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The AJT looks back at some of its most popular and impactful stories from the past year.
December 27, 2023, 12:33 pm
2023 Year in Review
The AJT looks back at some of the most popular and impactful stories from the past year.
By Compiled by AJT staff
Delta is not the only U.S. airline to cease service into or out of Israel. Within a week of the outbreak of hostilities, the U.S. State Department raised its travel advisory to Level 3, asking citizens to reconsider travel to Israel.
October 30, 2023, 1:53 pm
Delta Air Lines Cancels Direct Flights to Israel
Both Atlanta and Boston flights are stopped while New York flights continue.
By Jan Jaben-Eilon
Gil Tohar, who grew up in Atlanta, but lives near Mount Herzl national cemetery in Jerusalem, said he kept hearing funeral services chanted by an army cantor through his window. Here, Tohar is pictured with his wife, Meital.
October 29, 2023, 11:25 am
Recent Immigrants to Israel Share Their Experiences
One former Atlantan immigrated four days after the war with Hamas started.
By Jan Jaben-Eilon
Fayetteville resident Lyla Caplan, 17, (on left) with a friend before the war started in Israel on Oct. 7.
October 15, 2023, 1:03 pm
Atlanta Residents Had Harrowing Departure from Israel
Many managed to flee the war before the U.S. State Department arranged planes and ships.
By Jan Jaben-Eilon
The first flight of Jews from Ethiopia arrived in Israel on June 1.
June 14, 2022, 12:03 pm
Ethiopian Jewish Aliyah Gets Atlanta Federation Support
JFGA president Eric Robbins and Michael Kogan traveled to Ethiopia as part of a new airlift of Ethiopian Jews to Israel.
By Bob Bahr
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett handles his mask during a cabinet meeting at the prime minister’s office in Jerusalem, on April 10. // Credit: Ronen Zvulun/Pool Photo via AP
April 28, 2022, 5:22 pm
Indoor Mask Requirements Loosened in Israel
According to the Israel Ministry of Health, more than 10,000 people have died from the COVID-19 virus.
By Jan Jaben-Eilon
In Biblical and Mishnaic times, Jews were buried in underground in caves.
December 15, 2021, 1:29 pm
The Option of Being Buried in Israel
For many Jews today, being buried in Israel is a statement of eternal attachment to the Jewish homeland.
By Chana Shapiro
The last time Bernie and Laura Wolfberg were in Israel was in November.The last time Bernie and Laura Wolfberg were in Israel was in November.
July 6, 2020, 6:30 am
Locals Unable to Visit Family in Israel
Israel requires arriving citizens to quarantine for 14 days while foreigners aren’t allowed into the country at all.
By Jan Jaben-Eilon
Photos from the Instagram profiles of Gail Simmons, "Top Chef" judge, and Marc Murphy, "Chopped" judge.
February 13, 2019, 12:30 pm
Celebrity Chefs Taste Israel on ‘Birthright’ Trip
A group of American celebrity chefs, restaurateurs, writers and critics toured Israel, taking in the tastes and smells of the nation in January.
By AJT Staff
September 30, 2015, 1:58 pm
Lesson Learned Flying Home From Israel
By Atlanta Jewish Times
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