Sukkah:ATL

A Public Space Sukkah for the Atlanta Jewish Community

October 9 – 23, 2011

Oakhurst Community Garden Project Decatur, Georgia About Sukkah Build Event Calendar of Events Sponsors and Partners Press

About Sukkah:ATL

Sukkah: ATL is a grassroots public-space Sukkah project open to the entire community to celebrate the Harvest Festival and appreciate the Oakhurst Community Garden Project’s role in the local food system. Architects from Design Plus Collective designed the “Seen by Unseen” Sukkah as their entry to the Sukkah City competition in New York. This extraordinary structure becomes a gathering place for Jewish celebration and observance. All are invited to participate in constructing the Sukkah on October 9. The Oakhurst Community Garden is an inspired setting for a traditional hut that farmers would live in during the last period of harvest before the winter rains. It is during this time that Jews thank God for the completed harvest through ritual and imagery.

Sukkah Build Event | October 9 | Noon to 6:00 PM | View the Facebook event

Volunteer to help build the Sukkah at the Oakhurst Community Garden Project. If you have children bring them along! Family programming will be facilitated by Jewish Kids Groups and enjoy musical samplings from the Atlanta Jewish Music Festival. Enjoy this video from last year’s build by Russell Gottschalk.

Calendar of Events

Once constructed, the Sukkah will be available and open to the public to eat, pray, and come together. Join us for any of these exciting events: October 12: Chanting Service with Gayanne Guerin Weiss 6:30  (Bring a picnic for supper in the Sukkah) October 13: Jewish Kids Groups Spaghetti Sukkah Social 5:30 October 14: Congregation Bet Haverim Family Kabbalat Shabbat and Potluck October 15: Havdallah and Sukkot Sleepout (Adamah Adventures) October 16: Congregation Bet Haverim Religious School Gathering (Private Event from 9:30-12:30) October 17: MJCCA Shake Your Lulav Dance Party!  MJCCA/PJ Library/Shalom Baby and Pathways October 18: Dr. Sweet’s Sukkot Baking Competition(6:00-8:00) and Limmud Wine and Cheese Reception (8:00-10:00)

Sponsors and Parnters

Sukkah: ATL is an initiatve of the Jewish Food Alliance hosted by the Oakhurst Community Garden Project with the generous support of: Design Plus Collective, Whole Foods – Briarcliff, ModernTribe, Adamah Adventures, Congregation Bet Haverim, YLC of Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta, Limmud Atlanta+Southeast, Dr. Sweets Cake Emporium, Marcus Jewish Community Center of Greater Atlanta, Atlanta Jewish Music Festival, Jewish Kids Groups, Hal’s Kitchen and Congregation Shearith Israel.

Press

WABE’s Myke Johns profiled the Sukkah initiative on City Cafe (9/20/10). Listen here.