Leavey to retire from Breman

Jane Leavey, executive director of the Breman Jewish Heritage and Holocaust Museum in Atlanta will retire Dec. 31, after 28 years at the helm of the organization.

Early on Leavey determined a need for an archives and history museum in the city that  focused on the history of Jews in Atlanta. She also discovered that a large number of Holocaust survivors had moved to the metro area and realized the need to preserve their stories. Today, the museum  has 30,000 visitors annually.

A new executive director will be named soon.