Category: Event Recaps

Zalik Headlines with JELF Accomplishments and Dreams – 8-28-18

Zalik Headlines with JELF Accomplishments and Dreams – 8-28-18

Jewish Educational Loan Fund event shares stories of Southeastern Jews in need to a crowd of 700 people. By MARCIA CALLER JAFFE September 7, 2018, 1:12 pm Keynote speaker Helen Zalik, a former JELF loan recipient, spoke of dreaming big and said happiness will come with a larger vision. Courtesy of Revelry Photo Seven hundred gathered at […]

JELF Raises $213K to Continue Support for Students – 12-5-17

JELF Raises $213K to Continue Support for Students – 12-5-17

JELF is one of Georgia’s oldest nonprofits and makes loans to cover the last dollars Jewish students need to pay for higher education. By SARAH MOOSAZADEH December 13, 2017, 10:49 am Photo by Marcia Caller Jaffe Oglethorpe President Larry Schall and outgoing board President Marianne Garber take time for a quick photo during JELF’s annual meeting and […]

A Breman exhibit opening Aug. 14 celebrates JELF’s history from orphans to college students – 8-24-17

A Breman exhibit opening Aug. 14 celebrates JELF’s history from orphans to college students – 8-24-17

140 Years of Aiding Jewish Education By TOVA NORMANAugust 8, 2017, 3:22 pm Photo from the Simon Scher Family Papers, Cuba Family Archives for Southern Jewish History, Breman Museum Residents of the Hebrew Orphans’ Home take an outing to Loew’s Theater in Five Points around 1920. In the photograph are Isaac Ashendorf, Lena Buchwald, Sam Buchwald, […]

Jesse Itzler’s a JELF Slam-Dunk – 8-30-16

Jesse Itzler’s a JELF Slam-Dunk – 8-30-16

By MARCIA CALLER JAFFE September 7, 2016, 2:45 pm Photo:  Jesse Itzler fascinates the audience with an animated presentation. (Photo by Sara Vogt) Atlanta superathlete, author and entrepreneur Jesse Itzler dazzled a rapt crowd of 670 at the annual Jewish Educational Loan Fund fundraising event Tuesday, Aug. 30, at Flourish. Itzler traced his journey from brownie purveyor and kiddy pool attendant […]

Koonins Help JELF Build Winning Brand – 8-19-15

Koonins Help JELF Build Winning Brand – 8-19-15

By MARCIA CALLER JAFFE August 25, 2015, 9:54 pm Over 315 people gathered Wednesday, Aug. 19, at Maggiano’s Buckhead to salute the good works of the Jewish Educational Loan Fund with featured speaker Steve Koonin, the CEO of the Atlanta Hawks. The first star of the evening was Georgia Tech senior Rivka Jacobs, a JELF recipient majoring in biomolecular chemistry, who emotionally explained how […]