{{Infobox person |name = Frank Taffel |image = File:Ftaffel.jpg |image_size = 130px |caption = Frank Taffel |birth_date = March 10, 1877 |birth_place = Krystynopol (now Chervonohrad, Ukraine) |death_date = July 7, 1947 |death_place = Savannah, Georgia |other_names = Shrage Fyvel Tafel |known_for = journalism, founding synagogue |occupation = journalist, synagogue founder, entrepreneur |spouse = {{ubl|Minke Frostig (1901–1945, her death)|Ruth Rosenfeld (1945–1947, his death)}} }} '''Frank Taffel''' (né Shrage Fyvel Tafel; 10 March 1877 in Krystynopol, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Chervonohrad, Ukraine] – 7 July 1947 in Savannah, Georgia) was a journalist, a founder of Congregation Beth Jacob (Atlanta), and an advocate of Jewish causes.
==Immigration and life in Atlanta== [[Image:Taffel talmadge.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Georgia Governor Eugene Talmadge (right) extends a 1933 New Year greeting to Jewlsh cltlzens through Frank Taffel (left). In a letter to the Jewish Morning Journal, Talmadge protested persecution of Jews by the German government.]] Taffel, son of Jacob Tafel, a dairy farmer, and Esther Verner, emigrated from Galicia (then Austria-Hungary, now part of Ukraine), entered the US from Montreal 1907, and became a US citizen, June 26, 1922. In 1924 he founded Atlanta's Fulton Auto Exchange, which rebuilt and sold used trucks, and he was also a commodities speculator. Taffel was a founder of Congregation Beth Jacob (Atlanta), and was one of eleven petitioners for the original charter.<ref>''Petition for Charter. Congregation Beth Jacob''. Southern Israelite. June 18, 1943 p 6.</ref> The Frank Taffel Sanctuary is named in his honor. Taffel frequently spoke in public on Jewish causes, and was president of the Nahum Sokolov Literary Society.<ref>Report on un-American propaganda will be made by Frank Taffel. ''The Atlanta Constitution''; January 14, 1938 p2</ref><ref>Jews are invited to Passover fête. The Atlanta Constitution April 16, 1938, p 6</ref><ref>Anshe Sfard plans rally next Sunday. The Atlanta Constitution April 14, 1938 p 16</ref> He wrote for ''The Atlanta Journal-Constitution,'' The Macon Telegraph<ref>Frank Taffel. Jews as smokescreens. Macon Telegraph. Sunday April 12, 1936 p4</ref> and was Atlanta correspondent for the ''Jewish Morning Journal'' of New York.<ref>Frank Taffel. Modern Palestine Created By Jews. The Atlanta Constitution; Aug 1, 1937 pg. 11A</ref><ref>Rabbi Conducts Exercises. Macon Telegraph. Feb 12, 1935 p 6</ref> In addition, he was president of the Atlanta Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant Aid Society, and in 1937, over radio station WGST in Atlanta, described the work of the organization.<ref>Hebrew Sheltering. Southern Israelite. Aug. 27, 1937, page 8</ref>
[[File:Taffelgrave.jpg|thumb|right|Grave of Frank and Minnie Taffel at Greenwood Cemetery, Atlanta]] Taffel died on a trip to Savannah, Georgia.
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==External links== *[http://www.bethjacobatlanta.org Congregation Beth Jacob, Atlanta]
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