The 7th Annual Atlanta Jewish Music Festival (AJMF7) included a diverse line-up of local, national and international Jewish musicians. This year’s festival ran March 10-27 and featured 16 Jewish music inspired programs across the Greater Atlanta area.
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Building confidence and connections in Atlanta's Jewish teen community; established Fall 2011.
Year-round programming, including artist residencies, collaborative concerts and more.
7:00 PM - late
6:00 PM doors, 8:00 PM music
11:30 AM - 3:30 PM
Moshe and Cantor Lauren Adesnik (Temple Emanu-El, Atlanta), Ahavath Achim Synagogue, Stan Anderson, Ilene Engel and Bob Arotsky, Candy and Steve Berman, Congregation Bet Haverim, Temple Beth Tikvah, Linda and Gregg Brenner, Beth and Gavin Brown, Cobi Edelson and Bennie Cohen, Brad Cohen, Daniel Cohen, Mark and Tova Cohen, Mitch Cohen, Zach and Alexis Cohen, Marjie Berman and Ed Cook, Lindy Miller and Rabbi Jonathan K. Crane, Joel Croft, Randy Crohn, Mark Daniels, Monique and Ethan Davidson, Jon and Jaci Effron, Janice Ellin, Alyse Finkel, Barbara and Paul Flexner, Lois and Larry Frank, Murray and Lynn Friedman, Alexandra Fuchs, Paulette and Barry Fuchs, Leah Fuhr, Mark Gallegos (DunwoodyMusic.com), Heidi and David Geller, Gayanne Geurin, Rabbi Brian Glusman, Mike Gofman and Jessie Tallent, Nancy and Randy Gorod, Selena Goswick, Kathy Gottschalk, Heleen and Steve Grossman, Nikki Gugliotta, HAMSA, Robin and Dotan Zebrowitz Harpak, Michal and Jack Hillman, Lisa and Ben Hoelle, Steven Howard, InterfaithFamily Atlanta, Ann Hazzard and Michael Isaacs, Matthew Kahl, Meredith and Alan Kitey, Andrew Kobylivker, Elissa and Harris Konter, Todd and Meghan Koransky, Tara and Josh Kornblum, Rachel Gottschalk and Dave Kriebel, Eliana Leader and Yoni Kaplan, Lefkoff, Rubin, Gleason and Russo, Rebecca and Rabbi Bradley Levenberg, Tanya and Amir Levin, Scott Levy, Limmud Atlanta+Southeast, Marcus Jewish Community Center of Atlanta, Charlotte and Joel Marks, Judy Marx and Eric Miller, Jeremy Meisel, Melanie and Allan Nelkin, Ellen and Jeff Nemhauser, Paul Oberman, Steve Oppenheimer, Malka Packer, Personal Care Physicians of Atlanta (Richard Kaplan,MD and Marc Seltman,MD), Alan Pinsker, Eileen and David Price, Michael Levine and Bonnie Puckett, Dara and Dan Redler, Robyn and Allan Regenbaum, Ana and Eric Robbins, Jennie Rivlin and Webb Roberts, Judy and Shai Robkin, Sammy Rosenbaum, Brooke and Rabbi Laurence Rosenthal, Rebecca Leary and Scot Safon, Susan and Rabbi Neil Sandler, Beth Schafer, Shellie Schmalheiser, Marla Shainberg, Darren Silver, Temple Sinai, The Slover Family, Eli Sperling, Rabbi David and Gal Spinrad, Amy and Matt Strauss, Phyllis and Steve Tallent, The Temple, Roman Teyf, William Tinkler, Brad and Shana Topp, Eden Doniger and Itai Tsur, Leslie and Fred Wachter, Risa and Rich Walter, Phyllis and Michael Weiser, Stephanie and Matthew Weiss, Julie Jacobson and Dov Wilker, Valerie and Paul Root Wolpe, Howard and Ronnie Zandman
Provide programming (40+ distinct events) across the 2015-2016 calendar year.
Spread the word so all Jewish and music lovers throughout the Southeast can join in the fun.
Hire the best acts, secure the nicest venue and provide the best equipment available.
Subsidize ticket costs so our Spring Festival is affordable for anyone and everyone to attend.
Rebecca (Becky) Herring (Board co-chair) graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Music with a concentration in Vocal Performance in 2008 from Emory University. She began her professional career at Emory as the Rosemary Magee Intern to the Arts for the Emory College Center for Creativity & Arts (CCA) in the summer of 2008. During that time she discovered her affinity for event planning and general organization and soon became the Events Manager for the Schwartz Center for Performing Arts before becoming the Regional Events Manager with the Emory Alumni Association, her current role. In her spare time she is a member of the semi-professional a cappella group The Graduates and a regular volunteer at the no-kill animal shelter Atlanta Pet Rescue and Adoption.
An Emory alum (’07 BA Film and Music) and native of Atlanta, Russell Gottschalk is the full time director and founder of AJMF (Atlanta Jewish Music Festival). In 2009, Russell became inspired to start the South’s first Jewish Music Festival after spending three years with Atlanta’s successful Jewish Film Festival (AJFF). As a young Jewish professional in Atlanta, he hopes AJMF will engage and unify our Jewish community, creating a unique forum for interaction our region has yet to experience. Russell manages AJMF’s day to day operations including: building community partnerships, meeting community leaders, soliciting artists and venues, managing AJMF’s human resources, seeking out development opportunities and engaging AJMF’s fan base through myriad social media networks.
Lauren Adesnik, Drew Cohen, Rabbi Jonathan K. Crane, Mark Gallegos, Alan Kitey, Todd Koransky,
Rachel Meltzer, Sammy Rosenbaum, Beth Schafer, Eli Sperling, Rich Walter and Valerie Wolpe.
Special thanks to our part-time staff (Karen Jones and Taylor McGlamery), our 2015-16 interns (Ryan Baill, Abraham Miller, Mason Redler and Shira Solomon) and countless other volunteer leaders.
Your invaluable contributions to our community have enabled AJMF to grow and thrive!
THANK YOU!!
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