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2 weeks ago | 
atlantajewishtimes.com | Sasha Heller
Jason Smith made his mark on Atlanta when he co-founded Mr. Mister Mosquito Control in 2012, which grew into a successful enterprise that Smith later sold. Now, he has his sights set another home services market – pool cleaning. “Prior to 2012, I had always been in business-to-business sales. When I started working with homeowners, it was like a whole new world opened for me,” he said.
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1 month ago | 
atlantajewishtimes.com | Sasha Heller
Everyone is entitled to their opinion … right?
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1 month ago | 
atlantajewishtimes.com | Sasha Heller
Most 12-year-olds spend their days scrolling endlessly on TikTok, playing Minecraft or watching someone else play Minecraft on Twitch, or are living out their Major League dreams on the Little League ballfield or basketball court. Not Teddy Hamilton.
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1 month ago | 
atlantajewishtimes.com | Sasha Heller
PassoverCommunity Sasha Heller shares his thoughts and inspiration for Passover this year. Don’t ‘Pass Over’ the Little ThingsA recent tragic dating experience reminded me of the fragility of life and the importance of not taking anything for granted.
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1 month ago | 
atlantajewishtimes.com | Sasha Heller
Multiple schools in Fulton County are being investigated by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights regarding alleged pervasive antisemitism. Atlanta News First (ANF) reported that the Office for Civil Rights is following up on a complaint filed in August of last year alleging hostile learning environments for Jewish and Israeli students in the school system since the beginning of the Israel-Hamas war.
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2 months ago | 
atlantajewishtimes.com | Sasha Heller
A hundred years? Time sure flies when you’re having fun. The sixth annual Atlanta Jewish Life Festival, held Feb. 23, came roaring into the Georgia Aquarium and turned back the clock to the 1920s in honor of the Atlanta Jewish Times’ 100th year of publication, having been founded as The Southern Israelite in 1925. Several thousand community members gathered, with many guests showing up in full “Great Gatsby”-style outfits as this year’s festival featured a costume contest.
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2 months ago | 
atlantajewishtimes.com | Sasha Heller
Roz Aussenberg was born in The Bronx, N.Y., to Matilda and Edward Madeson. She learned independence and resilience at a very young age, being the oldest of three children and born during the Great Depression. Roz met her husband, Lou, at a dude ranch. He was riding atop a large horse, and it was love at first sight! They enjoyed a wonderful marriage, welcoming their daughter, Elyse, and son, Neil, into the fold. Lou’s work brought them from New York to Atlanta, Ga., in 1952.
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2 months ago | 
atlantajewishtimes.com | Sasha Heller
Bennett Bradly Herzfeld, (born Bennett Herman Herzfeld), son of Max and Lillian Herzfeld, passed away peacefully on Feb. 24, 2025, at Foothills Transitional Care and Rehabilitation in Maryville, Tenn. Mr. Herzfeld was born on July 1, 1939, in Far Rockaway, Long Island, N.Y., and moved with his family to South Florida at the age of 18 months old.
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2 months ago | 
atlantajewishtimes.com | Sasha Heller
Marjorie Altshool Holland (Margie), age 86, passed away on Feb. 20, 2025, in Atlanta, Ga.Born on March 13, 1938, in Cincinnati, Ohio, to Stuart and Jeannette Altshool, Marjorie was raised in Ohio alongside her siblings, John (OBM) and Jane (OBM). She attended Ohio State University and moved to Atlanta in 1961. Her children, Rick, Lewis, and Lynn, were born and raised in Atlanta, Ga., where Marjorie worked tirelessly to provide a stable and loving home for them during their formative years.
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2 months ago | 
atlantajewishtimes.com | Sasha Heller
Janis Jacobs Mendelson, of Atlanta, Ga., passed away peacefully on Feb. 20, 2025, at the age of 69. Janis was born in Charleston, S.C., to Melvin Tobias Jacobs and Rose Wexler Jacobs on Nov. 19, 1955. She was the youngest of four and the only girl. Janis was the apple of her father’s eye, and as children we joked that everything was divided 50:50 (50 for her three brothers and 50 for her).
