This year, on May 2, we commemorate Yom HaShoah, or Holocaust Remembrance Day, a day set aside to remember those who perished in the Holocaust. On Yom HaShoah and every day, helping Holocaust survivors is a Jewish Federation priority, and there’s still more work to be done. Learn more at w…
Welcome to “Leadership Spotlight”, where Jewish Federation of Macon and Middle Georgia recognizes the achievements and talents of our outstanding community members.
“Spotlight” currently focuses on the service of our many women Presidents who’ve successfully managed and led the co…
Margaret “Marty” Weger Koplin served as president of Macon’s Congregation Sha’arey Israel (CSI) in 2007 and 2008 after serving several years there as chairperson of the Board of Education and various other committees.
Koplin grew up in Richmond, Virginia, where her family was very t…
This year has started out on quite a high note at Hillel at UGA. The staff in Athens made it a priority to find more student leaders for it’s newly formatted Executive Board to help reach and engage more Jewish students on campus. Hillel went from seven student leaders last semester to twe…
Francine (Fran) Planer Kirsh and her husband, Alan, moved to Macon in July of 1976. Alan is a radiologist and he and Jewish Federation President David Frolich were in a radiological residency at Emory university and Grady hospitals together. The Kirshes became friends with the Frolichs in …
