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January 3, 2019, 3:40 pm
Student: Why I Didn’t March with AJA’s Walkout
While students across the country marched in memory of those who died in Parkland, Fla., and for stricter gun laws, one Atlanta Jewish Academy student didn’t join.
By AJT Staff
MSD students Michael Catapano, Arianna Otero, Maria Lugo, and Iliana Waitze Zuckerman perform the student-composed “Shine,” written to channel the frustration many students felt after the shooting.
January 3, 2019, 3:19 pm
5 of 17 Killed in Parkland Were Jewish
Since the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas, parents, residents, neighbors, alumni, and MSD students themselves have made headlines across the world for their activism.
By Rachel Fayne
From left: Allan Nelkin; Melanie Nelkin, president of AJC Atlanta; Sherry Abney; David Abney, AJC National Human Relations Award 2018 honoree; Stanley Bergman, past national president of AJC; and Dov Wilker, regional executive director of AJC Atlanta.
November 8, 2018, 10:47 am
AJC at the Center of Community Response
On the eve of the Pittsburgh shooting, American Jewish Committee's guests tried to make sense of the tragedy.
By Bob Bahr
The past and future of remembrance come together as a student helps a Holocaust survivor light a candle during the Yom HaShoah ceremony at the Memorial to the Six Million on April 15.
April 18, 2018, 6:06 pm
Feinberg: Why We Never Forget
Yom HaShoah and the March for Our Lives share a vocabulary and a goal to prevent repeated tragedies.
By Sophie Feinberg
David Schoen has been recognized for changing public institutions in the South with his legal work.
April 18, 2018, 11:11 am
Pro-Civil-Rights, Pro-Israel Lawyer Defies Labels
David Schoen takes cases and positions in line with constitutional rights.
By Marcia Caller Jaffe
Marjory Stoneman Douglas alumni represent the school with banners and homemade signs.
March 29, 2018, 7:20 am
Young People Lead Charge at March for Our Lives
A Marjory Stoneman Douglas alumna admires the new generation of teen activists.
By Rachel Fayne
Cartoon by Steve Sack, The Minneapolis Star-Tribune, MN
March 21, 2018, 4:56 pm
Our View: Student Activism
Schools should be happy that youths are applying classroom lessons to the real world.
By Atlanta Jewish Times
Middle-schoolers at Temple Emanu-El work on posters March 18 for the March for Our Lives on March 24. (Photo by Bob Bahr)
March 19, 2018, 2:36 pm
Walkout Just Part of Jewish Atlanta’s Gun Response
After an Emanu-El gun violence forum, synagogues and youth groups prepare for marches March 24.
By Atlanta Jewish Times
March 18, 2018, 9:00 am
Students Walk Out for Action, Mourning
A high school senior and sophomore explain why they joined the 17-minute demonstration March 14.
By Shaindle Schmuckler
Eliana Goldin was there to hear Rabbi Adam Starr read the 20th chapter of Psalms at the AJA student walkout March 14.
March 16, 2018, 3:20 pm
Student: Why I Didn’t March With AJA’s Walkout
A sophomore looks for solutions to gun violence beyond new gun control laws.
By Eliana Goldin
Students’ faces reflect their anguish at the loss of lives to gun violence.
March 15, 2018, 3:29 pm
AJA Students Walk Out Later for Jewish Values
High-schoolers joined the national protest of gun violence but separated themselves from questionable leaders.
By Sarah Moosazadeh
Rabbi Brad Levenberg (left), Bobby Harris and Beth Schafer lead a Facebook Live healing service Feb. 15, the day after Camp Coleman alumna Alyssa Alhadeff, 14, was killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
March 12, 2018, 5:36 pm
Jewish Camps Offer Refuge After Tragedies
Coleman, Ramah Darom and Barney Medintz staff and campers grieve before gathering for summer again.
By Sarah Moosazadeh
March 12, 2018, 6:25 am
Stoneman Douglas Alumni Make Presence Known
We will be out in force at the March for Our Lives in Atlanta and in Washington.
By Rachel Fayne
Cartoon by Pat Bagley, The Salt Lake Tribune, Utah
March 12, 2018, 5:40 am
Teens Quite Aware of What They’re Going Through
They might not know everything, but it's a mistake to dismiss post-Parkland activists for their youth.
By Dave Schechter
Cartoon by Arcadio Esquivel, Costa Rica
March 2, 2018, 7:11 am
Letter: Blame the NRA
We must draw the right lessons from Israel to prevent more mass shootings.
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