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Hurricane Irma
May 28, 2018, 4:34 pm
Wikoff Named to National Tinnitus Board
In other business news, the deadline approaches for nonprofits to seek SBA loans related to Irma losses.
Photo by Vanessa Munsch After hearing about Jesse Gabriel Landsberg’s story, photographer Vanessa Munsch used the radar image of Hurricane Irma as an inspiration to capture the love and support of the community in the first moments of the baby’s life.
October 10, 2017, 3:24 pm
Bris Celebrates Baby’s Irma-Assisted Arrival
New baby born during Hurricane Irma unites Toco Hills community.
By Sarah Moosazadeh
Keeping the lines of communication open is essential as volunteers from Congregation Beth Jacob and Young Israel of Toco Hills try to match evacuees with hosts.
October 4, 2017, 3:26 pm
2 Hurricanes, 1 Jewish Community
Volunteers embrace spirit of humanity while helping individuals in time of need.
By Rabbi Adam Starr
Aprio managing director Robert Melnick arranges boxes to maximize space in a U-Haul truck bound to Miami with relief supplies.
October 3, 2017, 2:47 pm
Aprio Leads Island Storm Relief
Employees join efforts to help provides supplies to St. Thomas.
By Logan C. Ritchie
October 3, 2017, 2:04 pm
Temporary Windows on Joy and Life
High holidays and Sukkot serve as reminder about permanents of life's ups and downs.
By Rabbi Ruth Abusch-Magder
Rabbis Ilan Feldman and Adam Starr continue the Beth Jacob-Young Israel cooperation by officiating at the bris of the first evacuee baby born in Toco Hills.
September 19, 2017, 12:01 pm
Irma Evacuees Thankful for New Atlanta Friends
Evacuees express gratitude toward community members assisting individuals in time of need.
By Sarah Moosazadeh
Children help load the truck that took supplies from the Packaged Good to Keller Williams’ office in East Cobb, where Walton High football players helped make the transfer to a Super Movers semi.
September 18, 2017, 4:41 pm
Best of Humanity Emerges at Times of Disaster
Our humanity gives us an unparalleled capacity for empathy, wisdom and intelligence.
By Rabbi Shalom Lewis
The old mill at Berry College in Rome is a beautiful place to visit, but an interview involves more than seeing the sites. (Photo by Jeff Orenstein)
September 18, 2017, 3:58 pm
Cedartown Provides Refuge From Irma
The official message was clear: Get out if you can; go to a shelter if you cannot.
By Jeff Orenstein
We are not powerless in the face of the destructive force of a storm such as Hurricane Irma, which toppled trees around metro Atlanta.
September 17, 2017, 2:31 am
Dor Tamid: We Have the Power to Change Course
"Unetaneh Tokef" guides us with three ways to alter the divine decree for 5778.
By Rabbi Jordan Ottenstein
Irma was just beginning to hit East Cobb hard when this tree toppled from a neighbor's yard onto the AJT editor's house Sept. 11.
September 13, 2017, 7:28 pm
When Irma Came Calling
A falling tree brings home what's truly important in life.
By Michael Jacobs
Knesset members Yoel Hasson, Shuli Moalem-Refaeli and Hamad Amar visit the Epstein School.
September 13, 2017, 7:18 pm
Our View: Jewish Atlanta’s Proudest Hours
In one week, synagogue leaders brought relief to Houston, welcomed Floridians and braved Irma's impact.
By Atlanta Jewish Times
An infrared satellite image of Hurricane Harvey on Aug. 25, via the U.S. Navy.
September 13, 2017, 5:37 pm
Look Who the Hurricane Blew In
How hurricane Irma turned a Chabad Intown simcha into something extra-special.
By Dena Schusterman
Temporary guests from Florida express their appreciation on a whiteboard in heritage Hall at Beth Jacob. This photo was taken around midnight Sunday night, after the refrigerator truck operation was completed. (Photo by Jodi Wittenberg)
September 13, 2017, 5:22 pm
Florida Evacuees Weather Irma in Atlanta
Synagogues hosted more than 1,000 people escaping from the hurricane, only to get hit in Atlanta.
By Sarah Moosazadeh
Volunteers at Congregation Beth Jacob on Sept. 7 don’t know how many individuals will make it to Toco Hills but are expecting around 250 families.
September 8, 2017, 2:11 pm
Jewish Atlanta Opens Arms to Irma Evacuees
Synagogues are helping more than 1,000 Florida residents find food, shelter and religious services.
By David R. Cohen and Sarah Moosazadeh
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