A Passion to Serve

—DAVID HARRIS, CEO, American Jewish Committee

“Sherry Frank was a bridge between the Jewish and African-American communities when their collaboration created a moral force for good.”

—THE HONORABLE JOHN LEWIS, U.S. Representative for Georgia’s 5th District

“Sherry Frank’s excellent book takes us through an important period in our country’s history, when religious, civil rights, and Jewish leaders found common ground, and provides important lessons in our polarized and divisive times.”

—AMBASSADOR STUART E. EIZENSTAT, Chief White

House Domestic Policy Adviser to President Jimmy

Carter; U.S. Ambassador to European Union; Deputy

Secretary of the Treasury in the Clinton Administration

A Passion to Serve: Memoirs of a Jewish Activist tells compelling stories from the career of Sherry Frank. She has partnered with movers and shakers to build bridges of understanding across race and religion. She has been involved in combatting all forms of discrimination, preserving Atlanta’s Jewish history, and building support for Israel. In this personal story, she shares her own spiritual journey and expression of her proud Jewish identity.

A community activist for over fifty years, Sherry Frank has worked tirelessly in the Jewish and general communities of Atlanta. She has been an active feminist and a champion for civil and human rights and equality for all.