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Letters to the Editor
Letter to the Editor: Shalom Lewis
The AJT welcomes your letters. If you would like your letter to be published, please write 200 words or less, include your name, phone number and email, and send it to editor@atljewishtimes.com.
Dave Schechter
From Where I SitHostages’ Return Must be More than Slogan
By Dave Schechter
May 1, 2024, 11:50 am
Letter to the Editor: Shalom Lewis
The AJT welcomes your letters. If you would like your letter to be published, please write 200 words or less, include your name, phone number and email, and send it to editor@atljewishtimes.com.
Dave Schechter
April 30, 2024, 3:29 pm
Hostages’ Return Must be More than Slogan
A local writer and editor has made it her mission to support one family trapped in the ongoing Oct. 7 nightmare.
By Dave Schechter
Dave Schechter
March 26, 2024, 4:28 pm
Leave an Empty Chair at Your Seder Table
Passover will not be a "chag sameach," a happy holiday, for the families of those killed on Oct. 7 and those still held hostage.
By Dave Schechter
The character in the boy’s drawing is praying: “How I wish that my father will return.”
January 31, 2024, 10:18 am
For Israeli Cousins, Time Stopped on Oct. 7
Keeping the hostages front and center in the conversation is crucial.
By Dave Schechter
Approximately 2,000 community members gathered at Ahavath Achim Synagogue on Oct. 30 for a vigil to honor the hostages taken during Hamas’ attack on Israel // Photo Credit: Southern Exposure Media Group for Consulate General of Israel/Southeastern US
December 27, 2023, 10:32 am
YIR: Jewish Atlanta Embraces Visiting Families of Israeli Hostages
On the hostages’ 24th night as captives, the visiting Israelis made no effort to conceal the toll of the ordeal, speaking in pained, emotional terms about their families.
By Dave Schechter
Dave Schechter
November 29, 2023, 10:07 am
On Day 50, Some Good News
Six members of Dave's extended family were freed, but one —a husband and father — remains a hostage in Gaza.
By Dave Schechter
Dave Schechter
November 21, 2023, 12:51 pm
What is the Proportional Response?
As Israel wages war in Gaza, how far is too far when trying to kill "a venomous snake"?
By Dave Schechter
Dave Schechter
November 15, 2023, 10:40 am
Why Would I Do It?
Dave explains why he was willing to watch video of the Oct. 7 Hamas massacre in Israel.
By Dave Schechter
Family and friends attend the funeral of three members of the Sharabi family, Lian, Noya and Yahel, who were murdered by Hamas terrorists in Kibbutz Be'eri on Oct. 7, 2023, in Moshav Kfar HaRif, southern Israel, Oct. 25, 2023 // Photo Credit: Chaim Goldberg/Flash90/Times of Israel
November 8, 2023, 11:48 am
Testimony of Hamas Massacre Survivors Compiled on New Website
With support from the Shoah Foundation, virtual repository October7.org documents eyewitness accounts of the Hamas atrocities and translates them into four languages and counting.
By Mati Wagner/Times of Israel
Dave Schechter
October 24, 2023, 10:47 am
The Jewish World Post-Oct. 7
For many Jewish Americans, fundamental aspects of life have been challenged by what happened that day and since.
By Dave Schechter
A man walks past Sderot police station, which was destroyed during battles to dislodge Hamas gunmen inside, on Oct. 8 // Photo Credit: RONALDO SCHEMIDT/AFP/Times of Israel
October 9, 2023, 4:09 pm
Jewish Atlanta Reacts to Hamas Attacks
Emotions run the gamut, as the Jewish community plans for a rally in support of Israel.
By Dave Schechter
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