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Judith Varnai Shorer
Barry Swartz, vice president of Conexx, Tiffany Wilson, board member, and President Guy Tessler discuss Wilson’s relatively new medical nonprofit.
May 29, 2019, 12:34 pm
Conexx Highlights Successes, Ethiopian Mitzvah
The 2019 Conexx Gala at the Atlanta History Center held on May 21 was themed “Home of the Israeli Tech Village” with interactive tables for guests.
By Marcia Caller Jaffe
Holocaust survivor Hershel Greenblat delivered the keynote message.
May 8, 2019, 11:19 am
Yom HaShoah at Greenwood
Hershel Greenblat had just started his remarks as keynote speaker at the annual community Holocaust observance when a tiny voice cried out.
By Dave Schechter
At 3,224 square feet, Jewish Atlanta’s Israeli cookie mosaic flag is 786 square feet larger than the previous recordholder, a Pakistani cookie flag from 2017. (Photo by Eli Gray)
June 4, 2018, 7:32 pm
Atlanta Makes the Cookie Record Crumble
The Israeli flag assembled by Jewish Atlanta on June 3 is the largest mosaic flag ever made out of cookies.
By Atlanta Jewish Times
A flag show is one of the treats for the more than 500 people attending the Young Israel of Toco Hills barbecue at Mason Mill Park on April 19. (Photo by Beth Intro Photography)
April 24, 2018, 8:30 am
Georgia Helps Israel Celebrate Birthday
Gov. Nathan Deal and Ambassador Judith Varnai Shorer highlight the close bonds between the states.
By Atlanta Jewish Times
Tali Barel speaks at the Yom HaZikaron commemoration April 17 at The Temple.
April 23, 2018, 7:51 am
Yom HaZikaron Focuses on 1948 Losses
Over 70 years, Israel has seen 26,780 people killed in war and terrorist attacks.
By Atlanta Jewish Times
Holocaust survivors Eva and Robert Ratonyi and Israeli Consul General Judith Varnai Shorer, the daughter of survivors, listen to the Atlanta Young Singers of Callanwolde sing “Eli Eli” at the 2017 Georgia Commission on the Holocaust Days of Remembrance ceremony.
April 12, 2018, 5:24 pm
Shorer: Hope and Confidence in Still-Young Israel
We've come a long way, just as my Holocaust-survivor parents came a long way from Hungary to reach Israel.
By Judith Varnai Shorer
Mourners including Manuela Bornstein (right), who like Mireille Knoll escaped the July 1942 roundup of Jews in Paris, attend the memorial for Knoll on March 29. See a video of the ceremony at atlantajewishtimes.com.
April 2, 2018, 7:51 am
Slain Survivor’s Memorial Targets Anti-Semitism
AJC Atlanta organizes a Marcus JCC ceremony to remember French Jew Mireille Knoll.
By Sarah Moosazadeh
Consul General Judith Varnai Shorer speaks at the Conexx Gala on Thursday, March 22, the day after her appearance at the state Capitol.
March 29, 2018, 7:09 am
Georgia House: Keep Consulate, Move Embassy
Legislators welcome Israel's consul general with resolutions embracing the Jewish state.
By Atlanta Jewish Times
Ambassador Judith Varnai Shorer, Israel’s consul general to the Southeast, is joined by, among others, state Sens. Lester Jackson, Kay Kirkpatrick and Freddie Powell Sims and four Israelis participating in the Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta’s Reverse Mifgash program at the state Capitol on Wednesday, March 14.
March 21, 2018, 1:00 pm
Georgia Senate Celebrates Ties to Israel
Consul General Judith Varnai Shorer stopped at the Capitol on March 14, ahead of a House visit March 21.
Ambassador Judith Varnai Shorer
March 2, 2018, 3:28 pm
Israeli Consulate Cancels Orchestra Tour
Ambassador Judith Varnai Shorer failed to raise the money to bring the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra to the Southeast.
By Atlanta Jewish Times
January 16, 2018, 3:35 pm
Fundraising Urgent for Jerusalem Orchestra’s SE Tour
The Israeli Consulate in Atlanta is leading efforts to collect $300,000 for a series of Israel at 70 concerts.
By Michael Jacobs
Ambassador Judith Varnai Shorer
January 16, 2018, 2:39 pm
Atlanta Could Lose Israeli Consulate
The diplomatic mission, threatened in 2015-16, is on a list of seven that could be finalized Jan. 19.
By Atlanta Jewish Times
Nikki Haley, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations (shown during an earlier Middle East debate), faced criticism and condemnation from the other 14 members of the U.N. Security Council on Friday, Dec. 8, two days after her the Trump announcement.
December 14, 2017, 12:02 am
Jerusalem Recognition Thrills, Worries Atlanta
The Israeli consul general and the AJC Atlanta director say the decision on the Israeli capital is overdue.
By Atlanta Jewish Times
November 26, 2017, 11:21 pm
Obituary: Eva Varnai
The mother of Israel's consul general to the Southeast was a Hungarian survivor of the Holocaust.
September 28, 2017, 5:00 pm
Atlanta, Jerusalem Plan Medical Venture
Israeli startups will get assistance through the Global Center for Medical Innovation, the Metro Atlanta Chamber and others.
By Atlanta Jewish Times
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