Augusta, Georgia,USA (26/07/2009)

       Augusta, Georgia, USA.  Augusta Jewish Community Center, 898 Weinberger Way, Evans, GA 30809

      About 400 Jewish families.  Perhaps another 400 unaffiliated, mostly intermarried.  We have Reform, Conservative and Chabad synagogues.  We have a joint Sunday School between the Conservative and Reform congregations. The Augusta Jewish Federation raises funds to help the needy here in Augusta, in Israel and around the world.  The AJCC offers Jewish holiday programs, classes, cultural events and an award winning summer camp. Recently, the AJCC has begun outreach programs to the unaffiliated. The AJCC is 154 years old, the second oldest in the United States. 

       Augusta is the home of the Masters Golf Tournament, of international repute.  The synagogues are located in Augusta. The AJCC and the Federation are located in Evans, a suburb of Augusta.

     We are 2 1/2 hours from Atlanta, Savannah and Charleston.  We are three hours from Charlotte.  Columbia, SC is only an hour away.

       Contact person or persons – phone and e-mail.Leah Ronen, 706-228-3636, augustafed1@knology.net

      Although tiny, this small Jewish community is very connected to the rest of the Jewish world.  In the last four years, three missions have gone to Israel and in the next two years, three more will go. Our summer camp has benefitted from Soul Train madrichim/ot for the last several years.  We look forward to more activity with Soul Train.