08/14/2026
Shabbat Shalom from Shalom b'Harim!
We're pleased to announce that our next Shabbat morning service on August 22 at 10:00 a.m. at Unity of Gainesville will be led by Sarah Richards - one of the candidates for Shalom b'Harim's spiritual leader. Sarah earned a B.A in Jewish studies from Emory University and an M.A. in religious studies at the University of Georgia. She received ordination as a Jewish spiritual leader through the Kohenet Institute in 2011. Before, during, and after this program of study, Sarah taught classes of all ages in religious schools and continuing education programs. She has also served as the religious school director at Congregation Children of Israel in Athens.
The service will be followed by a Lunch and Learn presentation by our congregant Mark Bauman, Ph.D. His topic is "The Historic Congregations of Atlanta." A retired professor of history at Atlanta Metropolitan State College, Mark is the author or editor of 12 books. His collected essays, A New Vision of Southern Jewish History (2019), won the 2023 Southern Jewish Historical Society award as the best book in the field published during the previous four years. His history of southern Jewry until 1860 will be published by LSU Press in 2027. Mark is the founding and current editor of Southern Jewish History, an annual, peer-reviewed journal, and co-editor of the Jews and Judaism; History and Culture series published by the University of Alabama Press.
If you'd like to join us, use this link to register:
https://bit.ly/4x4BukK
