Ahavath Achim Synagogue

mAAc Tour of The Warehouse ⏺️
2024-12-02 13:30 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | The Warehouse, 1643 Chattahoochee Avenue NW, Atlanta, GA, 30318
Join the Mature Active Adult Community (mAAc) for a tour of The Warehouse! The Warehouse is a contemporary art space located in Atlanta's growing Westside District. The building exhibits the private collection of the Susan Wieland Trust, a promised gift to the Wieland Warehouse Art Foundation. In 2010, the Wielands purchased a 37,000 square-foot furniture warehouse, remodeling it into galleries, storage, and administrative offices to bring their collection under one roof. In 2023, the building underwent a significant expansion and renovation in anticipation of its opening to the public in 2024.
There is no cost to attend, but RSVP is required by Wednesday, November 27 to Jackie Nix (jnix@aasynagogue.org; 404.603.5743).
Questions? Contact the mAAc Chair: Gail Solomon (solgail.627@gmail.com; 404.456.6171).

mAAc Meets: Current Events with Rabbi Neil Sandler ▶️
2024-12-09 16:00 - 17:00, 2024-12-23 16:00 - 17:00 | GA
Join mAAc members, fellow congregants, and Rabbi Neil Sandler twice a month for Rabbi Sandler's current events discussion group! Rabbi Sandler continues to keep us informed about current events affecting the Jewish Community. He teaches us not only to be aware of current events but also to understand them.
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mAAc Meets: Movie Discussion—White Bird ▶️
2025-01-06 19:30 - 22:00 | GA
Members of our Mature Active Adult Community (mAAc) are invited to a movie discussion on the film White Bird. White Bird (marketed with the subtitle A Wonder Story) is a 2024 American war drama film directed by Marc Forster from a screenplay by Mark Bomback, based on the 2019 graphic novel of the same name by R. J. Palacio. Serving as both a prequel and a sequel to Wonder (2017), it stars Ariella Glaser, Orlando Schwerdt, Bryce Gheisar, Gillian Anderson, and Helen Mirren, with Gheisar reprising his role as Julian Albans from Wonder. After the events of Wonder, Julian has left Beecher Prep for good. He is visited by his grandmother, Sara, from Paris, who, in response to Julian's reflection about his need to be socially passive in order to fit in at his new school, tells him about her childhood as a young Jewish girl in Nazi-occupied France during World War II. mAAc members are asked to watch the film prior to the program. It is available to watch on streaming sites.
Questions? Contact the mAAc chair: Gail Solomon (solgail.627@gmail.com; 404.456.6171).
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Atlanta Chamber Players ⏺️
2025-01-19 15:00 - 17:00 | Ahavath Achim Synagogue, 600 Peachtree Battle Ave NW, Atlanta, GA, 30327
The Marilyn Ginsberg Eckstein Cultural Arts Program Fund presents the Atlanta Chamber Players!
Featuring:

Amy Schwartz Moretti (violin)
Helen Kim (violin)
Chelsea Cline (violin)
Cathy Lynn (viola)
Brad Ritchie (cello)
Liz Tscione (oboe)
Elizabeth Pridgen (piano)

Performing:

Mozart, Oboe Quartet In F Major, K370/368b
Dvorak, Sonatina In G Major, Op 100
Ernest Chausson, Concerto For Violin, Piano
String Quartet, Op 21

This concert is open to the community. There will be a reception following the concert. No admission charge or reservation is required. A $20 entrance donation for the Cultural Arts Fund is appreciated. Students are welcome to attend gratis.
Questions? Please contact the Cultural Arts Committee Chair: Ivan Millender (ivanmillender@earthlink.net; 404.406.6333).

mAAc AJFF Preview Party ▶️
2025-02-03 19:30 - 21:00 | GA
AA's Mature Active Adult Community (mAAc) invites you to a virtual Atlanta Jewish Film Festival Preview Party! Enjoy previews of movies coming to this year's Atlanta Jewish Film Festival. Previews are chosen by AA's very own Judy Marx (Founding Director of the Atlanta Jewish Film Festival)!
The Atlanta Jewish Film Festival (this year, from February 19 through March 16) is the largest film festival of any kind in the state of Georgia and the largest Jewish film festival in the world. The 23-day festival is held in late winter at multiple venues in Atlanta, Georgia, and in the suburbs of Alpharetta, Marietta, and Sandy Springs. Contemporary and classic independent Jewish films from around the world are featured at the festival. For show information and tickets, visit the AJFF website.
This event is free, and registration is not required.
Questions? Contact the mAAc Chair: Gail Solomon (solgail.627@gmail.com; 404.456.6171).
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mAAc at the Fox Theatre—Parade ⏺️
2025-04-06 13:00 | The Fox Theatre, 660 Peachtree Street NE, Atlanta, GA, 30308
Join the Mature Active Adult Community (mAAc) to see Parade at the Fox Theatre! Parade is a musical with a book by Alfred Uhry and music and lyrics by Jason Robert Brown. The musical dramatizes the 1913 trial of Jewish factory manager Leo Frank, who was accused and convicted of raping and murdering a thirteen-year-old employee, Mary Phagan. The trial, sensationalized by the media, aroused antisemitic tensions in Atlanta and the U.S. state of Georgia. When Frank's death sentence was commuted to life in prison by the departing Governor of Georgia, John M. Slaton, in 1915 due to his detailed review of over 10,000 pages of testimony and possible problems with the trial, Leo Frank was transferred to a prison in Milledgeville, Georgia, where a lynching party seized and kidnapped him. Frank was taken to Phagan's hometown of Marietta, Georgia, and he was hanged from an oak tree. The events surrounding the investigation and trial led to two groups emerging: the revival of the defunct KKK and the birth of the Jewish Civil Rights organization, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL).
Tickets are $65 per person for mAAc members and $70 for non-mAAc members. Registration is required by Tuesday, January 28 (form linked below).
Questions?
Registration: Jackie Nix (jnix@aasynagogue.org; 404.603.5743)
Program: Gail Solomon (solgail.627@gmail.com; 404.456.6171)
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mAAc Tour of the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum ⏺️
2025-05-01 13:00 - 16:00 | Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum, 441 John Lewis Freedom Pkwy NE, Atlanta, GA, 30307
Join the Mature Active Adult Community (mAAc) for a tour of the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum! Join us for an exclusive and inspiring tour of the Carter Presidential Library and Museum, featuring a special opportunity to meet Paige Alexander, CEO of the Carter Center, and a tour of President and Mrs. Carter's offices. Step into history as you explore one of the museum's most compelling highlights—the story of President Carter's groundbreaking peace talks between Israel and the Arab nations, an achievement that earned him the Nobel Peace Prize. Plus, don't miss the special exhibit, The Nature of the Man: Landscapes from the Childhood of Jimmy Carter by John L. Cleaveland, Jr., offering a breathtaking glimpse into the places that shaped the 39th president.
Lunch will be available in the "Kitchen at Copenhill." If you plan to enjoy lunch before the tour, please arrive by 12:15 p.m. (The cafe is cashless, so please bring a debit/credit card.) If you prefer to join us just for the tour, please plan to arrive by 12:50 p.m. The tour will begin promptly at 1:00 p.m.
Tickets are $10 per person for mAAc members and $15 for non-mAAc members. Registration is required by Friday, April 25.
Questions?
Registration: Jackie Nix (jnix@aasynagogue.org; 404.603.5743)
Program: Gail Solomon (solgail.627@gmail.com; 404.456.6171)

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mAAc Fifth Annual Brunch: Musically Speaking ⏺️
2025-11-16 11:00 - 13:30 | Ahavath Achim Synagogue, 600 Peachtree Battle Ave NW, Atlanta, GA, 30327
mAAc'sFifth Annual Brunch
Sunday, November 16

Ahavath Achim Synagogue11:00am Doors Open11:30am Brunch & Program$45 per person
Registration Deadline:
Monday, November 10th
Register now for our opening event: MUSICALLY SPEAKING
A singularly sensational experience of audio and video highlights on the remarkable backstory of Fiddler On The Roof – one of the world's most beloved musicals – and how it almost never happened!

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Special Guest:BILL NIGUT

Former State Political Analyst, Reporter, CorrespondentWSB TV
Program Host, ProducerGeorgia Public Broadcasting
Great Broadway Musicals and How They Were Produced Instructor, Osher Lifelong Learning InstituteEmory University
