The William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum is proud to announce the publication of a new book on the history of Jewish Atlanta. Images of America: The Jewish Community of Atlanta, authored by the museum’s own Senior Director of Archives, Jeremy Katz, released by Arcadia Publishing on January 25th, 2021.

Utilizing the Ida Pearle and Joseph Cuba Archives for Southern Jewish History at the Breman as the main source of images, the book illustrates through 200 images the visionary leaders in the Jewish community that helped Atlanta evolve from a sleepy, backwater, 19th-century frontier railroad town into the 21st-century international metropolis we know today. It also chronicles the dark episodes of blatant antisemitism that traumatized the community and had national implications, such as the lynching of Leo M. Frank, The Temple Bombing, and the deliberate expulsion of Jewish students from Emory University Dental School.

The book is part of a larger initiative to make the archives at the Breman more accessible than ever before. In addition to the book, the museum recently soft-launched a Google Arts & Culture page that features an online exhibition and 100 high-resolution images of historic photographs, documents, and objects. To explore the page, please visit https://bit.ly/3e4X5Aj. The full launch of the page, which will feature hundreds more artifacts and several additional online exhibitions, will come alongside a larger city-wide rollout showcasing the Breman together with many of Atlanta’s prestigious museums and arts institutions.

Another major facet of this larger initiative is a complete overhaul of the museum’s collection catalog to industry leading systems. This 21st century upgrade puts the Breman on par with leading archival institutions around the country. To explore the new and innovative oral history catalog, please visit: http://bit.ly/37Gkw2e.

In addition to these exciting projects, the archives at the Breman is also presenting virtual programs that are attracting on average 250 participants per event. For more information about upcoming events, please visit: https://www.thebreman.org/Events.

About the Author

Jeremy Katz holds degrees from The Ohio State University and Wright State University as well as a certification from the Academy of Certified Archivists. He currently serves as the Senior Director of Archives at the William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum in Atlanta, Georgia. The images featured in this book have been carefully curated from the photography collections in the Ida Pearle and Joseph Cuba Archives for Southern Jewish History at the Breman Museum, the largest repository for Jewish research in the American South.

ISBN: 978-1-4671-0585-9
Price: $21.99
Available wherever books are sold or online at https://bit.ly/3bF8k4M.