Frank Taffel

Frank Taffel (né Shrage Fyvel Tafel, Krystynopol, then Galicia, Austria-Hungary, now Chervonohrad, Ukraine, March 10, 1877; died 7 July 1947, Savannah, Georgia, age 70) was a journalist, a founder of Congregation Beth Jacob (Atlanta), and an advocate of Jewish causes.

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

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

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

Taffel frequently spoke in public on Jewish causes, and was president of the Nahum Sokolov Literary Society.

Grave of Frank and Minnie Taffel at Greenwood Cemetery, Atlanta