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Nov 21, 2022 · The International Lion of Judah Conference is a biannual event for women philanthropists who help shape the Jewish world. And this year, Linda Selig will be honored as the recipient of Atlanta’s Kipnis-Wilson/Friedland Award.
Feb 24, 2021 · Lean in to hear some of the off the cuff remarks about what makes Hillel activists mother-daughter duo Linda Selig and Stacey Fisher tick.
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One hundred years later, the lynching of Leo Frank in that Marietta field remains a sensitive issue in the Atlanta Jewish community. Some strive to keep it in the public consciousness, while others regard it as a matter for the history books. Some link it to other historical events, while others say it should not overshadow communal successes. Rabb...
Businessman and philanthropist Steve Selig is a great-great-nephew of Frank’s wife, Lucille. “I think it helps sensitize us to acts of anti-Semitism,” he said about the legacy of the case. Selig’s wife, Linda, who grew up in Miami, was (with Lynda Walker) co-executive producer of the 2009 docudrama “The People v. Leo Frank.” She learned about the f...
Rabbi Lebow hails from Fort Lauderdale, Fla., but has invested himself in this piece of history. “Like every other student of Jewish history, I had heard about the case,” he said. But before coming to Atlanta in 1986, “I don’t even think that appeared on my radar.” When friends pointed out the site to him, Rabbi Lebow was unaware its significance. ...
Twenty years ago, on the 80th anniversary of the lynching, Rabbi Lebow and a small group placed a plaque on the building nearest to the lynching site. The plaque reads: “Leo Frank (1884-1915) — wrongly accused, falsely tried, wantonly murdered, pardoned 1986.” Ten years ago, Rabbi Lebow affixed another plaque to the now-torn-down building that incl...
Leo and Lucille Frank were members of The Temple, where “the story lives within our walls, still, every day,” said Rabbi Peter Berg, just the fifth senior rabbi in the congregation’s 148-year history. The Temple, where Frank is personal history, has made the case part of its sixth-grade history curriculum for Sunday school and has included the case...
Legacies change, said Sandy Berman, an author (“Klara With a K”) and former archivist for the William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum. “If you would have asked me this question 20 or 30 years ago, I would have answered quite differently. The community then, especially members of The Temple, were still hesitant to discuss the case. It was a black mark...
Stephen Schuster, the chief judge of the Superior Court of Cobb County, is a member of The Temple, where he grew up, and Kol Emeth. At The Temple, “I do remember this was a topic of teaching and that we read books on the subject. Mrs. Frank died somewhere during this period, and she was a Temple member,” he said. “Teaching about Leo Frank was impor...
A century after the lynching, with more than 120,000 Jews in the Atlanta area and an estimated 10,000 to 15,000 in Cobb County alone, Sherry Frank would prefer to emphasize the achievements of the Atlanta Jewish community since the Frank case and The Temple bombing. “I wouldn’t want us ever to walk away from history, but there’s so much more. … Tho...
Feb 24, 2021 · For Linda Selig and Stacey Fisher, philanthropy runs in the family. Together, Selig and Fisher serve on the board of Hillels Of Georgia, a student organization dedicated to creating a Jewish safe haven for over 5,000 Jewish students on 24 college campuses across Georgia.
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Linda Selig was interview by Sandy Berman on September 15, 2022.
