Henry Aaron Alexander

Henry Alexander became a well-known lawyer and served as a state legislator in Georgia's General Assembly during the 1909-1910 Term (Alexander was the only Jew serving during his term). Alexander developed an interest in his Jewish heritage following his role as part of Leo Frank's defense team during what scholar Mark Bauman has called "[p]erhaps the most notorious instance of anti-Semitism in American history." He took on leadership roles in several national and Atlanta-based Jewish organizations, including the Society of Friends of Touro Synagogue National Shrine, the Union of Sephardic Congregations, New York's Congregation Shearith Israel, the Hebrew Benevolent Society (Atlanta's Reform congregation known as "The Temple"), and the Sephardic congregation Or VeShalom.

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