Frank Taffel

Background

Taffel, son of Jacob Tafel, a dairy farmer, and Esther Verner, emigrated from Galicia (then Austria-Hungary, now part of Ukraine), entered the United States from Montreal 1907, and became a United States citizen, June 26, 1922.

Career

In 1924 he founded Atlanta"s Fulton Auto Exchange, which rebuilt and sold used trucks, and he was also a commodities speculator. 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.

He wrote for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Macon Telegraph and was Atlanta correspondent for the Jewish Morning Journal of New New York

In addition, he was president of the Atlanta Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant Aid Society, and in 1937, over radio station Georgia School of Technology in Atlanta, described the work of the organization. Taffel died on a trip to Savannah, Georgia.

He is buried in Greenwood Cemetery (Atlanta).

Achievements

• Taffel was a founder of Congregation Beth Jacob (Atlanta), and was one of eleven petitioners for the original charter.