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Mitchell Kaye takes the oath of office May 17 as the representative from district 45.
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Kaye Takes Oath as Georgia House Member
By Dave Schechter
Kaye will represent district 45 until the General Assembly — which adjourned its 2022 session on April 5 — convenes in January 2023.
Rabbi Stephen Weiss, who served as an assistant rabbi at Ahavath Achim Synagogue from July 1990 to June 1997. // Credit Stephen Weiss(Cuyahoga County Jail)
NewsFormer Atlanta Rabbi’s Sex Charge ‘A Sad Story’
By Dave Schechter
Dave Schechter
From Where I SitThe Poet was Right: Time is a Jet Plane
By Dave Schechter
Skyline view of metro Atlanta.
PoliticsCongress Races in Metro Atlanta
By Dave Schechter
Mitchell Kaye takes the oath of office May 17 as the representative from district 45.
May 19, 2022, 11:04 am
Kaye Takes Oath as Georgia House Member
Kaye will represent district 45 until the General Assembly — which adjourned its 2022 session on April 5 — convenes in January 2023.
By Dave Schechter
Ambassador Deborah Lipstadt. // U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum
May 13, 2022, 2:58 pm
Lipstadt Gives First Address as Special Envoy
In her first public event as U.S. Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism, Ambassador Deborah E. Lipstadt was welcomed by Museum Chairman Stuart E. Eizenstat.
By Dave Schechter
Former State Rep. Mitchell Kaye
May 13, 2022, 12:15 pm
Back to Future for Mitchell Kaye
Nearly two decades after leaving the state House, the Cobb County Republican returns on an interim basis.
By Dave Schechter
(From left) Democrat Lucy McBath; State Rep. Donna McLeod; ncumbent Democrat Carolyn Bourdeaux
May 13, 2022, 12:15 pm
Red Light or Blue Light in 6th and 7th Districts
Redistricting shifted the political landscape, leading to headline-making Democratic primary.
By Dave Schechter
Left: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R., Ga.) Right: Jennifer Strahan // Jennifer Strahan for Congress/Image via Facebook
May 13, 2022, 12:15 pm
Greene Touts Re-election Challengers ‘Nothing at All’
As it did in 2020, the Republican Jewish Coalition has rebuked Greene and endorsed one of her primary challengers.
By Dave Schechter
(From left) Brig. Gen. (ret.) Jonathan McColumn; Former state Rep. Josh Clark; Candidate Herschel Walker; Former Navy Seal Latham Saddler; Air Force Academy graduate and businessman Kelvin King
May 13, 2022, 12:14 pm
Early Polls Have Walker Running to Primary Victory
Victor in Republican U.S. Senate primary will face incumbent Sen. Raphael Warnock in November general election.
By Dave Schechter
(From left) Democrat Esther Panitch and Republican Betsy Kramer
May 13, 2022, 12:12 pm
Maintaining a Jewish Voice in the Legislature
As the lone Jewish member of the General Assembly steps aside, three Jewish hopefuls seek House seats.
By Dave Schechter
David Perdue and Brian Kemp // Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images
May 13, 2022, 12:06 pm
No Love Lost in GOP Gubernatorial Race
Gov. Brian Kemp and former Sen. David Perdue have waged a contentious primary campaign.
By Dave Schechter
Skyline view of metro Atlanta.
May 13, 2022, 12:04 pm
Congress Races in Metro Atlanta
While a pair of incumbents can look to November, two others face primary challengers.
By Dave Schechter
The Georgia State Capitol
May 13, 2022, 11:58 am
Political Storm Clouds Return to Georgia
The May 24 primary — and any necessary runoffs on June 21 — will set the stage for the Nov. 8 general election. The size of the fields in several races suggests that runoffs are possible, if not probable.
By Dave Schechter
Dave Schechter
May 11, 2022, 12:19 pm
The Poet was Right: Time is a Jet Plane
Dave recognizes that, as the years go by, his perspective on time changes.
By Dave Schechter
A memorial to lynching victims in Marietta, adjacent to the Leo Frank memorial, has been repaired and reinstalled.
May 5, 2022, 2:40 pm
Lynching Memorial in Marietta Repaired
The black granite slab is several feet from the memorial to Leo Frank, the only known Jewish victim of a lynching in the United States.
By Dave Schechter
Rabbi Stephen Weiss, who served as an assistant rabbi at Ahavath Achim Synagogue from July 1990 to June 1997. // Credit Stephen Weiss(Cuyahoga County Jail)
April 29, 2022, 10:29 am
Former Atlanta Rabbi’s Sex Charge ‘A Sad Story’
Rabbi Stephen Weiss, who served as an assistant rabbi at Ahavath Achim Synagogue, had been the senior rabbi at Congregation B’nai Jeshurun, in Pepper Pike, Ohio, since 2001.
By Dave Schechter
Dave Schechter, freelance contributor for the AJT.
April 28, 2022, 2:36 pm
Art in the Eye of the Beholder
Dave may be less than knowledgeable about art, but a few pieces caught his attention at an event in Chicago.
By Dave Schechter
Ambassador Michèle Taylor at the U.N. Human Rights Council. // (U.S. State Department)
April 19, 2022, 4:08 pm
Exclusive: Taylor’s First Interview as U.S. Ambassador
U.S. ambassador confronts “unfair bias against Israel in the structure” of the U.N. Human Rights Council.
By Dave Schechter
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