committee wishes to create an Alumni Database. If you participate in this effort, we will alert you when antisemitic incidents occur or when positive steps are taken to counter such hate are taken. The Committee will prepare sample letters for you to use or personalize when communicating with your alma mater's leadership. Your voice matters.

We hope every college graduate in your household will join this effort.

Join the Database


Backpack Buddies needs your help! Backpack Buddies is seeking volunteers weekly, monthly, or whenever you can help during the school year to pack food at the Synagogue. If you are interested in volunteering, please sign up below or contact the chair: Carla Werthheimer ([email protected]). It's easy and fun!

Sign Up


Ahavath Achim's Sisterhood is a dynamic organization of women of all ages with diverse experiences, talents, and interests within our synagogue, community, and the Jewish world. Every woman counts for Sisterhood to grow and thrive. Basic membership dues are $45, but we encourage you to join at a Chai-er level. Your generous dues and donations are vital for Sisterhood to continue to offer programs and projects that strengthen and sustain our Jewish values.
 

We need your involvement in AA's social action programs! Motivate your family and friends "into action" towards the betterment of our community, and envision our current programs continued for the future. Reach out to your nieces, nephews, friends, and new neighbors for new contacts and ideas to help us increase our pool of volunteers for our wonderful existing and future programs. We need you! Find out how you want to be involved by reviewing the list of social action programs in which our synagogue has been involved for many years. If you'd like to become involved, please email our Social Action Chair: Alan Wexler ([email protected]; 404.872.8880).

Are you a warm, friendly, dedicated volunteer who wants to make a difference in a fellow congregant's life through acts of loving kindness? Are you willing to make a personal call or visit to comfort and support a congregant who has lost a loved one or been ill? These caring touches – acts of loving kindness – make all the difference in the world to those receiving them. If you want to be a part of strengthening our community, then AA's new Chesed Initiative is for you! This committee will work with our clergy, staff, and lay leaders to connect members who need help with members who want to do good deeds! Additionally, if you know of a congregant who is facing personal difficulties related to health, loss, or grief, please contact Fern Schorr ([email protected]; 404.355.5222) to let us know. Help us reach out to members in need. We welcome your help and time with this important project.


The World Zionist Congress and its affiliates provide millions of dollars in funding and support programs that enrich our community and Jewish life in the U.S. voting opens on Monday, March 10 to select delegates for the new Congress. Casting your vote for MERCAZ USA is an investment in the future of the Jewish institutions at the heart of our communities.

This funding includes Israel education at Ramah summer camps, programming at our congregation, and critical philanthropy efforts supporting hostage families, the global diaspora, and more. Any Jewish adult over 18 who resides permanently in the U.S. and did not vote in the last Knesset election is eligible to vote for MERCAZ USA in the World Zionist Congress elections. 

It's critical that we don't let extremist voices limit the voice of the conservative movement, including our work on environmental and climate initiatives at the WZO. Vote here and select slate #17 MERCAZ USA. Voting closes on May 4. No preregistration or organizational membership is required beforehand.


Hamas is refusing to accept a U.S.-backed deal to free hostages in exchange for a pause in the fighting. But some are still blaming Israel. Calls for a temporary ceasefire should be directed to the one address preventing it from happening: Hamas. We need to make sure your members of Congress know that Hamas is to blame. It takes just a minute to email your members by clicking the link below. Please take just 1 minute to make a difference and stand with Israel! I encourage you to forward this email to your friends and family.

Tell Congress


Your donation to the Israel Emergency Campaign helps to rebuild damaged infrastructure and address the unprecedented levels of trauma caused by the horrific attack on Isreael.

Donate


Donate to the Ukraine Emergency Fund of Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta

Donate

Tribute donations offer the ability to memorialize or honor friends and family through donations to a variety of designated funds. Tribute donations can be made in honor of B'nai Mitzvah, the birth of a baby, a graduation, a wedding, or other special occasion. Donations in memory of loved ones are a thoughtful and meaningful way to remember those who have passed away. Your donation will be acknowledged with a card to the recipient of this tribute. Please note that Tribute Donations require a minimum contribution of $18.
 

5785 High Holiday Hub

A source of everything you'll need to navigate your High Holiday spiritual experience!
Registration • Youth and Family • Service Schedule • Tunes and Meshorerim • Committee Fair • Yom Kippur Appeal/Chai Campaign • Honors • Machzorim • Operation Isaiah • Sisterhood Honey Fundraiser • Lulav and Etrog • Hearing Loop and Screen Assisted Service • Disabled Parking • Resources
Visit the Hub

Schmooze and News at AA

Posted on by Lauren Dube

Since being taken hostage by Hamas

BRING THEM HOME NOW

We demand the safe return of all citizens who have been taken hostage by the terrorist group Hamas. We will not rest until every hostage is released and returns home safely.

You can help bring them back home.
Visit our Israel Resource Page.

Schmooze and News at AA

Special Message

Shabbat Corner

Friday Evening–Saturday

▶️ Virtual 🔀 Hybrid ⏺️ In-Person

5785 Passover Hub

Service Schedule • Selling of Chametz and Maot Chitim • Passover Observance in the Home • Which Utensils Can Be Kashered • Passover Resources
Visit the Hub

Feel-Good News

Kiddush Sponsor

Fran Norflus in honor of her birthday on 3/29!

The Purim PaloozAA Calming Room and Friendship Circle 5K >>

Events

Sisterhood Donor Event

Sun, Mar 30 @ 2–4:00 p.m.
Registration Required
More >>

Fighting Hate Through Policy: Insights from Legal and Advocacy Experts

Mon, Mar 31 @ 7–8:30 p.m.
Register by 3/30
More >>

Congregation-Wide Social Justice Meeting

April 2 @ 7–8:45 p.m.
RSVP Required
More >>
NEW

2025 Epstein Celebration

Thu, Apr 3 @ 7:00 p.m.
Registration Required
More >>

Family and Kesher Shabbat Experience

Sat, Apr 5 @ 9:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
More >>

Havdallah and Kiddush Levana

Sat, Apr 5 @ 8:27–8:42 p.m.
More >>

Friendship 5K

Sun, Apr 6 @ 12:30 p.m.
Registration Required
More >>

mAAc at the Fox Theatre—Parade

Sun, Apr 6 @ 1:00 p.m.
Sold Out
More >>

Naomi's Book Club

Mon, Apr 7 @ 10:15–11:30 a.m.
More >>

Fast of the Firstborn

Thu, Apr 10 @ 8–9:30 a.m..
More >>

L'Dor V'Drum

Sat, Apr 12 @ 11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Registration Required
More >>

Young Adults Seder

Sun, Apr 13 @ 7–9:00 p.m.
Register by 4/10
More >>

Sisterhood Closing Program

April 21 @ 7–9:00 p.m.
Register by 4/14
More >>

Yom HaShoah 60th Community-Wide Holocaust Commemoration

Sun, Apr 27 @ 11:00 a.m.
More >>

How to Make a Home

Sun, Apr 27 @ 5–7:00 p.m.
Registration Required
More >>

The Great Big Recycling Event

May 4 @ 9:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
More >>
NEW

Georgian Chamber Players Concert

May 4 @ 3–5:00 p.m.
More >>
NEW

mAAc Tour of the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum

May 1 @ 1–4:00 p.m.
Registration Coming Soon
More >>
NEW

For more events, please visit our events calendar.

View Calendar

Other Things Happening at AA

The 2025 Spring Beineinu—Passover issue is out! If you haven't yet received your copy in the mail, you can view the electronic version here.


"Let all who are hungry come and eat!" You may know these words from the Passover Haggadah—This year, AA is inviting you to make them a reality by bringing together members of the community in seders all over the Atlanta region. Whether you are hungry for food, companionship, or new friends, you can make this Passover memorable by participating in AA's Seder Match. How does it work? If you have extra space at your table or are looking to be a guest at someone's table, please fill out the form below. We will match you up with members from the AA community. Hosts and guests will be asked to provide specific details so we can make the right match!

Sign Up

We are excited to be partnering with L'dor V'dor Judaica, an organization that rescues Judaica from thrift shops, estate sales, and the trash and rehomes it to folks in need of Judaica, allowing beautiful pieces and traditions to live on from generation to generation. AA will be collecting Judaica that our community no longer uses for others to rehome. We will accept all forms of Judaica that are useable. We will not accept books of any kind at this time.

If you have any Judaica in need of a new home, please contact the Director of Development, Jackie Nix ([email protected]; 404.603.5743), who will catalog and organize the items before placing them on a table outside the AA offices.

We look forward to helping you find items that ensure you can practice the traditions that connect you to the Jewish community and heritage.


2024–25 registration for Kesher religious school (Pre-K–6th Grade) and Neisah teen program (7th–9th Grade) is now open!

The Kesher and Neisah programs are generously endowed by the Judith and Aaron z"l Alembik Ahavath Achim Youth Education Program.

Register | More Info


Are you fun? Innovative? Passionate? Love kids? Kesher is seeking:

  • Madrichim (teaching assistants) for the fall of 2024. $10/hour or community service hours
  • Part-time teachers/facilitators for the fall of 2024. Beginning at $30/hour.
  • Subs

Kesher is AA's supplementary Jewish education program for students Pre-K through sixth grade. If you are interested, please email our Interim Director of Education: Annsley Klehr ([email protected]).

The Kesher program is generously endowed by the Judith and Aaron z"l Alembik Ahavath Achim Youth Education Program.


Do you know an AA congregant who is in the hospital or infirm? We are concerned about loved ones and friends who are in the hospital or infirm. Although our synagogue office remains closed, we are still working and would like to connect with you, especially in regards to pastoral care. If you have information about friends or family in the hospital or other care facilities, please contact Rabbi Rosenthal ([email protected]) directly. We always appreciate the opportunity to speak with anyone in need and offer support in any way we can.
 

The 2025 Hunger Walk Run on Sunday, March 9, was a very successful and exciting day! This experience of inclusive unity, where all religions gather together, walk side by side, and share a common cause greater than their own, was truly amazing. Although the event is over, our work is not. And it is not too late to donate and help us reach our lofty goal.

To donate to Sally's Friends, click here and follow these instructions:

  1. Click on "Donate Now."
  2. From the "Select a Team Member" drop-down list, select Sally Kaplan
  3. Fill out the remaining fields.
  4. Be sure to conduct a simple search to discover if your employer has a Matching Gift Program.

Or, for your convenience, mail a check to:

Sally Kaplan
4507 Chattahoochee Way
Marietta, GA 30067
Checks should be payable to "Hunger Walk Run 2025." Write "Sally's Friends" in the "For" field.

Questions? Please contact Bebe Kaplan (404.587.1736).

Your help is needed to fight the ugliness. Across America, we are witnessing an alarming rise in anti-Zionist and anti-Jewish demonstrations, especially on college and university campuses. Perhaps such events have occurred at your alma mater. As a concerned alum, you can raise your voice and urge university leadership to counter antisemitism. Equally important, you can also thank university administrators who are fighting to keep the campus free from discrimination, hate, violence, and antisemitism.

Ahavath Achim's (AA) Response to Antisemitism and Hate Committee wishes to create an Alumni Database. If you participate in this effort, we will alert you when antisemitic incidents occur or when positive steps are taken to counter such hate are taken. The Committee will prepare sample letters for you to use or personalize when communicating with your alma mater's leadership. Your voice matters.

We hope every college graduate in your household will join this effort.

Join the Database


Backpack Buddies needs your help! Backpack Buddies is seeking volunteers weekly, monthly, or whenever you can help during the school year to pack food at the Synagogue. If you are interested in volunteering, please sign up below or contact the chair: Carla Werthheimer ([email protected]). It's easy and fun!

Sign Up


Ahavath Achim's Sisterhood is a dynamic organization of women of all ages with diverse experiences, talents, and interests within our synagogue, community, and the Jewish world. Every woman counts for Sisterhood to grow and thrive. Basic membership dues are $45, but we encourage you to join at a Chai-er level. Your generous dues and donations are vital for Sisterhood to continue to offer programs and projects that strengthen and sustain our Jewish values.
 

We need your involvement in AA's social action programs! Motivate your family and friends "into action" towards the betterment of our community, and envision our current programs continued for the future. Reach out to your nieces, nephews, friends, and new neighbors for new contacts and ideas to help us increase our pool of volunteers for our wonderful existing and future programs. We need you! Find out how you want to be involved by reviewing the list of social action programs in which our synagogue has been involved for many years. If you'd like to become involved, please email our Social Action Chair: Alan Wexler ([email protected]; 404.872.8880).

Are you a warm, friendly, dedicated volunteer who wants to make a difference in a fellow congregant's life through acts of loving kindness? Are you willing to make a personal call or visit to comfort and support a congregant who has lost a loved one or been ill? These caring touches – acts of loving kindness – make all the difference in the world to those receiving them. If you want to be a part of strengthening our community, then AA's new Chesed Initiative is for you! This committee will work with our clergy, staff, and lay leaders to connect members who need help with members who want to do good deeds! Additionally, if you know of a congregant who is facing personal difficulties related to health, loss, or grief, please contact Fern Schorr ([email protected]; 404.355.5222) to let us know. Help us reach out to members in need. We welcome your help and time with this important project.


The World Zionist Congress and its affiliates provide millions of dollars in funding and support programs that enrich our community and Jewish life in the U.S. voting opens on Monday, March 10 to select delegates for the new Congress. Casting your vote for MERCAZ USA is an investment in the future of the Jewish institutions at the heart of our communities.

This funding includes Israel education at Ramah summer camps, programming at our congregation, and critical philanthropy efforts supporting hostage families, the global diaspora, and more. Any Jewish adult over 18 who resides permanently in the U.S. and did not vote in the last Knesset election is eligible to vote for MERCAZ USA in the World Zionist Congress elections. 

It's critical that we don't let extremist voices limit the voice of the conservative movement, including our work on environmental and climate initiatives at the WZO. Vote here and select slate #17 MERCAZ USA. Voting closes on May 4. No preregistration or organizational membership is required beforehand.


Freedom Tags is an initiative by the Hostages and Missing Families Forum. Purchase a Freedom Tag to support the hundreds of innocent people kidnapped by Hamas. The Hostages and Missing solidarity tags are meant to remind us all of our commitment to bring them home. Now.

If you are interested in purchasing a Freedom Tag at discounted rate of $18 per tag, please contact the Director of Outreach and Engagement: Miriam Habif Gelfond ([email protected]; 404.603.5749).


Hamas is refusing to accept a U.S.-backed deal to free hostages in exchange for a pause in the fighting. But some are still blaming Israel. Calls for a temporary ceasefire should be directed to the one address preventing it from happening: Hamas. We need to make sure your members of Congress know that Hamas is to blame. It takes just a minute to email your members by clicking the link below. Please take just 1 minute to make a difference and stand with Israel! I encourage you to forward this email to your friends and family.

Tell Congress


Your donation to the Israel Emergency Campaign helps to rebuild damaged infrastructure and address the unprecedented levels of trauma caused by the horrific attack on Isreael.

Donate


Donate to the Ukraine Emergency Fund of Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta

Donate

Tribute donations offer the ability to memorialize or honor friends and family through donations to a variety of designated funds. Tribute donations can be made in honor of B'nai Mitzvah, the birth of a baby, a graduation, a wedding, or other special occasion. Donations in memory of loved ones are a thoughtful and meaningful way to remember those who have passed away. Your donation will be acknowledged with a card to the recipient of this tribute. Please note that Tribute Donations require a minimum contribution of $18.
 

5785 High Holiday Hub

A source of everything you'll need to navigate your High Holiday spiritual experience!
Registration • Youth and Family • Service Schedule • Tunes and Meshorerim • Committee Fair • Yom Kippur Appeal/Chai Campaign • Honors • Machzorim • Operation Isaiah • Sisterhood Honey Fundraiser • Lulav and Etrog • Hearing Loop and Screen Assisted Service • Disabled Parking • Resources
Visit the Hub

Schmooze and News at AA

Posted on by Lauren Dube

Since being taken hostage by Hamas

BRING THEM HOME NOW

We demand the safe return of all citizens who have been taken hostage by the terrorist group Hamas. We will not rest until every hostage is released and returns home safely.

You can help bring them back home.
Visit our Israel Resource Page.

The Concert For Kibbutzim
Motzaei Shabbat—Saturday, March 15 | 8:30 p.m. (Havdallah) | The Weber School

Schmooze and News at AA

Special Message

The World Zionist Congress and its affiliates provide millions of dollars in funding and support programs that enrich our community and Jewish life in the U.S. voting opens on Monday, March 10 to select delegates for the new Congress. Casting your vote for MERCAZ USA is an investment in the future of the Jewish institutions at the heart of our communities.

This funding includes Israel education at Ramah summer camps, programming at our congregation, and critical philanthropy efforts supporting hostage families, the global diaspora, and more. Any Jewish adult over 18 who resides permanently in the U.S. and did not vote in the last Knesset election is eligible to vote for MERCAZ USA in the World Zionist Congress elections. 

It's critical that we don't let extremist voices limit the voice of the conservative movement, including our work on environmental and climate initiatives at the WZO. Vote here and select slate #17 MERCAZ USA. Voting closes on May 4. No preregistration or organizational membership is required beforehand.

Shabbat Corner

Friday Evening–Saturday
Clergy Candidate Weekend with Rabbi Alicia Rothamel ← Click the link to see when Rabbi Rothbaum will join us for services.

  • Candle Lighting: 7:26 p.m.
  • Shabbat Evening Service 🔀: 6:00 p.m.—Zoom
  • Shabbat Morning Service—Bar Mitzvah of Henry Kodesh 🔀: 9:30 a.m.—Zoom
  • Torah Study 🔀: 10:30 a.m.—Zoom
  • L'Dor V'Drum ⏺️: 11:00 a.m.
  • Rebbe's Tish ⏺️: 12:30 p.m.
  • Mincha/Seudah Sheleshet/Ma'ariv/Havdallah 🔀: 6:45 p.m.—Zoom
  • Conclusion of Shabbat: 8:11 p.m.
  • Concert for the Kibbutzim ⏺️: 8:30 p.m.
  • Torah Parashat (Ki Tisa):

▶️ Virtual 🔀 Hybrid ⏺️ In-Person

5785 Purim Hub

A source of everything you'll need to navigate your Purim spiritual experience!
Visit the Hub

Feel-Good News

Kiddush Sponsor

Jo Pichulik in honor of her grandson Henry Kodesh's Bar Mitzvah on 3/15!

Mazal Tov to Henry Kodesh >>
Z'havah Sisterhood Hamantaschen Bake-Off 3.2.25 >>
Purim PaloozAA 3.9.25 >>
Hunger Walk Run 3.9.25 >>

Events

Purim Megillah Reading and Party

Thu, Mar 13 @ 7–10:30 p.m.
Register Required/10
More >>
Tonight

Clergy Candidate Weekend with Rabbi Alicia Rothamel

Fri, Mar 14–Sun, Mar 16
More >>

L'Dor V'Drum

Sat, Mar 15 @ 11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Registration Required
More >>

Concert for the Kibbutzim

Sat, Mar 15 @ 8:30 p.m.
Registration Required
More >>

Sisterhood Donor Event

Sun, Mar 30 @ 2–4:00 p.m.
Register by 3/21
More >>

Fighting Hate Through Policy: Insights from Legal & Advocacy Experts

Mon, Mar 31 @ 7–8:00 pm
Registration Required
More >>

2025 Epstein Celebration

Thu, Apr 3 @ 7:00 p.m.
Registration Required
More >>

Family and Kesher Shabbat Experience

Sat, Apr 5 @ 9:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
More >>

Havdallah and Kiddush Levana

Sat, Apr 5 @ 8:27–8:42 p.m.
More >>

Friendship 5K

Sun, Apr 6 @ 12:30 p.m.
Registration Required
More >>
NEW

mAAc at the Fox Theatre—Parade

Sun, Apr 6 @ 1:00 p.m.
Sold Out
More >>

Fast of the Firstborn

Thu, Apr 10 @ 8–9:30 a.m..
More >>
NEW

Naomi's Book Club

Mon, Apr 7 @ 10:15–11:30 a.m.
More >>

Young Adults Seder

Sun, Apr 13 @ 7–9:00 p.m.
Register by 4/10
More >>
NEW

Yom HaShoah 60th Community-Wide Holocaust Commemoration

Sun, Apr 27 @ 11:00 a.m.
More >>

How to Make a Home

Sun, Apr 27 @ 5–7:00 p.m.
Registration Required
More >>

For more events, please visit our events calendar.

View Calendar

Other Things Happening at AA


"Let all who are hungry come and eat!" You may know these words from the Passover Haggadah—This year, AA is inviting you to make them a reality by bringing together members of the community in seders all over the Atlanta region. Whether you are hungry for food, companionship, or new friends, you can make this Passover memorable by participating in AA's Seder Match. How does it work? If you have extra space at your table or are looking to be a guest at someone's table, please fill out the form below. We will match you up with members from the AA community. Hosts and guests will be asked to provide specific details so we can make the right match!

Sign Up

We are excited to be partnering with L'dor V'dor Judaica, an organization that rescues Judaica from thrift shops, estate sales, and the trash and rehomes it to folks in need of Judaica, allowing beautiful pieces and traditions to live on from generation to generation. AA will be collecting Judaica that our community no longer uses for others to rehome. We will accept all forms of Judaica that are useable. We will not accept books of any kind at this time.

If you have any Judaica in need of a new home, please contact the Director of Outreach and Engagement, Miriam Habif Gelfond ([email protected]; 404.603.5749), who will catalog and organize the items before placing them on a table outside the AA offices.

We look forward to helping you find items that ensure you can practice the traditions that connect you to the Jewish community and heritage.

The 2024 Fall Beineinu—High Holiday Issue is out! If you haven't yet received your copy in the mail, you can view the electronic version here.


2024–25 registration for Kesher religious school (Pre-K–6th Grade) and Neisah teen program (7th–9th Grade) is now open!

The Kesher and Neisah programs are generously endowed by the Judith and Aaron z"l Alembik Ahavath Achim Youth Education Program.

Register | More Info


Are you fun? Innovative? Passionate? Love kids? Kesher is seeking:

  • Madrichim (teaching assistants) for the fall of 2024. $10/hour or community service hours
  • Part-time teachers/facilitators for the fall of 2024. Beginning at $30/hour.
  • Subs

Kesher is AA's supplementary Jewish education program for students Pre-K through sixth grade. If you are interested, please email our Interim Director of Education: Annsley Klehr ([email protected]).

The Kesher program is generously endowed by the Judith and Aaron z"l Alembik Ahavath Achim Youth Education Program.


Do you know an AA congregant who is in the hospital or infirm? We are concerned about loved ones and friends who are in the hospital or infirm. Although our synagogue office remains closed, we are still working and would like to connect with you, especially in regards to pastoral care. If you have information about friends or family in the hospital or other care facilities, please contact Rabbi Rosenthal ([email protected]) directly. We always appreciate the opportunity to speak with anyone in need and offer support in any way we can.
 

The  2025 Hunger Walk Run this past Sunday, March 9, was a very successful and exciting day! This experience of inclusive unity, where all religions gather together, walk side by side, and share a common cause greater than their own, was truly amazing. Although the event is over, our work is not. And it is not too late to donate and help us reach our lofty goal. Tonight and tomorrow, we celebrate Purim! One of the four obligations of this festival is Matanot L'Evyonim, which literally means "gifts to the poor." As we celebrate the joy of Purim, we cannot forget about the needs of the less fortunate in our community. What a beautiful way to honor Purim's tradition of giving gifts to the needy and money to charities through your generosity to the Hunger Walk Run 2025 and the Atlanta Community Food Bank.

To donate to Sally's Friends, click here and follow these instructions:

  1. Click on "Donate Now."
  2. From the "Select a Team Member" drop-down list, select Sally Kaplan (unless you want to endorse a different team member).
  3. Fill out the remaining fields.
  4. Be sure to conduct a simple search to discover if your employer has a Matching Gift Program.

Or, for your convenience, mail a check to:

Sally Kaplan
4507 Chattahoochee Way
Marietta, GA 30067
Checks should be payable to "Hunger Walk Run 2025." Write "Sally's Friends" in the "For" field.

For any questions, concerns, or difficulties, please contact Bebe Kaplan for assistance, day or night, at 404.587.1736.

Your help is needed to fight the ugliness. Across America, we are witnessing an alarming rise in anti-Zionist and anti-Jewish demonstrations, especially on college and university campuses. Perhaps such events have occurred at your alma mater. As a concerned alum, you can raise your voice and urge university leadership to counter antisemitism. Equally important, you can also thank university administrators who are fighting to keep the campus free from discrimination, hate, violence, and antisemitism.

Ahavath Achim's (AA) Response to Antisemitism and Hate Committee wishes to create an Alumni Database. If you participate in this effort, we will alert you when antisemitic incidents occur or when positive steps are taken to counter such hate are taken. The Committee will prepare sample letters for you to use or personalize when communicating with your alma mater's leadership. Your voice matters.

We hope every college graduate in your household will join this effort.

Join the Database


Backpack Buddies needs your help! Backpack Buddies is seeking volunteers weekly, monthly, or whenever you can help during the school year to pack food at the Synagogue. If you are interested in volunteering, please sign up below or contact the chair: Carla Werthheimer ([email protected]). It's easy and fun!

Sign Up


Ahavath Achim's Sisterhood is a dynamic organization of women of all ages with diverse experiences, talents, and interests within our synagogue, community, and the Jewish world. Every woman counts for Sisterhood to grow and thrive. Basic membership dues are $45, but we encourage you to join at a Chai-er level. Your generous dues and donations are vital for Sisterhood to continue to offer programs and projects that strengthen and sustain our Jewish values.
 

We need your involvement in AA's social action programs! Motivate your family and friends "into action" towards the betterment of our community, and envision our current programs continued for the future. Reach out to your nieces, nephews, friends, and new neighbors for new contacts and ideas to help us increase our pool of volunteers for our wonderful existing and future programs. We need you! Find out how you want to be involved by reviewing the list of social action programs in which our synagogue has been involved for many years. If you'd like to become involved, please email our Social Action Chair: Alan Wexler ([email protected]; 404.872.8880).

Are you a warm, friendly, dedicated volunteer who wants to make a difference in a fellow congregant's life through acts of loving kindness? Are you willing to make a personal call or visit to comfort and support a congregant who has lost a loved one or been ill? These caring touches – acts of loving kindness – make all the difference in the world to those receiving them. If you want to be a part of strengthening our community, then AA's new Chesed Initiative is for you! This committee will work with our clergy, staff, and lay leaders to connect members who need help with members who want to do good deeds! Additionally, if you know of a congregant who is facing personal difficulties related to health, loss, or grief, please contact Fern Schorr ([email protected]; 404.355.5222) to let us know. Help us reach out to members in need. We welcome your help and time with this important project.


The World Zionist Congress and its affiliates provide millions of dollars in funding and support programs that enrich our community and Jewish life in the U.S. voting opens on Monday, March 10 to select delegates for the new Congress. Casting your vote for MERCAZ USA is an investment in the future of the Jewish institutions at the heart of our communities.

This funding includes Israel education at Ramah summer camps, programming at our congregation, and critical philanthropy efforts supporting hostage families, the global diaspora, and more. Any Jewish adult over 18 who resides permanently in the U.S. and did not vote in the last Knesset election is eligible to vote for MERCAZ USA in the World Zionist Congress elections. 

It's critical that we don't let extremist voices limit the voice of the conservative movement, including our work on environmental and climate initiatives at the WZO. Vote here and select slate #17 MERCAZ USA. Voting closes on May 4. No preregistration or organizational membership is required beforehand.


Freedom Tags is an initiative by the Hostages and Missing Families Forum. Purchase a Freedom Tag to support the hundreds of innocent people kidnapped by Hamas. The Hostages and Missing solidarity tags are meant to remind us all of our commitment to bring them home. Now.

If you are interested in purchasing a Freedom Tag at discounted rate of $18 per tag, please contact the Director of Outreach and Engagement: Miriam Habif Gelfond ([email protected]; 404.603.5749).


Hamas is refusing to accept a U.S.-backed deal to free hostages in exchange for a pause in the fighting. But some are still blaming Israel. Calls for a temporary ceasefire should be directed to the one address preventing it from happening: Hamas. We need to make sure your members of Congress know that Hamas is to blame. It takes just a minute to email your members by clicking the link below. Please take just 1 minute to make a difference and stand with Israel! I encourage you to forward this email to your friends and family.

Tell Congress


Your donation to the Israel Emergency Campaign helps to rebuild damaged infrastructure and address the unprecedented levels of trauma caused by the horrific attack on Isreael.

Donate


Donate to the Ukraine Emergency Fund of Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta

Donate

Tribute donations offer the ability to memorialize or honor friends and family through donations to a variety of designated funds. Tribute donations can be made in honor of B'nai Mitzvah, the birth of a baby, a graduation, a wedding, or other special occasion. Donations in memory of loved ones are a thoughtful and meaningful way to remember those who have passed away. Your donation will be acknowledged with a card to the recipient of this tribute. Please note that Tribute Donations require a minimum contribution of $18.
 

5785 High Holiday Hub

A source of everything you'll need to navigate your High Holiday spiritual experience!
Registration • Youth and Family • Service Schedule • Tunes and Meshorerim • Committee Fair • Yom Kippur Appeal/Chai Campaign • Honors • Machzorim • Operation Isaiah • Sisterhood Honey Fundraiser • Lulav and Etrog • Hearing Loop and Screen Assisted Service • Disabled Parking • Resources
Visit the Hub