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r THE SOUTH S THREE MOST BEAUTIFUL GARDEN SHOPPING CENTERS H. G. HASTINGS CO. i ATLANTA 2350 Cheshire Bridge Road, N.E. AND Cascade at Fairburn Roads, SAV. CHARLOTTE 4500 E. Independence Boulevard a. q radons (jreetinyS Jo the Jenijife upon Jl is niuerSanj PACES FERRY TOWER, INC. 374 E. Paces Ferry Rd., N.E. Atlanta, Ga. WarJ CL eanerS HAND CLEANING AND STORAGE 636-1681 2231 Cheshire Bridge Rd., N.E. Atlanta, Ga. TEMPLE CONFIRMATION CLASS 1886 Students and Rabbi Leo Reich signed as its rabbi. Later fhat > ear he received his medical degree from Emory, went to ..mope to pursue his studies, and in 1897 settled in Cleve land, Ohio, as a specialist in dermatology. The man whom the Tem- p'e called to its pulpit in 1895 was only twenty-three years old and had been ordained a rabbi only one year before. He was destined to lead the con gregation for more than half a century, to guide it through the most violent racial strife in the city’s history, one of the worst incidents of anti-Semit ism in the nation’s history, the two most terrible wars in world history, and the unpre cedented miseries of the Great Depression and the Nazi Holo caust. He would know the joy of building not only the Tem ple’s second House of Worship but also its third and present one. Dr. David Marx would soon become knq^vn through out the city, the state, and the entire Southeast as one of the most courageous and beloved ministers of any faith. 'The Atlanta Journal correct ly assessed the congregation’s choice in its announcement on March 1 1, 1895. that “The elec tion of Dr. Marx is the result of a desire on the part of mem bers. . . to secure an American- born Hebrew to fill the pulpit ^ of their synagogue. . .” Not only was this statement mani- • festly true, but it contained the key to the very Weltanschau ung of this portion of the Jew ish community. A generation American-born, largely At lanta-born, had now succeeded to the helm of leadership. These men enjoyed affluence and recognition in the general^^ community. They wanted -ds their rabbi a man who could project this image for the-con gregation itself, who could dis- spell the aura of “foreignness” which still clung to it in part and bring it to the level of community prestige which they themselves already had as individuals. A native of New Orleans, the /* son of parents long established in the civic and cultural life of their city, David Marx wa= TEMPLE RELIGIOUS SCHOOL FACULTY (Circa 1876) 18 The Southern Israelite