{"@context":"http://iiif.io/api/presentation/3/context.json","id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/iiif/8s4jm25d0h/manifest","type":"Manifest","label":{"en":["Levy, Faith"]},"logo":"https://d9jk7wjtjpu5g.cloudfront.net/organizations/logo_images/000/000/082/original/TheBreman_SecondaryMark_Horizontal_Blue_Black.png?1713640889","metadata":[{"label":{"en":["Date"]},"value":{"en":["2025-02-25 (captured)"]}},{"label":{"en":["Agent"]},"value":{"en":["Levy, Faith (Interviewee)","Rosenberg, Robin (Interviewer)"]}},{"label":{"en":["Format"]},"value":{"en":["Video"]}},{"label":{"en":["Source"]},"value":{"en":["William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum","Esther and Herbert Taylor Jewish Oral History Collection","Shearith Israel's Presidents Program, Lessons in Leadership"]}},{"label":{"en":["Description"]},"value":{"en":["\u003cp\u003eFaith Levy was interviewed by Robin Rosenberg on Feburary 25, 2025, in Atlanta, Georgia.\u003c/p\u003e (general)","\u003cp\u003eFaith Frankel Levy was born on September 26, 1960, and grew up in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York. Her parents were Benjamin Frankel and Phyllis Sanders Frankel, and she has two younger sisters, Rachel and Eleanor. Her father worked as an attorney at Kelley Drye, LLP and her mother worked as an elementary school teacher and later in speech pathology. The family was active at Temple Beth Shalom in Hastings.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eAfter graduating from high school, Faith attended Tufts University where she graduated with a degree in economics and political science. She also earned her Master of Business Administration from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. Faith has worked as the Admissions Manager at Emory University since 2009. In 1989, she married Dr. Howard Levy, and they have three sons, Abraham, Ethan, and Joseph. Faith and Howard belong to Congregation Shearith Israel, where she has been active in Sisterhood and served as president.\u003c/p\u003e (bioghist)","\u003cp\u003eFaith began the interview discussing that she served as Shearith Israel’s president from 2019-2020. She talks about the fact that Rick Kaplan served as co-president with her during 2019 because she was concerned, she was not ready to be president. She spoke about the challenges she faced being president during the COVID pandemic and her fear of losing members during the pandemic shutdown. She details the various actions the congregation took to keep members engaged during the pandemic and how they adapted as the pandemic continued.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eFaith spoke about her time serving as co-president with Rick Kaplan and the differences between them as leaders. She recalls that managing the pandemic became the main focus during her presidency but also focusing on leadership succession and success with that. She discusses how parents’ illnesses and deaths during her presidency impacted her mental and psychological energy. She reflects on her regret about not attending as many committee meetings. Faith talks about seeking advice and counsel from Rick Kaplan and Heidi Einhorn.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eShe reflects on how serving as president changed her personally and as a member of Shearith Israel. She discusses the qualities that are needed for an effective president and how everyone brings something different. Faith talks about the need for board members to take their role seriously, to be prepared, to be respectful and generous. She shares what she believes to be the synagogues strengths and the importance of supporting the rabbi. She concludes the interview by discussing the challenges the synagogue faces with the aging building.\u003c/p\u003e (scope content)"]}},{"label":{"en":["Rights Statement"]},"value":{"en":["\u003cp\u003eAll rights reserved. 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Her parents were Benjamin Frankel and Phyllis Sanders Frankel, and she has two younger sisters, Rachel and Eleanor. Her father worked as an attorney at Kelley Drye, LLP and her mother worked as an elementary school teacher and later in speech pathology. The family was active at Temple Beth Shalom in Hastings.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eAfter graduating from high school, Faith attended Tufts University where she graduated with a degree in economics and political science. She also earned her Master of Business Administration from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. Faith has worked as the Admissions Manager at Emory University since 2009. In 1989, she married Dr. Howard Levy, and they have three sons, Abraham, Ethan, and Joseph. Faith and Howard belong to Congregation Shearith Israel, where she has been active in Sisterhood and served as president.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFaith began the interview discussing that she served as Shearith Israel\u0026rsquo;s president from 2019-2020. She talks about the fact that Rick Kaplan served as co-president with her during 2019 because she was concerned, she was not ready to be president. She spoke about the challenges she faced being president during the COVID pandemic and her fear of losing members during the pandemic shutdown. She details the various actions the congregation took to keep members engaged during the pandemic and how they adapted as the pandemic continued.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eFaith spoke about her time serving as co-president with Rick Kaplan and the differences between them as leaders. She recalls that managing the pandemic became the main focus during her presidency but also focusing on leadership succession and success with that. She discusses how parents\u0026rsquo; illnesses and deaths during her presidency impacted her mental and psychological energy. She reflects on her regret about not attending as many committee meetings. Faith talks about seeking advice and counsel from Rick Kaplan and Heidi Einhorn.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eShe reflects on how serving as president changed her personally and as a member of Shearith Israel. She discusses the qualities that are needed for an effective president and how everyone brings something different. Faith talks about the need for board members to take their role seriously, to be prepared, to be respectful and generous. She shares what she believes to be the synagogues strengths and the importance of supporting the rabbi. She concludes the interview by discussing the challenges the synagogue faces with the aging building.\u003c/p\u003e"]},"requiredStatement":{"label":{"en":["Attribution"]},"value":{"en":["\u003cp\u003eAll rights reserved. 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I'm sorry, it's not December. It's February 25, 2025. My name is Robin Rosenberg and I'm interviewing Faith Levy, past president of Congregation Shearith Israel as part of Shearith Israel's Presidents Program Lessons in Leadership. We're delighted to collaborate with the Breman Museum in recording this conversation. Thanks so much for taking the time to be here and to talk about your presidency. Why don't we start with the dates you served and a bit about what the synagogue was like at that time?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158017/file/288293#t=1.0,40.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158017/file/288293/transcript/83166/annotation/2","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eLEVY:\u003c/strong\u003e Thanks for inviting me, Robin. It's an honor to be here. I had an unusual presidency in that the first year of my presidency I shared . . . Should I start again? [Off camera comment to continue] The first year of my presidency, I shared with the previous president, Rick Kaplan. I was told that I was ready, but I wasn't confident that I was. I wanted Rick's partnership, and he was wonderful and generous to agree to that, and it was a wonderful partnership that first year. That was 2019. The second year, I served by myself and that was 2020. For those of you that might not remember, in 2020 we welcomed, sadly, the COVID pandemic and I became president in March of 2020, which is when the world shut down in the COVID pandemic.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158017/file/288293#t=40.0,99.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158017/file/288293/transcript/83166/annotation/3","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eROSENBERG:\u003c/strong\u003e Which is a pretty unique experience. I often ask what was most challenging during your presidency, and I'll leave that open, figuring that this is an opportunity to talk about some of the challenges that we had during COVID.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158017/file/288293#t=99.0,122.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158017/file/288293/transcript/83166/annotation/4","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eLEVY:\u003c/strong\u003e Certainly, the biggest and pretty much the only challenge was COVID. The world was closing down and synagogues are physical places, at least they were then, where people came to gather together, and we couldn't do that anymore. Thanks to a dynamic, tech savvy, courageous, warm, and highly energetic rabbi, we were able to pivot very quickly and welcome our congregation back online. But that was free, and I was afraid that people would drop their memberships because they could and because we weren't offering very much except for online Shabbat services. I was fearful that we wouldn't be able to pay our staff, and that we'd then have to work hard when the pandemic ended to bring people back. I'm so happy to report that I was wrong. People did not leave the synagogue. I'll get to the few that did maybe in a few minutes, but for the most part, no one left. Members and lay leaders stepped up to create an incredibly welcoming, at least in my opinion, an incredibly welcoming online presence. In addition to some drop-offs, we had some gifts and some things that were dropped off at people's homes and fun parties online and it worked. I didn't know that it would. It was brand new territory. I'm not an imaginative person but partnering with Rabbi [Ari] Kaiman made it work because he was imaginative, and he was tech savvy, and we had great partners. Jamie Wender was the chair of membership. Incredibly creative and hardworking and clever and brilliant and eloquent and she made people feel welcome. She helped us come up with some spreadsheet where members called each other, especially calling folks that lived alone or were elderly. That was really impactful. She also created these fun bags and baskets and gifts, and it brought the community together. Somehow it worked, somehow the magic worked. A little later on in the pandemic, we had challenges with how might we open, reopen, and under what constraints? Should we ask people to mask? Should we demand that people mask? Should we ask people to be vaccinated? Should we require that people be vaccinated? How do we require that people be vaccinated. I'm sad to say that our decisions caused at least a couple families to leave and others to feel hurt that our decisions were not what they would have liked, and that's still painful today. I don't think we made any mistakes, but right, two Jews, three opinions. That's a regret. I don't know that we should have done anything differently, but I'm sorry that there were people that felt less included and less welcomed because of our decisions.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158017/file/288293#t=122.0,354.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158017/file/288293/transcript/83166/annotation/5","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eROSENBERG:\u003c/strong\u003e Talk about how we adapted some of our outside spaces, because I think it may have been a new experience for us.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158017/file/288293#t=354.0,363.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158017/file/288293/transcript/83166/annotation/6","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eLEVY:\u003c/strong\u003e That's right. The shul is shaped, the campus is shaped sort of like a messy U, and inside the U is a courtyard that had been hardly used, at best underutilized. We brought furniture and heat lamps out there, and we had meetings and services. It worked. It wasn't perfect. It wasn't exactly designed for that, but we made that work. We had a religious school in the parking lot on the days that Mother Nature cooperated. Nancy Gorod was our director of religious school at the time. We kind of made that work. There were families that didn't want to participate, and we had an online presence. But yes, we worked hard to make it work. I really want to give a lot of credit to Rabbi Kaiman, who was courageous and unafraid to make bold decisions. He was a good partner.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158017/file/288293#t=363.0,424.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158017/file/288293/transcript/83166/annotation/7","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eROSENBERG:\u003c/strong\u003e As someone who had the unique experience of a co-president, a co-presidency I should say. Can you talk about what the difference was and . . . what were the challenges of that? What were advantages? How it was different?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158017/file/288293#t=424.0,442.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158017/file/288293/transcript/83166/annotation/8","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eLEVY:\u003c/strong\u003e There really weren't any challenges. Rick was a wonderful partner and a generous one. I believe he promised his wife that he would do the presidency for two years. Thanks to me, he had an unhappy wife for a little bit, and I do feel badly about that. Rick is a strategic thinker with a brilliant mind and able to make good, intelligent decisions quickly. I'm an administrator. I don't have a quick mind. I like to write notes and think about things and ask other people's opinions and ponder and make lists of pros and cons. Having a strategic thinker as a partner, someone who is confident in his abilities to make decisions quickly, was wonderful. I appreciated that very much, and we're still friends.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158017/file/288293#t=442.0,501.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158017/file/288293/transcript/83166/annotation/9","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eROSENBERG:\u003c/strong\u003e When it came time to assume the presidency by yourself.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158017/file/288293#t=501.0,505.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158017/file/288293/transcript/83166/annotation/10","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eLEVY:\u003c/strong\u003e I felt ready.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158017/file/288293#t=505.0,507.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158017/file/288293/transcript/83166/annotation/11","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eROSENBERG:\u003c/strong\u003e I'm sure you did. What do you think you uniquely brought to the role? Did you have specific goals in mind?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158017/file/288293#t=507.0,518.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158017/file/288293/transcript/83166/annotation/12","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eLEVY:\u003c/strong\u003e I absolutely had specific goals in mind. Many of them were waylaid by the pandemic because that had to take, in my opinion, that was front and center and anything else was secondary to that. But a close second was leadership. Shearith Israel didn't have a strong tradition of succession, of leadership succession. I felt that I wanted to do whatever I could to change that. I insisted that our board, Rick and my board, later, my board, include people that were open to executive board leadership and presidency. Not every single board member had to agree that one day, \"Yes, I might be president,\" and not even every executive board member has to agree that, \"Yes, one day I might be president.\" But I felt strongly that there should be at least two people on the executive committee, which is composed of the secretary, the treasurer, and two vice presidents, and an immediate past president, who were open to being the successor to the current president, to me. I felt strongly that board members should be open to rising too, I shouldn't say rising, that should be opened to serving on the executive committee, and it worked. I had a successor in Heidi Einhorn, who I'm proud to say that I think she did a beautiful job, and she had a successor in Blair Rothstein. It's continued, Blair Rothstein has a successor in Jeff Kirsch, and I'm proud of that.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158017/file/288293#t=518.0,633.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158017/file/288293/transcript/83166/annotation/13","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eROSENBERG:\u003c/strong\u003e Thinking back and given particularly that you had such a unique kind of experience are there things you might have done differently even things that you might've done differently without COVID?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158017/file/288293#t=633.0,652.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158017/file/288293/transcript/83166/annotation/14","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eLEVY:\u003c/strong\u003e Sure. This is just a personal piece, and as I was driving here this morning, I was wrestling with whether or not to mention it, but it informed my presidency, so I will. I lost both my parents during the pandemic, not to COVID. They were elderly. They lived long, good, rich lives. It was not a terrible tragedy, but it wasn't expected. It was during the pandemic, so my sisters and I were . . . everything was 10 times more complicated, right? We couldn't go to the hospital when one of them was hospitalized. We couldn't always get on a plane to visit. They were in New York. Talking to doctors took hours and everything that you deal with when a parent is dying was five times more complicated because of the pandemic. Not that I could have changed that, but I was sorry that took me away, that took time and mental and psychological energy away from my presidency. I had to prioritize my parents, and there's nothing that could be done about that, but I'm sorry that . . . it was a lot on my plate all at once. I was also dealing with one less staff member at work and doing part of her job. I'm sorry that I didn't have as much time for the presidency as I would have liked. Nothing that could be done about that, but it's a regret. Another regret is that I did not make it a point to go to committee meetings. It sort of wasn't on my radar, and I think it should have been. I should have gone to membership meetings and religious life meetings and finance committee meetings. I did to a small extent, but I should've done more, and I'm sorry if they didn't feel supported and I'm not sorry I wasn't there for them.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158017/file/288293#t=652.0,771.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158017/file/288293/transcript/83166/annotation/15","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eROSENBERG:\u003c/strong\u003e This was a pretty tough time and just to execute anything . . . Who did you seek out for counsel or advice when you had hard issues or individuals to contend with. Who could help you with problem solving and who did you lean on to take up what you couldn't attend to really because you had so much going on?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158017/file/288293#t=771.0,792.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158017/file/288293/transcript/83166/annotation/16","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eLEVY:\u003c/strong\u003e Certainly Rick, the first year and even the second year because he was my immediate past president and I trusted him and admired him. We had a nice rapport, and he was generous with his time and intelligence. Then Heidi, who was going to follow me as president. It took her a while, but I like Heidi very much. I think she's sharp and bright and comes at things in a different way than I do . . . so . . . I appreciated having her input. Yes, I would say for the most part, the two of them.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158017/file/288293#t=792.0,835.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158017/file/288293/transcript/83166/annotation/17","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eROSENBERG:\u003c/strong\u003e What impact did your presidency have on you? As I've learned to ask these questions, I'm switching it up a little bit. How did it change you, as a leader, personally, as member of the community, and as a member of the synagogue?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158017/file/288293#t=835.0,857.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158017/file/288293/transcript/83166/annotation/18","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eLEVY:\u003c/strong\u003e I'm proud to have done that. I never wanted to be president, but then again, every Shearith Israel president says, \"I never wanted to be a president,\" so I suppose that's not unique. I really, I don't see myself as a leader. I see myself as an administrator, as a good soldier, as someone people call because I can get things done, but I don't see myself as a leader, so that was interesting for me to take on that leadership role. I learned to speak in public in my late 50's or early 60's. I had done that to a small extent, but I had to do that at board meetings, at services, High Holiday services with I guess thousands of eyeballs and I think I got better as time went on. I certainly got more confident. Speaking in public now doesn't give me pause, I feel confident doing that, so I appreciated that. I built beautiful relationships with other congregants, yourself included, that I never would have had the honor to do if I wasn't serving in a leadership role and I value those relationships. I learned a lot, I learned about Judaism, about the shul, the history of our synagogue, a really rich, beautiful history. I learned about the Atlanta Jewish community.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158017/file/288293#t=857.0,959.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158017/file/288293/transcript/83166/annotation/19","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eROSENBERG:\u003c/strong\u003e What are the qualities that you think are required really to be an effective president, an effective leader?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158017/file/288293#t=959.0,973.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158017/file/288293/transcript/83166/annotation/20","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eLEVY:\u003c/strong\u003e The qualities . . . I think different presidents bring different qualities to leadership, and the most part successfully. I don't think there is one skill set that's necessarily required to do the job. Rick was sort of a visionary but wasn't interested in the administrative side of it and had a very successful presidency. Blair Rothstein is our current president, and he's excellent at the administrative aspects of it. I think he also has vision, but I believe he's been a very good president. Certainly, you need to be liked and trusted by the congregation, by your board, to have a warm and respectful working relationship with the rabbi or rabbis. You need to be generous with your time and with your temper. It's easy to get frustrated and potentially even angry. I think you need to remind yourself that everyone wants what's best for the synagogue. That was a joy when I realized everyone wanted what was best, and there weren't a lot of egos, and that we had different approaches and different opinions, but at the end of the day we all wanted the same thing, and I think that's what it takes.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158017/file/288293#t=973.0,1077.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158017/file/288293/transcript/83166/annotation/21","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eROSENBERG:\u003c/strong\u003e I would ask the same question about a board member and the role being a little bit different. How do you see the qualities that a board member should bring? Or be aware to bring.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158017/file/288293#t=1077.0,1092.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158017/file/288293/transcript/83166/annotation/22","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eLEVY:\u003c/strong\u003e Sure. I think a board member needs to take his or her role seriously. It's . . . not a social event. It's not a time to kvetch [Yiddish: to press or whine] and complain. If you have complaints or concerns and you've been asked to serve on the board, you need to understand that you're then going to be asked to potentially take on those concerns or those failings and not just kvetch and complain about it. I think it's important that board members understand that. It's a position of honor in the synagogue. You're expected to be well prepared for board meetings, to have read the minutes, to have thought carefully about the issues at hand, to be respectful of your fellow board members, and to be open to serving in additional leadership posts, and to learning about what's included. Board members are expected to be generous, not just financially, but with their time, with their confidentiality. Specific skill sets . . . beyond that, I love that our board has people that are professionals in public relations, in finance, in PR [Public Relations], in IT [Information Technology]. There's more but I'm blanking on them. We have physicians, and I'll tell you, having physicians on my board was extraordinarily helpful during the COVID pandemic. That was a beautiful coincidence, but just to backtrack a little, Rick and I had asked Jay Steinberg, a preeminent physician in Atlanta, in the field of infectious disease. A friend of ours and we had asked him to be on our board because he's a smart, thoughtful, well-respected guy. Wow, did it ever occur to us that a year later he would be giving us monthly updates at board meetings on the COVID pandemic, the same updates he was giving to his Emory colleagues every week. It was wonderful to have just a mix of all kinds of thoughtful, generous, intelligent, respectful, kind people who put the shul first.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158017/file/288293#t=1092.0,1263.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158017/file/288293/transcript/83166/annotation/23","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eROSENBERG:\u003c/strong\u003e Using your wisdom and experience and thinking about Shearith Israel's strengths and challenges today, what advice would you have really for the shul and for future leaders? Maybe part of that question is how do you see our challenges today? How does leadership help move beyond those challenges?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158017/file/288293#t=1263.0,1289.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158017/file/288293/transcript/83166/annotation/24","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eLEVY:\u003c/strong\u003e I think Shearith Israel's strengths are in its rabbinical leadership, and its location in in-town Atlanta. I think board leadership is maybe a second to that. I don't think people, for the most part, join the synagogue or leave the synagogue because of the board. You could find exceptions to that. As Rick shared with me during our joint presidency . . . and I . . . love this advice and I thought about it often. Rick felt that his number one job was to support the rabbi, and I love that. I think that encapsulates it, because at the end of the day, people are drawn, not because they like the president or because they think the board's doing a good job, they're drawn in large part because of the rabbi. If the board can support the rabbi and the president in particular, that goes a long way in creating a successful environment. I think there was more to your question, but I don't remember what the other pieces are.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158017/file/288293#t=1289.0,1375.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158017/file/288293/transcript/83166/annotation/25","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eROSENBERG:\u003c/strong\u003e Maybe something about what challenges we have, and the shul has and how board members might think about how they can overcome this or help the synagogue overcome this.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158017/file/288293#t=1375.0,1389.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158017/file/288293/transcript/83166/annotation/26","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eLEVY:\u003c/strong\u003e The number one challenge is our physical plant. It's 75 or more years old, and I will share that past president Josh D'Agostino pulled me aside shortly after I became president and said, \"Are you familiar with the prayer that every president says upon becoming president of this synagogue?\" I said, \"No, I'm not. Please share that with me.\" A prayer that the HVAC [Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning] system will not go down during your presidency, and he was right. I think he was somewhat more clever in sharing that. But when I was president, replacing the HVAC system was in excess of a quarter of a million dollars. We spent some money repairing it, but it did not go out on my presidency. I understand now that repairing the HVAC system is exponentially more than a quarter of a million dollars and my heart goes out to Blair and to Jeff in finding the funds to take that on. Yes, so our physical plant does not represent well the congregation. It's gray and dark, doesn't always smell so good. The HVAC system, at best, kind of works. Sometimes the audio goes out. Our spaces were built at a time when people used the campus differently, when people prayed differently and worshiped differently. The kitchen is an embarrassment, and it costs a lot of money to bring our campus up to modern standards. We're not a wealthy synagogue. We have lots of sort of upper middle class congregants who are so generous. But we don't have what places like The Temple or [Temple] Sinai or even AA [Ahavath Achim] have in that we don't have a handful of people that I'm aware of who can support a capital campaign with seven figure donations, which is really what's required to reimagine our campus. A capital campaign is going to be a challenge, and with every year, our campus just becomes grayer and grayer. We've done some things that have brightened it up. We've worked hard to bring life. But it's a much bigger job than a coat of paint or a new rug or some new furniture.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158017/file/288293#t=1389.0,1569.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158017/file/288293/transcript/83166/annotation/27","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eROSENBERG:\u003c/strong\u003e I want to give you an opportunity to talk about anything we haven't talked about and maybe also leave a word of inspiration, I guess, for future leaders.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158017/file/288293#t=1569.0,1585.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158017/file/288293/transcript/83166/annotation/28","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eLEVY:\u003c/strong\u003e No, I think I've covered my notes. I'll think of things when I get in bed tonight but thank you for this opportunity.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158017/file/288293#t=1585.0,1596.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158017/file/288293/transcript/83166/annotation/29","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eROSENBERG:\u003c/strong\u003e Thank you for sharing your thoughts and insights. Appreciate it.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158017/file/288293#t=1596.0,1598.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158017/file/288293/transcript/83166/annotation/30","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eLEVY:\u003c/strong\u003e You're welcome.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158017/file/288293#t=1598.0,1599.0"}]},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158017/file/288293/annotation_set/1982","type":"AnnotationPage","label":{"en":["Annotations [Transcript]"]},"items":[{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158017/file/288293/annotation_set/1982/annotation/31","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003eRobin Yudelson Rosenberg (b. 1950) is an Atlanta, Georgia native, and daughter of Harold and Jane Zion Yudelson. She attended Northside High School and the University of Pennsylvania. In 1981, she married Fredric Rosenberg. She has worked in commercial real estate for 40 years. Robin has been active at Congregation Shearith Israel, serving as secretary, co-chaired Rabbi Kaiman’s installation, and on the shul’s strategic planning and social committees. She has also been active with various community organizations including president of the Epstein School.\u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158017/file/288293#t=1.0,40.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158017/file/288293/annotation_set/1982/annotation/32","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003eFounded in 1904, Congregation Shearith Israel began as a congregation that met in the homes of congregants until 1906 when they began using a Methodist church on Hunter Street. After World War II, Rabbi Tobias Geffen moved the congregation to University Drive, where it became the first synagogue in DeKalb County. In the 1960s, they removed the barrier between the men’s and women’s sections in the sanctuary, and officially became affiliated with the Conservative movement in 2002. As of 2022, the current Senior Rabbi of the congregation is Ari Kaiman.\u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158017/file/288293#t=1.0,40.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158017/file/288293/annotation_set/1982/annotation/33","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003eThe William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum in Atlanta celebrates and commemorates Jewish history, culture, and art through events and museum spaces. The Breman also contains the Cuba Family Archives for Southern Jewish History, which houses thousands of manuscripts, oral histories, and photograph collections, related to southern Jewish history and the Holocaust. \u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158017/file/288293#t=1.0,40.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158017/file/288293/annotation_set/1982/annotation/34","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003eDr. Richard Kaplan (b. 1957) is physician in Atlanta, Georgia. He attended New York University and Emory University School of Medicine. He and his wife, Sharon Neulinger are members of Congregation Shearith Israel. He has been very active in the congregation serving on various committees and positions, including president. He and his wife have a daughter and a son.\u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158017/file/288293#t=40.0,99.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158017/file/288293/annotation_set/1982/annotation/35","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003eCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The first known case was identified in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. The disease has since spread worldwide, leading to an ongoing pandemic.\u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158017/file/288293#t=40.0,99.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158017/file/288293/annotation_set/1982/annotation/36","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003eShabbat (Hebrew) or Shabbos/Shabbes (Yiddish) is the Jewish Sabbath and is observed on Saturdays. Shabbat observance entails refraining from work activities and engaging in restful activities to honor the day. Shabbat begins at sundown on Friday night and is ushered in by lighting candles and reciting a blessing. It is closed the following evening with the recitation of the havdalah blessing.\u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158017/file/288293#t=122.0,354.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158017/file/288293/annotation_set/1982/annotation/37","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003eRabbi Ari Kaiman (b. 1982) was raised in Pensacola, Florida. He attended the University of Florida and later the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies in Los Angeles, California. He served as assistant rabbi at Congregation B’nai Amoona in St. Louis, Missouri for five years. In 2016, he became the rabbi at Congregation Shearith Israel in Atlanta. He and his wife, Emily have four children.\u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158017/file/288293#t=122.0,354.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158017/file/288293/annotation_set/1982/annotation/38","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003eJamie Sherman Wender (b. 1975) is an Atlanta, Georgia native and the daughter of Judy and Stanley Sherman. She attended Paideia High School and Washington University in St. Louis. She operations her own design firm, Bright Orange, LLC and works with Talent Growth Advisors. Jamie has served as membership chair for Shearith Israel. She and her husband, David have twin boys.\u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158017/file/288293#t=122.0,354.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158017/file/288293/annotation_set/1982/annotation/39","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003eShul is a Yiddish word for synagogue that is derived from a German word meaning “school,” and emphasizes the synagogue's role as a place of study.\u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158017/file/288293#t=363.0,424.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158017/file/288293/annotation_set/1982/annotation/40","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003eNancy Seifert Gorod (b. 1964) attended Tufts University and earned a master’s from the Jewish Theological Seminary. She works in Jewish education including a Director of Congregational Learning at Shearith Israel from 2015-2023. She currently works for Parpar Jewish Education Group. Nancy and her husband, Randy, have two children.\u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158017/file/288293#t=363.0,424.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158017/file/288293/annotation_set/1982/annotation/41","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003eHeidi Vexler Einhorn (b. 1972) is an Atlanta, Georgia native, and daughter of Frank and Gail Caplen Vexler. She attended Crestwood High School and the University of Maryland. She has worked as an account manager for various companies including Nth Degree, ET Global Exhibit Group, and Czarnowski. Heidi has been active in Congregation Shearith Israel including as serving as a board member, vice-president, president, and co-chaired the rabbi search committee. She and her husband, Ron, have two daughters and a son.\u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158017/file/288293#t=518.0,633.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158017/file/288293/annotation_set/1982/annotation/42","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003eBlair Rothstein (b. 1977) is an Atlanta, Georgia native. He attended Woodward Academy and the University of Michigan. He earned his law degree from Tulane University Law School. He is the managing director and principal with Register Financial Associates. He has been active with the Balser Symposium, the Atlanta Jewish Foundation and Hillels of Georgia Endowment Committee. Blair has served as treasurer, vice-president, and president of Congregation Shearith Israel. He and his wife, Lisa, have three children.\u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158017/file/288293#t=518.0,633.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158017/file/288293/annotation_set/1982/annotation/43","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003eJeff Kirsch is originally from Toronto, Canada. He received his undergraduate and law degree from the University of Toronto. He has worked for the Coca-Cola Company, and general counsel for CONA Services, LLC. He has been involved with various community organizations including The Epstein School and the Museum of Design Atlanta. He has served as a board member and president of Congregation Shearith Israel. He and his wife, Natalie, have three children.\u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158017/file/288293#t=518.0,633.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158017/file/288293/annotation_set/1982/annotation/44","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003eThe High Holy Days are the two holiest times of the Jewish calendar: Rosh HaShanah (Jewish New Year) and Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement).\u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158017/file/288293#t=857.0,959.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158017/file/288293/annotation_set/1982/annotation/45","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003eDr. James “Jay” Steinberg (b. 1954) grew up in Omaha, Nebraska. His parents were Dr. Maurice Steinberg and Dr. Muriel Frank. He graduated from Cornell University and the medical school at the University of Nebraska. Jay is Professor Emeritus at Emory University, after 34 years on the medical school faculty in the Division of Infectious Diseases. He has been active at Congregation Shearith Israel serving as a board member and chair of the financial advancement committee.  He and his wife, Shari have a daughter and two sons.\u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158017/file/288293#t=1092.0,1263.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158017/file/288293/annotation_set/1982/annotation/46","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003eThe Emory University School of Medicine is the graduate medical school of Emory University, a private research university in Atlanta, Georgia. The University School of Medicine was formed in 1915 from the merger of the Atlanta Medical College, the Southern Medical College, and the Atlanta School of Medicine. The school is located on the university’s main campus in the Druid Hills neighborhood. The medical school offers a full-time Doctor of Medicine degree program, master’s programs in Anesthesiology and Genetic Counseling, and degrees in Physical Therapy and Physician Assistant training.\u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158017/file/288293#t=1092.0,1263.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158017/file/288293/annotation_set/1982/annotation/47","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003eJosh D’Agostino (b. 1976) is an Atlanta, Georgia native. He attended Riverwood High School and Tufts University. In 1998, he graduated from the University of Texas, Austin. He currently is President and CEO of Mighty Auto Parts. 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The final service in the Washington Street building was held in 1958 to make way for construction of the Downtown Connector (the concurrent section of Interstate 75 and Interstate 85 through Atlanta). The synagogue moved to its current location on Peachtree Battle Avenue in 1958. As of 2022, Ahavath Achim is the largest Conservative synagogue in the Atlanta area and its current Senior Rabbi is Laurence Rosenthal.\u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158017/file/288293#t=1389.0,1569.0"}]}]}]}