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Jon Ossoff speaks in Atlanta after losing in a special election for a House seat, June 20, 2017. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images/via JT)
November 30, 2019, 6:09 am
In Atlanta, race question complicates Jewish hopes for ousting Trump in 2020
The city’s 120,000 Jews have many common interests with its African-American majority, but will the chasm between the communities prevent them from cooperating?
By Ron Kampeas
Atlanta-based historian Deborah Lipstadt in Jerusalem, July 2019 (Raphael Ahren/Times of Israel)
July 9, 2019, 11:26 am
‘Feh!’ Top Holocaust scholar pans Netanyahu for warm ties with Poland, Hungary
‘Don’t have the chutzpah to say Israel is the leader in the fight against anti-Semitism,’ Deborah Lipstadt says in scathing criticism of PM’s realpolitik approach
By Raphael Ahren
Illustrative photo of swastika graffiti. (Flash90)
February 7, 2019, 9:29 pm
Swastikas sprayed inside and outside of an Atlanta-area high school
Nazi symbol found in Centennial High in Georgia; principal says vandalism ‘will not be tolerated’
By Marcy Oster
Screen capture from video of a world-record breaking Israeli flag made out of cookies on the floor of the Heritage Hall in Atlanta’s Congregation Beth Jacob, June 3, 2018. (YouTube)
June 5, 2018, 6:41 pm
Israeli flag made of cookies in Atlanta breaks Guinness record
Volunteers lay out 117,000 edible baked treats over 3,224 square feet to celebrate 70 years of Israel’s independence
By JTA
Shloime Newmark, Rabbi Michoel Alterman and Joel Alpert catch their breath while responding to an emergency Sept. 11 at Beth Jacob Atlanta: When the power went out, hundreds of pounds of food needed to be moved quickly from the synagogue refrigerators into a cooler truck provided by Quality Kosher. (Atlanta Jewish Times)
From the WebSeptember 14, 2017, 4:34 pm
Florida evacuees weather Irma in Atlanta synagogues
Atlanta Jewish Times: Local community hosts more than 1,000 people who escaped from the hurricane, only to brave the storm there
By Sarah Moosazadeh
Volunteers in Atlanta’s Orthodox Jewish community coordinate homes for evacuees from Hurricane Irma, which is set to hit Florida this weekend. (Courtesy of Adam Starr via JTA)
September 8, 2017, 10:17 pm
Jews fleeing Hurricane Irma are taking refuge in Atlanta’s synagogues
The number of families seeking shelter with Atlanta’s Orthodox community is up to 250 — and growing
By Ben Sales
Adam Hirsch, Eliana Leader, Prodezra Beats, Maddie Cook, Bobby Nooromid, Whitney Kweskin, Jonathan Tescher, Corby Hershman, Noah Pawliger and Mamie Vogel are just a few members of the 2017 AJT 40 Under 40.
From the WebJuly 14, 2017, 10:19 am
Meet Jewish Atlanta’s 40 under 40
Atlanta Jewish Times: These 20 women and 20 men are making the Atlanta Jewish community better
By AJT staff
Ana and Steven Weisman and Stephanie Trump march to Jerusalem's Jaffa Gate during the 2012 'mega event' of the Greater Miami Jewish Federation’s mission of 700 people to Israel. (Randi Sidman-Moore/JTA)
June 28, 2017, 6:36 pm
Crisis with world Jewry could cost Israel billions, deputy minister warns
Amid alleged threats to cut donations, US-born Michael Oren says Diaspora Jews’ contributions and investments ‘almost equal our defense budget’
By Raphael Ahren
The Temple in Atlanta is a hub of social activism. (Ben Sales/JTA)
From the WebMarch 31, 2017, 11:41 am
In Georgia, anti-Semitism spurs hundreds to act
Atlanta Jewish Times: The newly formed Atlanta Initiative Against Anti-Semitism convenes 150-plus interfaith groups
Janice Rothschild Blumberg remembers when her Atlanta synagogue was bombed in 1958 by white supremacists and sees the same hatred still festering. (Bill Rothschild)
March 25, 2017, 5:18 am
60 years after synagogue bombing, an Atlanta rebbetzin remembers her friends Martin and Coretta
Spate of threats against JCCs eerily reminded Janice Rothschild Blumberg of when her temple was targeted during the civil rights movement
By Ben Sales
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