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Liane Levetan recently celebrated her 90th birthday. During her distinguished career, she has helped break barriers for women and children and improve communities.
June 17, 2026, 10:05 am
At 90, Levetan Still Believes in Power of Community
Liane Levetan was the first woman to serve as DeKalb County CEO.
By Fran M. Putney
Sotheby’s auctioned the “Sasson Codex,” a handwritten Hebrew Bible from the 10th century, for $38.1 million.
January 28, 2026, 3:31 pm
Rare Books and Collectibles Gain New Popularity
Coming in February, the Atlanta Rare Book Fair spotlights the continuing interest and high prices paid recently for books and other printed materials.
By Bob Bahr
David Kulp, of Bayet Ba’Beltline, lights the Chanukah menorah on the fifth night of the holiday.
December 31, 2025, 12:02 am
The Spring Celebrates Fifth Night of Chanukah
The holiday celebration was organized by the new organization that has planned a busy schedule of events in the coming year.
By Bob Bahr
Last year’s award winner, Donna Hyland (right), congratulated this year’s recipient, John Haupert.
November 24, 2025, 10:34 am
American Jewish Committee Honors John Haupert
Community leaders came to recognize the president and CEO of Grady Health System.
By Marcia Caller Jaffe
Arthur Blank cuts the ribbon on a new wing bearing his name at the National Center for Civil and Human Rights.
November 24, 2025, 10:30 am
National Center Receives $58M Expansion and Facelift
New building at the National Center for Civil and Human Rights is aiming for more participation by families and young people.
By Bob Bahr
The Center for Israel Education has relaunched its website, which now features one of the most extensive platforms for exploring Israel and the Middle East’s past and present. Pictured is Ken Stein, CIE founder and chief content writer.
August 13, 2025, 10:32 am
CIE Launches Massive Israel, Middle East Archive
Site resource hub features thousands of sources, multimedia tools, and educator guides that support reputable document-based learning for educational and media purposes.
By Complied by AJT Staff
The New Israel Fund has been at the forefront of demonstrations against the policies of the present government in Israel.
June 25, 2025, 10:24 am
Eizenstat Details Diplomacy to New Israel Fund
The Washington diplomat and lawyer was honored with the organization’s Tzedek/Justice Award.
By Bob Bahr
Mike Leven and wife, Andrea, have been married for 64 years.
June 11, 2025, 10:50 am
Federation Annual Features Reflection & Joy
At the Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta’s 119th annual meeting, Mike Leven was given the coveted Lifetime of Achievement Award after his family and Steve Selig touted his modesty and good works.
By Marcia Caller Jaffe
Jeris Hollander, Karen Shulman, Montana Tucker, Anat Sultan-Dadon, Liz Rose, and Georgia State Legislator Esther Panitch line up for a power photo.
May 1, 2024, 10:23 am
Montana Tucker Dazzles FIDF Women
FIDF supporters get informed and empowered by a set of bold speakers.
By Marcia Caller Jaffe
Polly Adler was an internationally notorious madam in Jazz Age Manhattan, whose opulent brothels served as secret salons where celebrities, politicians, gangsters, businessmen, athletes and entertainers mingled // Photo Credit: The Polly Adler Collection courtesy of Eleanor Vera.
October 13, 2022, 12:16 pm
What’s Jewish About…The Jazz Age?
In this month’s column, Pulitzer Prize-winning, historian author Debby Applegate shares a fascinating perspective on Polly Adler in her book, “Madam: The Biography of Polly Adler, Icon of the Jazz Age.”
By Robyn Spizman Gerson
Rabbi Berg (right) with Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff, who is Jewish.
December 22, 2021, 1:48 pm
YIR: Rabbi Berg Delivers Vice President’s Mezuzah
November 2021: History was made as a mezuzah, loaned by Atlanta’s oldest Jewish congregation, was affixed to the Naval Observatory House.
By Dave Schechter
December 17, 2021, 3:14 pm
Obituary: Lea Turner
Lea Turner, of Hallandale Beach, Fla., passed away peacefully on Aug. 25, in hospice care, making a final journey to her eternal resting place.
Alli Allen met with a U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum curator.
October 27, 2021, 4:35 pm
Atlanta Families’ Holocaust Artifacts Documentary
AIB-TV presents video to counter Holocaust denial and anti-Semitism.
By Jan Jaben-Eilon
September 17, 2021, 7:04 pm
JPost Names Three Atlantans to List of ‘Top 50’ Influencers
CDC Director Rochelle P. Walensky joins Deborah Lipstadt and Shari Dollinger on the annual list of machers.
By Jan Jaben-Eilon
Afghanistan and its Middle Eastern neighborhood (University of Texas, Map collection)
September 2, 2021, 4:46 pm
Withdrawal from Afghanistan: Lessons for Israel
Following the withdrawal from Afghanistan, Ken Stein believes the U.S. should cultivate Middle Eastern friends.
By Kenneth Stein
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