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Simchat Torah
Rabbi Richard Baroff
March 26, 2025, 11:25 am
Delving Inside the Remarkable Jewish Calendar
Rabbi Baroff discusses the meaning and importance of various events and holidays as part of the Jewish calendar.
By Richard Baroff
Photographs of the victims killed and held hostage by Hamas terrorists in Gaza since the Oct. 7 massacre, at Dizengoff Square in Tel Aviv. Sept. 29, 2024 // Photo Credit: Miriam Alster/FLASH90/TOI
October 6, 2024, 8:01 pm
One Year Later: The Hostage Nightmare Continues
The dead must be brought home for burial. The living should not be sacrificed on an altar of hubris.
By Dave Schechter
Rabbi Richard Baroff
September 25, 2024, 11:46 am
New Year Brings Hope and Chance of Redemption
The Jewish year 5784, with all its heartbreak and anxiety, is ending. A new year, a time of renewal, of new life and hope, is beginning.
By Richard Baroff
Dave Schechter
September 11, 2024, 10:48 am
A Boy Dreams of His Father’s Return
Commemorations are planned for the anniversary of Oct. 7 as the war continues, and hostages remain in Gaza.
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
Hamas terrorists attacked Israel on Oct. 7, killing more than 1,400 people and taking nearly 250 hostages.
December 27, 2023, 10:34 am
YIR: Terror Attacks in Israel Stunned, Shocked Jewish Atlanta
Jewish Atlantans with friends and family in Israel checked on their welfare, while others reported receiving expressions of sympathy and prayers from non-Jewish friends and even strangers.
By Jan Jaben-Eilon
Rose Ida Lubin, Elisheva, z’l, was laid to rest at Mount Herzl cemetery // Photo Credit: Times of Israel
November 15, 2023, 10:27 am
Rose Ida z’l, All of Israel Will Miss You
Rose Ida Lubin, Elisheva, z’l, was laid to rest at Mount Herzl cemetery.
By Rabbi David Geffen
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
An Israeli digger removes the rubble from the police station that was overrun by Hamas terrorists on Saturday, in Sderot, Israel, and recaptured Sunday, October 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
October 11, 2023, 10:18 am
Hamas Attacks Israel – Key Points
Consulate General of Israel to the Southeast bullets circumstances that have taken place in chronological order over the first four days since Hamas attacked Israel.
By Provided by Consulate General of Israel to the Southeast
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
Texas A&M junior wide receiver Sam Salz is starting to garner national attention for his improbable rise to Division I college football // Photo Courtesy of Texas A&M University
September 27, 2023, 11:51 am
Salz Balances Judaism, Football for Texas A&M
Sam Salz is likely the only Orthodox Jewish football player in NCAA Division I this season.
By David Ostrowsky
Rabbi Mark Hillel Kunis
September 3, 2021, 2:19 pm
Rabbi Mark Kunis’ 2021 Rosh Hashanah Message
Read community insights, perspectives and opportunities seen as we enter into the 5782/ 2021 New Year.
By Rabbi Mark Kunis
August 13, 2021, 12:14 pm
2021 Synagogue Guide for Jewish Atlanta
Find your place for the High Holidays with this list of Synagogues located around Jewish Atlanta. Shuls are listed by Denomination.
By Compiled by AJT staff
David Geffen remembers waving flags and holding a paper Torah aloft during Simchat Torah celebrations at Congregation Shearith Israel in 1946. The men would dance around the bimah with Torah scrolls.
October 9, 2020, 7:11 am
Simchat Torah and My Torah
David Geffen recalls his grandfather’s sukkah and how he shipped the lulav and etrog to others in the Southeast.
By Rabbi David Geffen
October 5, 2018, 4:18 pm
Simchat Torah in the USA After WWII
Until the 1950s the holiday was a part of the Jewish men’s preserve. As the participatory rights of women grew, Simchat Torah changed at Reform and Conservative services.
By Rabbi David Geffen
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