2025 Covenant Award Recipient
Rabbi Micah Lapidus
2025 Covenant Award Recipient
Rabbi Micah Lapidus
Director of Jewish and Hebrew Studies and School Rabbi, The Alfred & Adele Davis Academy,
Atlanta, GA
Rabbi Micah Lapidus has been the School Rabbi and Director of Jewish and Hebrew Studies at The Alfred & Adele Davis Academy (Davis), the largest Reform Jewish day school in the United States, since 2008. In this role, Rabbi Lapidus leads a team of 10 faculty members in the creation of Jewish Studies, Hebrew, t’filah, holiday, and music curricula for the school. Rabbi Lapidus also leads the day-to-day teaching and religious activities at Davis; spearheads strategic initiatives as part of the senior educational leadership team; offers annual faculty professional development and facilitates reflective learning opportunities for the school’s administrative team. In addition, Rabbi Lapidus has strengthened spiritual expression at Davis, orchestrating weekly t’filah services, organizing interfaith learning, and igniting social action through intentional service-learning.
Rabbi Lapidus has also served in a number of roles concurrent with his work at Davis. Since 2021, he has been a teacher for the Jewish Learning Collaborative, powered by Moishe House.
Since 2015, Rabbi Lapidus has also served as the Composer-in-Residence at The Temple, Atlanta’s largest Reform synagogue. He also uses music and performance to create interfaith connections between members of Atlanta’s Jewish community and other local religious groups.
“Since Rabbi Micah joined Davis in 2008, he has impacted thousands of lives for the better,” said Amy Shafron, Head of School at Davis, who nominated Lapidus for the Award.
“He embodies a unique constellation of character traits and virtues. He is humble yet audacious, pragmatic yet visionary; he is a mensch but is not afraid to make difficult decisions. Under his leadership, the Jewish and Hebrew experience at Davis has been transformed. He is a consummate steward of our school’s mission and vision, a universally respected ambassador for Reform and Progressive Judaism, and a wonderful colleague and confidant.”
“Like so many other Jewish educators, I have benefited from the extraordinary contributions of previous Covenant Foundation Award recipients and I am so grateful to the Foundation for this honor,” said Rabbi Lapidus, reflecting on his selection as a 2025 Awardee.
“And, too, I am so blessed to be a part of The Davis Academy, to work alongside such dedicated, inspiring, and creative educators every day. My entire rabbinate has unfolded at Davis, and yet, after 17 years, I still feel like a student here—still learning, still growing.”
