OneShul Atlanta is a home-based community where Jews of all ages and backgrounds can come together to experience meaningful connections to God, Judaism, Jewish culture and to each other. OneShul Atlanta offers weekly events like Carlebach-style Kabbalat Shabbat services and vegetarian, kosher dinners, holiday parties, Jewish yoga and text study. It’s like Chabad kiruv meets PunkTorah.
We moved to Toco for a few reasons. First, the rent was cheaper here than in East Atlanta, Grant Park or Little Five Points, the three hipster-ish areas of Atlanta. Here we have a 1,200 square foot apartment for less than $1,000. In our older neighborhood, you could get a 750 square foot apartment and pay just as much. Big difference between “practically a house” and “practically a cardboard box”.
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