Ahavath Achim Synagogue

Worship in Pink Shabbat 🔀
2023-11-04 09:30 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | Ahavath Achim Synagogue—Ellman Chapel, 600 Peachtree Battle Ave NW, Atlanta, GA, 30327, United States
Join us for Sisterhood's 16th annual Worship in Pink Shabbat! This Shabbat service honors all cancer survivors, participants of the Susan G. Komen 3-day or 2-day Walks, and the loved ones we have lost. We encourage anyone who would like to participate in the service to contact Debra Elovich (dlelovich@gmail.com) or Rina Wolfe (rinawolfe10@gmail.com).
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Torah Study 🔀
2023-11-04 10:30 - 11:30 | Ahavath Achim Synagogue—Cavalier Room, 600 Peachtree Battle Ave NW, Atlanta, GA, 30327
Join us every Shabbat morning for Torah Study, where lay leaders, rabbis, and congregants lead lively discussions about the weekly parashat. This discussion requires no special knowledge and is designed to deepen your understanding and appreciation of the Torah and the wisdom of our Sages.
Questions? Contact the chair: Michael Miller (mgmiller@sloan.mit.edu).
Join us in the Cavalier Room or via Zoom.
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Tot Shabbat ⏺️
2023-11-04 11:15 - 12:00 | Ahavath Achim Synagogue—Garden, 600 Peachtree Battle Ave NW, Atlanta, GA, 30327
Join us on the first Saturday of the month for Tot Shabbat, a musical service that's fun for our young kids and engaging for adults! This service is designed for families with kids 0–2nd grade, but all are welcome.

11:15–11:30 a.m.: Shabbat-Friendly Activity and Schmooze
11:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m.: Family Service
12:00 p.m.+: Fresh-Baked Challah (lovingly brought by a different family each month) followed by Community Kiddush

RSVP is not required, but we'd love to know if you can make it—Please contact our Interim Director of Education, Annsley Klehr (aklehr@aasynagogue.org), if you plan to join!
The location depends on room availability and the weather. We'll set up outside if the weather allows; Otherwise, we'll set up in Paradies Hall.
Dates: August 5, September 30 (last Saturday of the month), November 4, December 2, January 6, February 3, March 2, April 13 (second Saturday of the month), and May 4.

Rebbe's Tish ⏺️
2023-11-04 12:30 - 14:00 | Ahavath Achim Synagogue—Srochi Auditorium, 600 Peachtree Battle Ave. NW, Atlanta, GA, 30327, United States
Join us during kiddush lunch on Shabbat mornings for Rebbe's Tish where we'll sing, do a bit of studying and kavanot, celebrate simchas, and fulfill the mitzvah of delighting in Shabbat and reciting the blessing after meals! Whether you attended the Shabbat morning service virtually, in person, or not at all, you are welcome to join us—Grab a seat at the square table in the atrium between the Sanctuary and Srochi Auditorium. We'll start around 12:30 p.m. (or ~30 minutes after the service ends) and sing the blessing after meals (Birkat HaMazon) between 1:30 p.m. and 2:00 p.m.
Questions? Contact music@aasynagogue.org.

Mincha, Seudah Sheleshet, Ma'ariv, Havdallah 🔀
2023-11-04 17:45 - 19:15 | Ahavath Achim Synagogue — Epstein Sanctuary, 600 Peachtree Battle Ave NW, Atlanta, GA, 30327
Join us each week as we say goodbye to Shabbat and start the following week anew. Prayer, Torah reading, a short study with the rabbis, a light seudah sheleshet (third meal), and a musical havdallah will be part of this experience!
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Source Sheets:

Saturday, November 4: Everyday Holiness—Chapter 8—Patience
Saturday, November 25: Everyday Holiness—Chapter 9—Gratitude

Conclusion of Shabbat
2023-11-04 19:08, 2023-11-11 18:02, 2023-11-18 17:58, 2023-11-25 17:55, 2023-12-02 17:54 | GA

Blood Drive ⏺️
2023-11-05 09:00 - 14:00 | Ahavath Achim Synagogue—Srochi Auditorium, 600 Peachtree Battle Ave. NW, Atlanta, GA, 30327, United States
Do the mitzvah of donating blood at Ahavath Achim Synagogue's quarterly Blood Drive. Every day, blood donors help patients of all ages: accident and burn victims, heart surgery and organ transplant patients, and those battling cancer. The need for blood is constant, and, due to Covid-19, the blood supply is low and needs to be replenished.
The Quarterly Blood Drive is sponsored by Ahavath Achim Synagogue, Congregation Shearith Israel, Congregation Or VeShalom, Jewish War Veterans Post 112, and Fulton Lodge No. 216 Free and Accepted Masons.
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The Great Big Recycling Event ⏺️
2023-11-05 09:00 - 14:00 | Ahavath Achim Synagogue—Upper Parking Lot, 600 Peachtree Battle Ave NW, Atlanta, GA, 30327
Start collecting your unwanted, hard-to-recycle items for the fall Great Big Recycling Event! The AA Greening Group will take these items to CHaRM (the Center for Hard to Recycle Materials) for you, keeping harmful contaminants out of landfills. This event occurs on the same day as the Blood Drive, so come to give blood with a loaded car!
Please bring only the items listed below to the Synagogue's upper parking lot. Greening Group volunteers will help you unload and collect fees and donations (always welcomed).

Styrofoam (e.g., old coolers, appliance packing; NO packing peanuts)
Small appliances
Computers and monitors (fee of $20 per item)
Electric cords, batteries (NO alkaline), and chargers
Walking/running shoes (to be given to unhoused people during the winter)
Glass bottles (clean and dry)
Books (hardcover or paperback)
Plastic bags (stretchy, not crackly/bubbly)
Florescent tubes (fee of $1 per two tubes)
CDs and CD cases
Plastic containers (with triangular recycle numbers 1, 2, 4, 5, or 6)
Household chemicals (e.g., herbicides, pesticides, bug spray, drain cleaner)
Scrap metals

Questions? Call June Neumark (404.213.7540), Patsy Little (770.823.7609), or Myrtle Lewin (404.409.3169).

Naomi's Book Club 🔀
2023-11-06 11:30 - 13:30 | Marcus Jewish Community Center of Atlanta, 5342 Tilly Mill Road, Atlanta, GA, 30338
Join Sisterhood on the first Monday of the month for a lively book discussion. November's book is a choice between two books: The House is on Fire by Rachel Beanland or Daughters of Nantucket by Julia Gerstenblatt. For this meeting, we will gather at the MJCCA Book Festival where both authors will be speaking—Purchase tickets for the event using the link below.
Questions? Contact Madeleine Gimbel (maddy_gimbel@yahoo.com; 404.355.7711).
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Candle Lighting
2023-11-10 17:19, 2023-11-17 17:15, 2023-11-24 17:12, 2023-12-01 17:10 | GA

Shabbat Morning Service—Bar Mitzvah of Jacob Ryan Spitalnick 🔀
2023-11-11 09:30 - 12:00 | Ahavath Achim Synagogue—Ellman Chapel, 600 Peachtree Battle Ave NW, Atlanta, GA, 30327, United States
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Israel Exploration Shabbat Table 🔀
2023-11-11 12:30 - 13:30 | Ahavath Achim Synagogue—Paradies Hall, 600 Peachtree Battle Ave. NW, Atlanta, GA, 30327, United States
Join us two Saturdays a month to learn about and discuss current issues involving Israel. With the incredibly complex reality that the Jewish state finds itself, the goal of this group is to learn and discuss. We will read through recent articles and publications highlighting major issues and welcome educators, advocates, Israeli Government, and NGO professionals to share their thoughts, work, and hope. Learning is at the core of this experience, so come with an open mind and heart.
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Source Sheets:

Saturday, August 12: Why Donniel Hartman Sees a Brighter Israel in 2026
Saturday, August 26: See My Country Differently—Matti Friedman
Saturday, September 9:

You Can't Normalize Relations With a Government That Isn't Normal—Thomas Friedman
Don't Expect a Saudi-Israel Deal Soon, or Maybe Ever—Jennifer Rubin

Saturday, September 23: AIPAC Is Dying a Slow Death—Haaretz
Saturday, November 11:

Israel's Basic Laws of History
Israeli Declaration of the Independence
Exploring the Israeli Declaration of Independence

Saturday, December 9: Fight for Gaza's Khan Younis Puts Israel, U.S. on Collision Course

MJCCA Book Festival—The Esther G. Levine Read ⏺️
2023-11-12 19:30 - 21:30 | Marcus Jewish Community Center of Atlanta, 5342 Tilly Mill Road, Atlanta, GA, 30338
Join the community for the Esther G. Levine Read as part of the 2023 MJCCA Book Festival. This read features Ari Shapiro, author of The Best Strangers in the World: Stories from a Life Spent Listening, in Conversation with Michael Seiden, Reporter at WSB-TV.
The Esther G. Levine Community Read honors the many contributions of longtime book festival lay leader, Esther Levine. AA is a proud community partner of this event.
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mAAc Meets: Current Events with Rabbi Neil Sandler ▶️
2023-11-13 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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Interfaith Community Thanksgiving Service 🔀
2023-11-19 16:00 - 18:00 | Ahavath Achim Synagogue, 600 Peachtree Battle Ave NW, Atlanta, GA, 30327
Join various congregations of the Northside Corridor for an interfaith exploration of gratitude found within fellowship. This event is free and open to the community.
Sponsors: Ahavath Achim Synagogue, Northside United Methodist Church, New Hope A.M.E. Church, Northside Drive Baptist Church, Saint Anne's Episcopal Church, St. Luke Lutheran Church, and Trinity Presbyterian Church

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Office Closed at Noon
2023-11-22 | GA

Thanksgiving
2023-11-23 | GA

Office Closed
2023-11-23, 2023-11-24 | GA

Wellness Workshop—A One-Day Journey Into the Zero Line ⏺️
2023-12-03 09:30 - 13:30 | Ahavath Achim Synagogue—Srochi Auditorium, 600 Peachtree Battle Ave. NW, Atlanta, GA, 30327, United States
Sisterhood, Brotherhood, Kesher, and mAAc invite you to a wellness workshop! This workshop is presented by Jay Kratz, owner of META MVMT, Bodyworker, and Movement Expert. Jay will help us explore the Zero Line and six body codes for holistic healing, guiding us into better alignment, posture, and movement. Your transformation to a better body begins here! Don't miss out on the benefits of a unique and transformative morning.
9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.: Workshop
12:30–1:30 p.m.: Chat and optional lunch
Wear comfortable clothes, and bring a yoga mat and water bottle. There is no cost to attend the workshop, but an optional lunch is available for purchase (gluten-free option available) for $18/person. Registration for this event is required (link below) by Monday, November 27.
Questions? Contact Marcia Spielberger (maspielberger@comcast.net).
Learn more about the workshop here.
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The Georgian Chamber Players ⏺️
2023-12-03 15:00 - 17:00 | Ahavath Achim Synagogue, 600 Peachtree Battle Ave NW, Atlanta, GA, 30327
Join us for a concert featuring the Georgian Chamber Players presented by the Marilyn Ginsberg Eckstein Cultural Arts Program Fund.
The program will feature noted artists, Julie Coucheron (piano), Elizabeth Pridgen (piano), David Coucheron (violin), Zhenwei Shi (viola), and Daniel Laufer (cello) performing Schubert's Fantasy in F minor, D-940; Grieg's Sonata for Violin and Piano #2 in G major; and Brahms' Piano Quartet #3 in C Minor, op 60.
This concert is open to the community. No admission charge. Reception following the concert. A donation ($20) to the Cultural Arts Fund is appreciated.
Questions? Please contact the Cultural Arts Committee Chair: Ivan Millender (ivanmillender@earthlink.net; 404.406.6333).

Virtual Town Hall ▶️
2023-12-05 18:30 - 19:30 | GA
Please join us for a Virtual Town Hall, a question-and-answer meeting, led by our president, Gary Alembik, to address any questions or concerns related to the proposed sale of our two Northside Drive residential properties.
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1st Candle Lighting
2023-12-07 17:56 | GA
