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Israel News
Knesset Elections Loom on the Horizon
By Gil Zohar
Will Israel’s 10.25 million citizens reward Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party and the PM’s haredi (Ultra-Orthodox) with another term?
The Israeli Supreme Court building // Photo Credit: The Israeli Judiciary — Media Relations and Communication Department
Israel NewsIsraeli Government Passes Controversial Legislation
By Jan Jaben-Eilon
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
August 12, 2026, 2:12 pm
Knesset Elections Loom on the Horizon
Will Israel’s 10.25 million citizens reward Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party and the PM’s haredi (Ultra-Orthodox) with another term?
By Gil Zohar
The Israeli Supreme Court building // Photo Credit: The Israeli Judiciary — Media Relations and Communication Department
August 12, 2026, 10:18 am
Israeli Government Passes Controversial Legislation
Israeli soldiers and their families are not happy with several pieces of the recent legislation passed by the Knesset that will directly impact them.
By Jan Jaben-Eilon
July 29, 2026, 10:24 am
Local Israelis to Fly Home for Elections
Israel’s elections are set for Oct. 27.
By Jan Jaben-Eilon
Israeli voters choose one of the slips of papers with party symbols printed that are on trays at voting stations.
July 15, 2026, 10:06 am
How Israeli Elections Differ from US Political System
The most important contrast to understand is that the Israeli government is a parliamentary democracy.
By Jan Jaben-Eilon
The Anti-Defamation League’s annual audit states that 2025 was one the most violent years on record for American Jews.
June 17, 2026, 12:10 pm
ADL Reports Spike in Antisemitic Assaults
The Anti-Defamation League’s annual audit states that 2025 was one the most violent years on record for American Jews.
By Perri Schwartz
Judge Roy Altman told the AJT that he has fond memories of being in Atlanta for the World Series in 1996 (Yankees vs. Braves). He also spent time here in 2007 as a law clerk.
June 17, 2026, 10:14 am
Judge Altman Addresses Jewish National Fund
Judge Roy Altman spoke with Jewish National Fund supporters at Temple Sinai on May 19.
By Marcia Caller Jaffe
The group spent a few weeks in southern Israel, where it was safer.
May 28, 2026, 1:01 pm
Local Students Spent Semester in Israel During War
Several Jewish Atlanta students were stranded after all flights were canceled due to the war.
By Jan Jaben-Eilon
Atlanta FIDF Council members Sheri and Mark Schwartz, Maj. Gen. Nadav Padan (CEO FIDF), Mechal Perl (Director) // All photos by Jon Marks Photography
May 13, 2026, 10:27 am
FIDF Gala: ‘Freedom is Not Free’
New Friends of Israel Defense Forces leaders Mechal Perl and Ben Levy made dynamic presentations.
By Marcia Caller Jaffe
Surf therapist and co-founder and CEO of HaGal Sheli, Yaron Waksman, recently spoke at The Weber School as part of a TEDxYouth series // Photo Credit: Erin Brown
May 13, 2026, 10:21 am
Healing Beyond the Shore
Surf therapist and co-founder and CEO of HaGal Sheli, Yaron Waksman, recently spoke at The Weber School as part of a TEDxYouth series.
By Sadie Kitey and Nuriel Shimoni-Stoil
Hedi Toub has been selected to lead Jewish National Fund-Atlanta.
April 15, 2026, 1:38 pm
New Face Leads Jewish National Fund-Atlanta
Hedi Toub has assumed the role of Executive Director of the Jewish National Fund locally. Beth Gluck will transition to head Major Gifts for JNF.
By Marcia Caller Jaffe
April 15, 2026, 10:29 am
Local Therapists See Spike in Israelis Seeking Support
Atlanta-area psychiatrists and social workers are reporting an uptick in the amount of new patients they are receiving who hail from Israel.
By Jan Jaben-Eilon
Karen Isenberg Jones, JNF Atlanta Board of Directors, interviewed spice master, Lior Lev Sercarz, who is known for his success as a major spice purveyor in New York City.  // All photos by Jon Marks Photography
April 1, 2026, 12:58 pm
JNF Announces Leadership Change at ‘Breakfast’
The state-of-the-art Galilee Culinary Institute will bring commerce and tourism a la Tuscany and the Napa Valley to Israel’s North region.
By Marcia Caller Jaffe
Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta adopted Nahal Oz after the attacks and has helped rebuild the kibbutz.
March 11, 2026, 3:08 pm
From Nahal Oz: Voices from the Gaza Border
Survivors of the Oct. 7 attacks met with the community recently in an event hosted by the Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta.
By Ronit Franco-Pinsky
The Davis Academy moms volunteered at Save-A-Child’s Heart, visiting with children who are brought to Israel from around the world for life-saving cardiac care. Save-A-Child’s Heart is also the organization that Davis Academy students supported this year through its school-wide tzedakah drive.
March 11, 2026, 3:03 pm
Bringing Davis L.O.V.E. to Israel
Davis L.O.V.E. reflects the values that shape our children’s lives: ruach (spirit), chochmah (wisdom), tzedek (justice), kavod (respect), and kehillah (community).
By Rabbi Loren Filson Lapidus, Rabbi Rachael Klein Miller and Rabbi Sam Trief
Mark Kopkin, co-chair, JNF-USA’s Atlanta Board Major Gifts Committee; Bret Stephens; Justine Cohen, co-chair, JNF-USA’s Atlanta Board Major Gifts Committee; and Andy Siegel, President, JNF-USA Atlanta Board of Directors pictured at Congregation B’nai Torah on Feb. 12.
March 11, 2026, 10:51 am
Stephens Questions the Future of Jewish Culture
Journalist Bret Stephens pointed to the importance of Jewish education and the lack of respect that comes with ingratiation in his address to local Jewish National Fund supporters.
By Marcia Caller Jaffe
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