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Heritage Month, and others but nothing to honor
the Jewish people who had made significant
contributions to our state. Dr. Samuel Nunes, a
Jewish immigrant from Spain, saved the colony of
Savannah from the plague, and the first Coca-Cola
was sold in a Jewish department store in Little Five
Points,” he stated.
At 14 years old, Logan drafted a resolution to
establish a Jewish Heritage Month to commemorate
everything Jews have done in Georgia and
presented it in the Georgia General Assembly.
“Denise Parson, who was the Family and Consumer
Science teacher at VCHS at the time, was my
advisor. She took me back and forth to Atlanta
and helped me see it through. Besides family, she’s
always been my biggest supporter.”
In January 2011, with Senator Renee Unterman
and Representative Michele Henson as sponsors
and the continued support of Senator Tommie
Williams and Representative Greg Morris, Senate