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Atlanta Jewish Academy will host the Young Women in STEM Career Fair from 12 to 4 p.m., Nov. 5, on the AJA campus.
October 15, 2023, 12:09 pm
AJA to Host Young Women in STEM Event
The event will be held from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m., Nov. 5 at Atlanta Jewish Academy.
By Sasha Heller
As part of their end-of-year presentation, students at Torah Day School of Atlanta learned about the meaning of kavod, or “respect.”
June 14, 2023, 2:42 pm
Torah Day School Creates Kavod Comes Alive Museum
Students in kindergarten through eighth grade developed the end-of-year presentation.
By Compiled by AJT staff
Example of ARTBotics from STEAM Camp for first-time coder and robot builder. The children got to design a robot that makes them laugh. Its tongue wags back and forth while the eyes blink. Made with cardboard, foam paper, and Styrofoam balls. Compliments of the Birdbrain Technologies Hummingbird Kit.
April 12, 2023, 2:36 pm
A Special Kind of Robotics
Gail K. Tate shares about a unique educational program targeting children with special needs.
By Shaindle Schmuckler
An artist's rendering of how plants may look growing in space. (NiseriN via iStock by Getty Images)
October 20, 2022, 2:13 pm
Israel Aims to Grow Plants on the Moon
Hoping to pave way for self-sustaining lunar bases, institute that helps turn Negev and other arid areas fertile preparing to blast mini-greenhouse of seeds and plants into space.
By Nathan Jeffay
(In no particular order) Sylvan Adams, Israel; Rabbi Denise L. Eger, USA; David Grossman, Israel; Timotheus Höttges, Germany; Cyndi and Max Mintzberg, Canada; Prof. Louise Richardson, United Kingdom; and Prof. Nahum Sonenberg, Canada & Israel // Photo Credit: Dani Machlis/BGU
May 20, 2022, 11:44 am
Nine Extraordinary Individuals Honored by Ben-Gurion University
They include: one author, one CEO, three philanthropists, one rabbi, one scientist, and one university chancellor from five different countries.
By Compiled by AJT staff
Atlanta Academy’s Ella Siegel won first place for producing an Olympics newscast in which she played both anchor and reporter.
April 28, 2022, 5:17 pm
Jewish Students Top GA Tech Competition
More than a thousand students from third through 12th grades competed in categories such as 3D Modeling, Digital Game Design, Mobile Apps and Robotics.
By Daniel Elkind
A general depiction of a women getting an ultrasound.
December 15, 2021, 1:18 pm
Israel to Ease Access to Legal Abortions
At same time, States in U.S. are passing laws to restrict the medical procedure, Israel looks to give easy access to them.
By Jan Jaben-Eilon
September 8, 2021, 4:56 pm
Shmitah and the Climate
Every seven years, Judaism encourages us to inquire about our “agricultural report card.” By all accounts, we merit a failing grade.
By Joanna Kobylivker and Rabbi Jonathan Crane
Rabbi Eliyahu Schusterman
September 3, 2021, 1:59 pm
Rabbi Eliyahu Schusterman’s 2021 Rosh Hashanah Message
Read community insights, perspectives, and opportunities seen as we enter into the 5782/ 2021 New Year.
By Rabbi Eliyahu Schusterman
No one wants to be vaccinated "just because".
September 2, 2021, 4:38 pm
Why People Don’t Want to be Vaccinated
Allen Lipis shares the arguments he’s heard from vaccine skeptics to help you talk them into getting the vaccine.
By Allen H. Lipis
Dave Schechter, freelance contributor for the AJT.
September 1, 2021, 3:35 pm
A Tie Between 9/11 and COVID-19
Mark Twain warned: “It’s the things we know that just ain’t so,” that get us into trouble.
By Dave Schechter
Dave Schechter
April 13, 2021, 5:08 pm
Not Every Weed Can be Ignored
As much as American Jews would like to sit unafraid beneath their vines and fig trees, anti-Semitism demands constant vigilance and cannot be allowed to fester.
By Dave Schechter
A medical worker prepares a COVID-19 vaccine in Kiryat Ye'arim, on January 25, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 28, 2021, 10:56 am
Vaccine Found 92% Effective in Israel, in First Controlled Result Outside Trials
Only 31 out of 163,000 fully vaccinated Maccabi members caught virus, indicating Pfizer shots living up to expectations; expert: Results ‘well within expected standard deviation’
By NATHAN JEFFAY
December 22, 2020, 9:07 am
Tevet: Envision the New World
The planetary alignments are primed for a renewal that celebrates culture, science and vision as we move toward the Age of Aquarius.
By Dr. Terry Segal
Gates’ book will outline a reasonable and actionable plan to stop climate change in its tracks.
December 17, 2020, 4:27 pm
Bill Gates Coming to Book Festival
Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist presents new book with solutions to end climate change at the MJCCA's Book Festival In Your Living Room on Feb. 24.
By Anna Levy
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