Congregation Anshi S'fard is an Orthodox synagogue located in Atlanta, in the Morningside and Virginia Highlands neighborhoods. Anshi S'fard was founded in 1911 to provide a home for Hasidic worship and fellowship for Jews from Poland, Galicia and the Ukraine who had settled in Atlanta - it's the oldest Orthodox synagogue in Atlanta.

We are a small, haimish congregation, where everyone is welcome. Our congregants include a wide array of professionals, artisans, and academics, singles, families, Holocaust survivors, grandparents, and retirees. Some congregants were raised as observant Jews, while others are just discovering Judaism. Rabbi Chaim Lindenblatt has been our Rabbi since 2001.

Home hospitality for Shabbat is available. If you would like to stay in the Virginia Highlands/Morningside neighborhood for all of Shabbat, please contact Rabbi Lindenblatt
 

     


 

Save the date(s) - see calendar for more details:

Sunday, February 7th from 3pm – 4pm – Chesed Committee Meeting. Help plan Chesed in the Highlands with Anshi's Chesed Committee and get involved by attending the next Chesed Committee meeting. Everyone is invited. Please bring your ideas to make our community and the world a better place. If you would like to participate in the Chesed committee or know of someone who might benefit from a visit or call from one of the Chesed committee members, please email gilbert. 

Monday, February 8th at 8pm– Torah Learning with a Partner (B'chevrutah). Anyone who would like to learn Torah, at any level, beginners to advanced, is welcome. You will be paired with a partner to help guide you in the learning process. Please contact Rabbi Lindenblatt for more information at rabbichaiml@yahoo.com.

Every Tuesday evening @ the Shul 8:30 - 9:30pm. Martial Arts Class. Study the martial arts with our Rabbi. Rabbi Lindenblatt is a second-degree black belt in karate and has trained for over 20 years. This class is designed for people with all types of martial arts backgrounds. Beginners are welcome! Monthly fee is $20 for members and $30 for non-members. Walk-ins are welcome.
 

     Community Announcements

Saturday, March 6that 8pm – Dan Appelrouth's Concert "Broadway on Parade" at Congregation Beth Jacob. Join Dan Appelrouth for an evening of Broadway music, while raising funds to help feed Atlanta's hungry. Dan has raised over $73,000 to help feed Atlanta's hungry through his concerts and music sales. Help him reach his goal of raising $100,000 by donating to the Atlanta Hunger Relief Fund. Please RSVP to danjappel@gmail.com.

OU Resume Writing Workshop at Congregation Beth Jacob. Monday, February 8th from 7-9pm, the OU Job Board will be hosting a resume writing workshop that is free and open to the public. (see attached flyer for more details)

EMPLOYMENT WORKSHOP SERIES by JF&CS and Congregation Or VeShalom - A series of career enhancement workshops that ensures your success. All Workshops meet from 1:00 - 3:00 PM at Congregation Or VeShalom. 1681 N. Druid Hills Rd. | Atlanta, GA 30319. Workshops are free of charge and open to the community. Reservations required: RSVP to 770.677.9434 or outreach@jfcs-atlanta.org
   February 10 – Resume Development. "Down and Dirty" Resume Development
   February 17 – Interviewing Skills. Practice Makes Perfect: Keys to Successful Interviewing
Facilitated by Deena Goldberg Takata, MS - JF&CS Career Counselor

Calling All Runners… Want to run the ING Georgia Marathon or Half Marathon on March 21st and Raise funds for Tzedakah? Then join the Yad l' Yad team when you register for the ING Marathon or half-marathon. Help raise funds for Yad l' Yad, which offers short term assistance to the needy families in the Atlanta Jewish Community through meals, donated household goods, emergency grants and interest free loans. Every dollar raised will help support this charity. Sponsors can give generally to the cause, or can support a specific runner.
    Anshi members, Eliana Leader and Rivka Monheit, have signed up as members of the Yad l' Yad team. Please help support their tzedakah-raising efforts. Perks are included joining the Yad L'Yad running team, including a discount when you sign up. Please speak with Eliana Leader at 404-862-7667 or Sara Burmenko at 404-636-0956 for more information. For more information about the marathon and half marathon, or to sign up, go to www.inggeorgiamarathon.com.

Help Commemorate Children of The Shoah. Help the Breman collect names of children (ages 0-18 years) who perished in the Holocaust and who were also related to families now living in Atlanta. The Yom HaShoah Committee has decided that the memorial stones used at this year's annual service (April 11, 10:30AM at Greenwood Cemetery) will bear the first names and ages of these children. Please e-mail FIRST AND LAST NAMES and AGE of each child, and the country and city of his/her birth to Dede Thompson.
 

A new, SIMPLE way to Support your little shul, Now you can support Congregation Anshi S'fard when you search for information on the internet. Instead of another search engine, please set your default search engine to be GoodSearch.com. Goodsearch.com is a new Yahoo-powered search engine that donates half its advertising revenue, about a penny per search, to the charities its users designate. Use it just as you would any search engine, get quality search results from Yahoo, and watch the donations add up!
     Just go to www.goodsearch.com and be sure to enter "Congregation Anshi S'fard" as the charity you want to support. And, spread the word!

Donations made to Congregation Anshi S'fard's general fund cover over half of the expenses for running our little shul. Making a charitable contribution is a wonderful way to honor or remember someone special or to celebrate a special occasion.  Additionally, donations may be made to specific funds, such as the kiddush fund, the building maintenance fund, the prayer books/chumashim fund.  If you'd like to make a contribution to Congregation Anshi S'fard, please send it to Congregation Anshi S'fard, P.O. Box 8371, Atlanta GA 31106. Another way to make a contribution is through the following pay-pal link.

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