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Michèle Taylor has been nominated to be U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Human Rights Council.
December 22, 2021, 2:00 pm
YIR: Biden Nominates Atlantan to U.N. Human Rights Council
October 2021: Michèle Taylor is an Atlanta resident and has been active in Jewish, Holocaust, human rights, and political organizations.
By Dave Schechter
Michal Hart Hillman is the chair of the Lilith magazine’s board of directors.
October 13, 2021, 12:28 pm
Atlanta’s Hillman Chairs Lilith Magazine Board
Independent, Jewish and frankly feminist since 1976, Lilith’s mission is to be the feminist change-agent in the Jewish community.
By Susanne Katz Karlick
An artist rendering of the $350 million World Zionist Village to be developed in Israel’s Negev city of Beersheva. Photo by JNF-USA
February 23, 2021, 5:26 pm
JNF Plans Largest Zionist Project for Israel
The $350 million educational World Zionist Village will be built in Beersheva in the Negev.
By Jan Jaben-Eilon
Over the years the Blank family foundation has given the Center over $20 million.
February 5, 2021, 3:53 pm
Blank Foundation’s $17 Million ‘Tzedakah’ to Civil Rights Center
The gift, spread over five years, will fund a new wing of the National Center for Civil and Human Rights in Atlanta.
By Bob Bahr
“The Israeli media gives me a huge stage from which to criticize human rights violations,” Bassem Eid said.
October 23, 2020, 6:20 am
Palestinian Human Rights Activist Praises Israel
Bassem Eid was once arrested by the Palestinian Authority, but never by Israel.
By Jan Jaben-Eilon
Global Justice Fellows from AJWS (American Jewish World Service) have a reflection session in Guatemala City, Guatemala on Wednesday January 29, 2020. Photographer: Christopher Dilts / AJWS
February 6, 2020, 4:00 pm
Rabbi Bortz Reflects on Guatemala
Rabbi Analia Bortz of Congregation Or Hadash is among 14 influential Jewish leaders who traveled through Guatemala for a week to learn about and advocate for human rights.
Jereme Weiner learned about Israel and Jewish issues at LFT.
March 27, 2019, 12:39 pm
AJC’s Leaders for Tomorrow: Not Your Typical Jewish Education Program
Jereme Weiner reflects on her time with the American Jewish Committee's Leaders for Tomorrow program and its lessons about issues affecting Israel and the Jewish people.
By Jereme Weiner
November 29, 2018, 1:28 pm
A Chanukah Message From Rabbi Joab Eichenberg-Eilon
If we want to merit the renewal of Jewish sovereignty, it is incumbent upon us to protect democracy, equality, civil society and human rights.
By Rabbi Joab Eichenberg-Eilon
Photo courtesy of Myron McGhee/Emory University // James Loeffler, professor of Jewish history at the University of Virginia, delivers the 10th annual Rothschild Memorial Lecture at Emory University.
November 22, 2018, 1:50 pm
Links Between Zionism and Human Rights Movement
Emory's annual Rothschild Memorial Lecture tackled the hot-button issue of human rights and the often-forgotten role that Jews and Zionism played.
By Bob Bahr
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