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Synagogue Guide
AJT Synagogue Guide for 2024
By Compiled by AJT staff
A comprehensive list of area synagogues and Chabad organizations.
August 28, 2024, 10:56 am
AJT Synagogue Guide for 2024
A comprehensive list of area synagogues and Chabad organizations.
By Compiled by AJT staff
Sherwin Jay Kayne
March 27, 2024, 11:35 am
Obituary: Sherwin Jay Kayne
Sherwin Jay (Steve) Kayne, 87, of Candler, N.C., whose blacksmithing creations were used on movie sets and grace celebrities’ homes, passed away peacefully on March 14, 2024.
August 10, 2023, 1:20 pm
AJT Synagogue Guide for 2023
A comprehensive list of area synagogues and Chabad organizations.
By Compiled by AJT staff
March 16, 2023, 1:12 pm
Obituary: Loretta Holmes
Loretta Holmes, 73, of Atlanta, Ga., passed away on March 4, 2023.
(From left) Republican State Rep. Scott Hilton; Democratic State Rep. Shea Roberts; Democratic State Rep. Esther Panitch; Republican State Rep. Todd Jones
January 11, 2023, 10:21 am
Legislators Receive Blessing on Eve of 2023 Session
Organizers of the "first annual" event hope to see it expanded statewide next year.
By Dave Schechter
Esther Panitch and Peter Korman
October 27, 2022, 10:32 am
Jewish Bids for Legislature
A contest between two Jewish candidates assures representation in the next General Assembly.
By Dave Schechter
A memorial to the victims of the July 4 shooting in downtown Highland Park, Ill., where visitors have been leaving flowers and personal notes. // Photograph by Jane Schechter
July 12, 2022, 11:43 am
Former Highland Park Resident Shaken by Shooting
Cliff Mazer remembers growing up in the Chicago suburb as idyllic and family-oriented.
By Jan Jaben-Eilon
Forsyth County Republican state representative Todd Jones (right) with Rabbi Levi Mentz.
June 28, 2022, 12:46 pm
Rep. Todd Jones Honors His Jewish Roots
“Christian or Jewish, just do the right thing,” was the message Todd Jones received growing up.
By Dave Schechter
Deborah Lipstadt at a confirmation hearing on Feb. 8, 2022.
February 8, 2022, 6:22 pm
Lipstadt Testifies at Confirmation Hearing
The lone voice of dissent came from a Republican who said that Lipstadt “engaged in malicious poison” on social media.
By Dave Schechter
February 3, 2022, 6:53 pm
Exclusive: Colleyville Rabbi Talks About Being Held Hostage
Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker opens up about the synagogue hostage incident, his thoughts on Judaism and why prayers (and just breathing) hold a bit more meaning for him now.
By Marcia Caller Jaffe
On Jan. 14, the Temple’s Rabbi Peter Berg joined Rev. Raphael Warnock virtually for the 37th annual Martin Luther King Shabbat Worship service.
January 26, 2022, 6:10 pm
Jews and Christians Honor the Legacy of MLK Together
In the annual service, leaders of The Temple and Ebenezer Baptist Church cited the continuing relevance of the slain civil rights leader.
By Dave Schechter
SWAT team members deploy near the Congregation Beth Israel Synagogue in Colleyville, Texas, Jan. 15, 2022. (Andy Jacobsohn /AFP via Getty Images)
January 26, 2022, 6:06 pm
Security Takes Priority After Texas Incident
Jewish groups push for Congress to double federal funding to protect nonprofits in the wake of the Jan. 15 hostage-taking.
By Dave Schechter
A hostage was escorted out of Congregation Beth Israel on Saturday evening.Credit...Elias Valverde/The Dallas Morning News, via Associated Press
January 17, 2022, 11:03 am
Texas Hostage Incident Touches Atlanta Lives
Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker recalls final moments of incident, when he realized the hostages had to act to escape: ‘He wasn’t getting what he wanted. It didn’t look good.'
By Dave Schechter
Dave Schechter
December 15, 2021, 1:23 pm
The Necessity of Anti-Semitism Rallies
Like the COVID-19 virus, “the world’s oldest hate” mutates and may never totally disappear.
By Dave Schechter
Deborah Lipstadt testified that the rally organizers demonstrated a “great deal of overt anti-Semitism and adulation of the Third Reich.”
December 3, 2021, 2:17 pm
Lipstadt Takes the Stand
The Emory University scholar testified against organizers of the August 2017 “Unite the Right” rally.
By Dave Schechter
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