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Katja Ridderbusch

Tessa Veksler celebrates her graduation from the University of California, Santa Barbara, June 16, 2024. (Courtesy)
May 2, 2025, 5:06 am
How a Jewish-American student leader faced down hate to become a global influencer
As anti-Israel protests peaked last year, Tessa Veksler beat a recall vote as UC Santa Barbara student body president. She now features in the top-grossing documentary ‘October 8’
By Katja Ridderbusch
Demonstrators, also holding pro-Palestinian signs, march to the courthouse supporting 61 defendants that are being arraigned on RICO charges related to vandalism at the site of the new Public Safety Training Center, outside the a Fulton County courthouse, November 6, 2023, in Atlanta, Georgia. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
November 4, 2024, 4:18 pm
Atlanta Jews on high alert as anti-Israel group Stop Cop City goes national
Progressive movements mix anti-capitalist and anti-police messages with antisemitic tropes while diverse far-left causes band together under the anti-Israel banner
By Katja Ridderbusch
Talia Segal, a fourth-year biomedical engineering student at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, fears not only for her physical safety but struggles with 'the lack of emotional safety' in the United States. (Katja Ridderbusch)
April 9, 2024, 1:29 am
These US Jews are recalibrating their identity in a tempestuous post-Oct. 7 environment
Concerned about their safety and uncertain about their values and friends, Jewish Americans experience a seismic shift, and a wide range of reactions, as the war in Gaza rages on
By Katja Ridderbusch
Maj. Oliver Fladrich from the Dunwoody Police Department near Atlanta teaches employees at Jewish Family & Career Services (JF&CS) how to defend themselves in the event of a violent attack, December 2023. (Katja Ridderbusch)
December 15, 2023, 6:19 pm
Amid calls for Jews’ extermination, Atlanta synagogues bolster security after Oct. 7
With a dramatic increase in antisemitic incidents following the Hamas massacre, Jewish communities up safety measures such as drills and guards – as long as they can pay for it
By Katja Ridderbusch
A member of the LaGrange police department practices Shoot to Incapacitate techniques at the shooting range in early 2022. (Katja Ridderbusch)
June 7, 2022, 4:13 am
New Israeli-inspired firearms course aims to train US cops to shoot, but not to kill
Small-town police department in Georgia takes a page out of the Israel Police book – and sparks a heated debate about use-of-force reform in the United States
By Katja Ridderbusch
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