Ahavat Achim Research Paper
Starting in 1881 Atlanta lured Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe. The new arrivals created many of their institutions. A few of these institutions included: Congregation Ahavath Achim (1887) then followed by Shearith Israel (1902), next was Anshi S'fard (1913), and last but not least was Congregation Or VeShalom (1914), a Sephardic synagogue.
The Jewish community grew with the city of Atlanta. After 1885 many Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe moved to Atlanta. Finding their religious practices and social customs different from those of Atlanta's German Jewish community. Most of the new arrivals were young, and they usually worked as peddlers. They kept their tradition and resisted assimilation.
Ahavath Achim:
In 1887, The Ahavath …show more content…
When many Galician and Ukrainian Jewish settled in Atlanta after 1900, Chasidism was brought along. The two Orthodox groups (Chasidim and Mitnagdim) differed in their services, way of life, and views of traditional Judaism. Although some traces of European suspicion remained, the Chasidim coming to Atlanta davened at Ahavath Achim and Shearith Israel. By 1911 they had enough people to have their minyan and two years later incorporated themselves as Beth Hamedrash Hagadol Anshi S’fard (Nusach S’fard). Ahavath Achim lent the congregation one of its Torahs, and Rabbi Levin (of Ahavath Achim) contributed added support. They initially met in the Red Men’s Hall on Central Avenue, but by the end of 1913, a building at the corner of Woodward Avenue and King Street was procured. A few years later the congregation moved several blocks west to the corner of Woodward and Capital. Too poor to employ a rabbi, the congregation of Anshi S’fard was initially served by several chazanim, two of whom were Rev. Stein and Jacob Taratoot. The name “Anshi S’fard” (literally “Men of Spain”) referred not to the Chasidim’s ancestry but elements of their services. They prayed according to Nusach S’fard which is the version of Rabbi Yitzchak Luria as appose to than the Nusach Ashkenaz (which was the Central and Eastern European version of
The Jewish community grew with the city of Atlanta. After 1885 many Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe moved to Atlanta. Finding their religious practices and social customs different from those of Atlanta's German Jewish community. Most of the new arrivals were young, and they usually worked as peddlers. They kept their tradition and resisted assimilation.
Ahavath Achim:
In 1887, The Ahavath …show more content…
When many Galician and Ukrainian Jewish settled in Atlanta after 1900, Chasidism was brought along. The two Orthodox groups (Chasidim and Mitnagdim) differed in their services, way of life, and views of traditional Judaism. Although some traces of European suspicion remained, the Chasidim coming to Atlanta davened at Ahavath Achim and Shearith Israel. By 1911 they had enough people to have their minyan and two years later incorporated themselves as Beth Hamedrash Hagadol Anshi S’fard (Nusach S’fard). Ahavath Achim lent the congregation one of its Torahs, and Rabbi Levin (of Ahavath Achim) contributed added support. They initially met in the Red Men’s Hall on Central Avenue, but by the end of 1913, a building at the corner of Woodward Avenue and King Street was procured. A few years later the congregation moved several blocks west to the corner of Woodward and Capital. Too poor to employ a rabbi, the congregation of Anshi S’fard was initially served by several chazanim, two of whom were Rev. Stein and Jacob Taratoot. The name “Anshi S’fard” (literally “Men of Spain”) referred not to the Chasidim’s ancestry but elements of their services. They prayed according to Nusach S’fard which is the version of Rabbi Yitzchak Luria as appose to than the Nusach Ashkenaz (which was the Central and Eastern European version of