dh and I are jewish, we dont practice however..curious where the Jewish Families.. (Atlanta: houses, neighborhood)

[Swimmom32]

Just wanted to know if anyone knows some of the Areas of Alpharetta that there are Jewish Families, does anyone know which particular area????

again We dont practice and its not that big of a deal for us, but just Curious..

TIA

[plessthanpointohfive]

The neighborhood that's just northeast of Emory, called Merry Hills because the streets are named Merry Lane, Christmas Lane, Holly Lane, etc, houses a large vibrant Jewish community. A nice, fine irony, eh?

[TakeAhike]

There are several synagogues in north Alpharetta/Sandy Springs. The Atlanta Jewish Community Center is located in Dunwoody--???Spalding Drive.

[RoslynHolcomb]

There are at least two synagogues here in Dunwoody (I vote at one), and a JCC. I see people walking to temple all the time, all the grocery stores have major kosher offerings, so I have to assume there's a huge Jewish community here.

[charlesfed]

Chabad of North Fulton

Excellent people and community.

[rackensack]

Alpharetta doesn't have a Jewish neighborhood per se, but there's a substantial Jewish presence in North Fulton, mostly east of 400 or south of Mansell Rd. There are several synagogues in East Cobb, one in Downtown Roswell, one in Alpharetta, a couple in what's now John's Creek, plus Chabad of North Fulton. That's in addition to five or more synagogues/Chabads in the Dunwoody/Sandy Springs area, which as RoslynHolcomb mentions is also home to the main location of the Marcus Jewish Community Center of Atlanta (on Tilly Mill Road). The North Metro Campus of the Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta (http://atljf.org/page.aspx?id=119699 - broken link), located in an office park just off North Point Parkway between Old Milton Parkway and Kimball Bridge Road, serves as offices and a program location for the JFGA, MJCC, and other Jewish organizations.

One note about the ironically named Merry Hills neighborhood in the Toco Hills area that plessthanpointohfive mentions: it's heavily Jewish, to be sure, but it's heavily Orthodox, which might not be what the OP is looking for, since she made it a point to mention that they're non-practicing.

[plessthanpointohfive]

True, re Merry Hills and Orthodox

[Swimmom32]

Originally Posted by plessthanpointohfive

True, re Merry Hills and Orthodox

No no no orthodox...lol we are very very reformed, we were just curious if there was a particular area where there more than another area...Thank you everyone great responses...we were driving around Fulton today however have no idea where we were..lol

We went into Cherokee which is beautiful...Johns creek ok....we drove thru there today.....it is very overwhelming I must tell you...lol

and how are the schools in those areas you mentioned?

Can anyone tell me the zip codes I should be looking at in North Fulton? Sandy Springs I already know...how is Dunwoody???

[RoslynHolcomb]

Dunwoody is 30338 and 30356.

[rackensack]

Schools are excellent pretty much anywhere in North Fulton or East Cobb. Some have better reputations or higher test scores than others, but all are among the best schools in the state, and in some cases compare well with the best schools in the country. Most of Dunwoody is in DeKalb County; opinions vary about the current and future quality of DeKalb's schools, but nearly all of the schools in the Dunwoody area are very good.