Posted on 11/06/2008 10:27:13 AM PST by Alouette
I am taking some time off from FR to cool down after the election, and to celebrate my son's wedding in Alabama. So if you don't get pings and articles to the Judaic/pro-Israel/Russian Jewry list, I'm on vacation.
While I am in the deep South, I will be working on a history series of Southern Jewry which will appear at Jewish-history.com and also at Chabad.org, which will be posted here when I return.
Stay strong, FReepers! The American people are tough and will survive.
Warning! This is a high-volume ping list.
All blessings on your son. Stay safe, my FRiend!
My invitation must have gotten lost in the mail
We'll be here when you get back.
Owl_Eagle
”You know, I'm going to start thanking
the woman who cleans the restroom in
the building I work in. I'm going to start
thinking of her as a human being”
Come back soon. You mean too much to the forum to leave for good.
Congrats!
The last month’s Georgia Backroads had a very interesting article about the first Jewish family in Ga. A doctor in Savannah escaping persecution in Spain. If you can’t look it up I can copy.
They were well received and given land for service which today contains one of the oldest synogogues in the US. They have the park and cemetary nearby on their former land as well.
I wish I could remember their names. Have a great trip.
Take care of you and yours, Alouette! ;)
Blessings to you, and your family!
Have a great vacation, literally and figuratively. You will be missed.
I understand. I laid low and lurked for a year. Sometimes it’s needful. Come back rested and recharged!
Congratulations to your son and his bride. We’ll keep the lights on for ya.
Have a great time down South, may the wedding go well, and looking forward to your posts on Southern Jewish history. You’re a blessing to all of us at FR!
Take care, Alouette. :)
http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/09/24/jews.dothan/index.html
Jewish families offered $50,000 to move to Alabama
There's a reason Goldsmith, who has been in the city a year, is encouraging people to relocate: She'd like to see more Jews in Dothan.
The city of 60,000 sits in the southeastern corner of Alabama, near the state's borders with Georgia and Florida.
The Jewish community in Dothan was never one that would wow anyone with its size. At its height, about 100 families worshipped at Temple Emanu-El. Today, temple membership is about half that number.
As the faithful arrived on a recent Friday for 7 p.m. services, it was evident that there are not very many members, and most are older. The congregation recently decided that it needed to bring in some younger families, and they felt they had to do it with flair.
“We felt like it needed to be something that had enough sizzle that would get attention, and it really has,” temple member Larry Blumberg said.
Blumberg put up $1 million to help relocate 20 young Jewish families to Dothan. The congregation took out ads in Jewish newspapers offering up to $50,000 per family.
Rob Goldsmith, the rabbi's husband, is director of the relocation project. He says the response has been beyond expectation.
“We've had 275,000 hits on our Web site, several hundred phone calls and e-mails. We've really gotten the attention,” Rob Goldsmith said.
Enjoy the Sunny South. Just make sure none of those evil, Genesis-banging, Exodus-ejaculating, Leviticus-loving, Numbers-nattering, Deuteronomy-droning anti-Semites named "Caleb" hang you from a lamppost! [/sarc]
He was a smalltown dry goods store businessman who rose to be Chairman of the Board of Regents of the University of Georgia.
I did not know until after his death that he was also a Major in the Marines as a commander to the Windtalkers.
Best wishes to your son. How many grand babies are you up to now?
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