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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) greets US President Joe Biden upon his arrival at Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion airport on Oct. 18, 2023 // Photo Credit: Brendan SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Times of Israel
October 18, 2023, 1:44 pm
Biden Pins Blame for Gaza Hospital Blast on ‘The Other Team’
Visiting president says Hamas makes ISIS look ‘more rational,’ praises Israelis for ‘their courage, their commitment, their bravery’ before meeting with first responders.
By Lazar Berman/Times of Israel
“Israelis and Americans will now be able to travel between our countries with greater ease and accessibility,” said Anat Sultan-Dadon, Consul General of Israel to the Southeastern United States.
October 11, 2023, 10:57 am
Israel Accepted into U.S. Visa Waiver Program
Travel between the two countries should be easier and Atlanta may benefit.
By Jan Jaben-Eilon
Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga.
June 14, 2022, 1:23 pm
Sen. Ossoff Presses White House on Journalist’s Death
The senator gave the Secretary of State 30 days to report back on the killing of a Palestinian-American reporter in the West Bank.
By Dave Schechter
Michèle Taylor (seen here at the State Department in December) is about to take up her post as the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Human Rights Council.
February 23, 2022, 3:55 pm
Michèle Taylor Now ‘Madame Ambassador’
The daughter of a Holocaust survivors is expected to take her oath of office as United States Ambassador to the UN Human Rights Council, where Israel will be high on the Council’s agenda.
By Dave Schechter
Secretary of State Antony Blinken was chosen to speak at the annual Eizenstat Family Memorial Lecture at AA Synagogue.
January 26, 2022, 6:11 pm
Blinken’s Eizenstat Lecture Comes at Crucial Time
Secretary of State Antony Blinken will give the annual Eizenstat Family Memorial Lecture at AA Synagogue virtually this year.
By Bob Bahr
January 17, 2022, 10:06 am
COVID-19’s Toll on Jewish Atlanta
The rate of increase in new cases is rivaling — and in some areas exceeding — the Jan. 21 peaks, both statewide and in the metro area.
By Dave Schechter
Congregation Bet Haverim collected welcome bags to deliver to families who evacuated Afghanistan.
December 22, 2021, 4:19 pm
HIAS Launches New Refugee Resettlement Program
Several Atlanta synagogues have already engaged with local agencies to adopt families fleeing Afghanistan.
By Jan Jaben-Eilon
September 17, 2021, 7:04 pm
JPost Names Three Atlantans to List of ‘Top 50’ Influencers
CDC Director Rochelle P. Walensky joins Deborah Lipstadt and Shari Dollinger on the annual list of machers.
By Jan Jaben-Eilon
Pleas for peace from relatives in Jerusalem led Jon Ossoff to lead a call for an immediate cease-fire.
May 18, 2021, 9:45 pm
Ossoff Leads Senate Call for Cease-Fire
The Jewish senator from Georgia received an email from relatives in Jerusalem in harm’s way from rockets launched by Islamic groups in Gaza.
By Dave Schechter
November 8, 2020, 8:56 am
Biden a Veteran Friend of Israel, Settlement Critic, May Be at Odds Over Iran
In 1982, a young Delaware senator clashed with Menachem Begin in a ‘highly emotional confrontation,’ but Netanyahu now considers the president-elect ‘part of our family’.
By RAPHAEL AHREN
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