11ALIVE RECOGNIZES JEWISH ATLANTAN’S COMMUNITY SERVICE

Awards for Goot, Harnell, Hecht and Rabbi Sugarman   Four members of Atlanta’s Jewish community were honored with 11Alive Community Service Awards at the May 3 presentation.             Steven B. Goot was recognized for his service as a volunteer at the Shepherd Center, where he provides positive peer support to patients and families, shares information [...]

Marcus Foundation gives $20 million to Piedmont Heart Institute

  NEW STATE-OF-THE-ART HEART VALVE CENTER TO OPEN   The Piedmont Heart Institute has received a $20 million grant from the Marcus Foundation to establish the nation’s first heart valve reference center at Piedmont Hospital. As a regional reference center, the Marcus Heart Valve Center will be a one-stop shop for patients with heart valve [...]

Alexander’s art at Jay Shapiro Legacy Art Foundation

‘THE LIFE’ FEATURED PROMINENTLY   Kayla Alexander, daughter of Diane and Kent Alexander, is a senior at Woodward Academy and will be attending the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in the fall. Photographer’s Forum recently included her work in its book of the top high school photographers in the nation, and Kayla has [...]

Supporting a Family Member Financially

  WHAT YOU SHOULD CONSIDER FIRST   Families are composed of people with very different personalities, values and financial habits. There may be high earners, low earners and no-earners – and even those who are currently financially comfortable can hit hard times and need help with their finances.   According to recent research commissioned by [...]

Temple Kol Emeth celebrates SEVEN SHINING LIGHTS FROM 30 YEARS

Temple Kol Emeth celebrated 30 years of serving the Jewish community of East Cobb and beyond by honoring seven of its past presidents Apr. 21 at the annual Lights of TKE Avodah Award Gala. Nearly 200 people crowded into the Atlanta Marriott Northwest to recognize Jane Aronoff, Richard Brenner, Bob Ganz, Brad Kacher, Dave Mayer, [...]

Biden speaks to Rabbinical Assembly

ISRAEL’S SECURITY NOT IN QUESTION   In his address to the Rabbinical Assembly Convention at Atlanta’s Westin Perimeter Hotel on May 8, Vice President of the United States Joe Biden made perfectly clear his stance on Iran and its threat to Israel and the rest of the world’s nations.             “President Obama has said that [...]

Q& A with Matt Brooks

Q& A with Matt Brooks RJC EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR INTERVIEWED   By Chuck Berk For The Atlanta Jewish Times   Matthew Brooks, executive director of the 35,000-member Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC), spoke to the national organization’s Atlanta chapter on the evening of May 7 at Fulton County GOP headquarters in Sandy Springs. Brooks, who also serves [...]

CREATING A GOOD VISION STATEMENT

        A Vision Shouldn’t Be A Mirage If you want to grow your business, a vision is critical.   A vision is defined as “an image of the future we seek to create;” in other words, who and what we want to be.   Individuals can be so motivated by a compelling [...]