Walking into Atlanta’s historic synagogue – the Temple – on Sunday felt like entering a Looney Tunes episode.
An illuminated sign flashed: “That’s all folks!”
Those were the parting words Rabbi Alvin Marx Sugarman wanted to share with the world.
Sugarman, who served as the senior rabbi of the Temple from 1974 to 2008, died Jan. 17 at the age of 86. A service at the Temple two days later was filled with laughter (and tears) – just what Sugarman would have wanted…