David Marx

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David Marx was a longtime rabbi at "the Temple" in Atlanta. He led the move toward Reform Judaism practices, which were more acceptable to middle-class America. Marx also encouraged his women congregants to form a local section of the National Council of Jewish Women.

Courtesy of William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum, Ida Pearle and Joseph Cuba Community Archives for Southern Jewish History.

David Marx

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