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Simone Wilker, Hadassah Greater Atlanta Zionist Affairs chair, visited the site of the Nova Music Festival in Israel as part of a Jewish National Fund volunteer mission to view and condemn where Hamas committed acts of sexual violence against women.
April 17, 2024, 10:17 am
#EndTheSilence Campaign Sparks Global Movement
Simultaneous awareness-raising events were held in 17 countries and 32 states in the U.S.
By Compiled by AJT staff
Nachman Shai and Israel Consul General to the Southeast Anat Sultan-Dadon answered questions from the audience at the end of the program on Oct. 4 honoring Ken Stein and the 15th anniversary of the Center for Israel Education which he founded // Photo Credit: Center for Israel Education
October 11, 2023, 12:23 pm
Israeli Nachman Shai Pulled No Punches
Former Diaspora minister warned time is not on Israel’s side.
By Jan Jaben-Eilon
August 30, 2023, 11:44 am
Letter to the Editor: Toby F. Block
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 kaylene@atljewishtimes.com.
By Toby F. Block
August 9, 2023, 2:14 pm
Letter to the Editor: Toby F. Block
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 kaylene@atljewishtimes.com.
By Toby F. Block
Dave Schechter
August 9, 2023, 1:20 pm
When Both Sides are ‘Pro-Israel’
Israel's judicial "reform" crisis may be baffling to some Jewish Americans.
By Dave Schechter
Protests continue in the streets of Israel and America in response to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s proposed overhaul of the Israeli judicial system // Photo Credit: Chaim Goldberg/Times of Israel
August 9, 2023, 1:05 pm
Atlanta Jewish Community Reacts to Fissures in Israel
Many are using their voices after years of “speaking” with their checkbooks.
By Jan Jaben-Eilon
A protester stands in front of a police water cannon being used to disperse demonstrators blocking a road during a protest against moves by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government to overhaul the judicial system, in Jerusalem, July 24, 2023. (AP/Ariel Schalit)
July 26, 2023, 10:29 am
Chasm in Israel Widens
Hundreds of thousands of protesters, including military reservists, bring country to standstill.
By Jan Jaben-Eilon
April 12, 2023, 12:51 pm
Why Was This Night Different?
The memories of this year's Seder remain, along with a sufficient supply for weeks of fried matzah.
By Dave Schechter
The Tel Aviv skyline (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
April 12, 2023, 12:09 pm
Change in Israel’s Law of Return is Proposed Again
The bill would disallow grandchildren of Jews to immigrate.
By Jan Jaben-Eilon
Ken Stein spoke to about 50 people in person, and another at least 70 on Zoom, in what may have been the first community program focused on the Israeli government’s attempt to change the country’s judicial system // Photo Credit: Center for Israel Education
April 12, 2023, 11:33 am
Ken Stein Addresses Israel’s Protests of Judicial Overhaul
Held at Congregation Beth Tefillah, the program may have been the first community event specifically covering the civil crisis in Israel.
By Jan Jaben-Eilon
March 29, 2023, 12:55 pm
Letter to the Editor: Toby Block
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.
By Toby Block
March 29, 2023, 11:54 am
Why Doesn’t Israel Have a Constitution?
The current crisis could have been avoided if the country had adopted one.
By Jan Jaben-Eilon
Israeli police use a water cannon to disperse demonstrators blocking a highway during a protest against plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government to overhaul the judicial system in Tel Aviv, Israel, Monday, March 27, 2023. Tens of thousands of Israelis have poured into the streets across the country in a spontaneous outburst of anger after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu abruptly fired his defense minister for challenging the Israeli leader's judicial overhaul plan. (AP Photo/Oren Ziv)
March 28, 2023, 5:43 pm
Atlanta Rabbis Tread Softly Into Israeli Crisis
For now, synagogues are only holding programs for their own congregants.
By Jan Jaben-Eilon
Israelis protest in front of the Consulate General of Israel to the Southeast on consecutive weeks starting the end of February.
March 10, 2023, 2:06 pm
Local Israelis Protest Against Proposed Judicial Overhaul
Dozens of Atlantans join thousands in Israel and around the world, including IDF veterans.
By Jan Jaben-Eilon
Dave Schechter
March 2, 2023, 1:24 pm
Is This a Crisis?
Jewish Americans may feel that antisemitism at home is a more immediate concern than what's happening in Israel.
By Dave Schechter
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