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The Excell Fellows visit the Kotel. // Photo courtesy of Dana Bar Siman Tov
Education
Birthright Fellowship Brings 40 Students to Israel
By Robert Garber
Selected students are matched with internships at Israeli companies in Tel Aviv, spending 10 weeks there working, while also participating in various seminars and events hosted by the fellowship.
Golfer Seth Toporek enjoyed visiting Masada with his wife, Natalie, and children, Zoe and Jack, during his trip to Israel for the 2022 Maccabiah Games last month.
SportsSeth Toporek Golfs for USA at Maccabiah Games
By David Ostrowsky
Golfer Seth Toporek enjoyed visiting Masada with his wife, Natalie, and children, Zoe and Jack, during his trip to Israel for the 2022 Maccabiah Games last month.
August 11, 2022, 1:27 pm
Seth Toporek Golfs for USA at Maccabiah Games
The Sandy Springs native represented Team USA in the golf competition, placing sixth.
By David Ostrowsky
The Excell Fellows visit the Kotel. // Photo courtesy of Dana Bar Siman Tov
July 28, 2022, 2:13 pm
Birthright Fellowship Brings 40 Students to Israel
Selected students are matched with internships at Israeli companies in Tel Aviv, spending 10 weeks there working, while also participating in various seminars and events hosted by the fellowship.
By Robert Garber
(From left) Lauren Amato; Moncie Cranman; Scott Silverman
June 1, 2022, 3:32 pm
Davis Academy Class of 2022
Three Davis graduates spoke to the Atlanta Jewish Times about their best school memories, what they think about the future and where they are heading after high school.
By Susanne Katz Karlick
George (center), together with Oscar and Walter, at their family reunion at the Western Wall // Photo Credit: United Hatzalah
May 5, 2022, 12:56 pm
Holocaust Survivors Unite With Long Lost Family, Hold Bar Mitzvah at Age 92
Two Israeli Holocaust survivor brothers learned that they have a family living in America, a family which they knew nothing about until recently, and united in Jerusalem.
By Raphael Poch
Naftali Bennett replaced longtime prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
December 22, 2021, 2:12 pm
YIR: Meet Israel’s New Prime Minister
June 2021: A new Israeli government without Netanyahu.
By Jan Jaben-Eilon
Israel closes its borders to U.S. fights for first times. // Nati Shohat/ Flash90
December 21, 2021, 5:02 pm
Israel Closes Its Borders to U.S. Flights for First Time
Many American Jews feel unwelcome in their Jewish homeland.
By Jan Jaben-Eilon
October 13, 2021, 12:55 pm
Letter to the Editor: Toby F. Block
The AJT welcomes your letters. If you would like your letter to be published, please write 200 words or less, and send it to editor@atljewishtimes.com.
By Toby F. Block
September 7, 2021, 9:38 pm
Kenny Hill – Husband, Father, Influencer, and Political Outsider
The New Kind of Leader with the Plan for Peace in Atlanta.
Rabbi Adam Starr hopes for a “spiritual boost” from his July trip to Israel.
July 14, 2021, 3:58 pm
Rabbi Adam Starr Joins Communal Trip to Israel
Religious Zionists of America organized the support mission.
By Jan Jaben-Eilon
Photo from David Sussman Israel Tours // View of Jerusalem.
December 3, 2020, 4:51 pm
Chanukah Zoom Tour of Jerusalem
Atlanta Israel Coalition offers a free virtual tour of Jerusalem that ends with menorah lighting at the Western Wall.
By Anna Levy
Dr. Barak Monnickendam-Givon at the excavations under Beit Straus in Jerusalem’s Old City, near the Western Wall, May 2020. (Yaniv Berman/Israel Antiquities Authority)
May 22, 2020, 7:12 am
Living Underground Before the Romans? 2,000-year-old Rooms Found by Western Wall
Purpose of unique ancient complex still unclear, but indicates possible subterranean Second Temple-era life in Jerusalem’s Old City prior to the Roman conquest in 70 CE.
By AMANDA BORSCHEL-DAN
The Western Wall (Wailing Wall) is empty of worshipers. during the coronavirus health crisis, Jerusalem, Israel
May 15, 2020, 7:18 am
Migratory Swifts Put on Ancient Aerial Show at a Western Wall Emptied of People
Jerusalem Old City’s colony, populated each spring by birds arriving from Africa, dates back 2,000 years, is likely one of world’s oldest.
By AVIV LAVIE
New performing arts offerings are part of the MJCCA Summer Camps lineup this year.
February 12, 2020, 11:19 am
Western Wall Comes to Isidore Alterman
New this year at the Marcus JCC’s main summer day camp in Dunwoody is a replica of the Western Wall in Jerusalem.
Ken Stein speaks with Lesley Sachs about equal rights and gender equality after the presentation, during which he noted that “Hatikvah” calls for a free people in our land, not free men in our land.
February 14, 2018, 3:22 pm
Women of the Wall Keep Challenging Barriers
The divide between the men's and women's section of the Western Wall in Jerusalem has widened in recent years.
By Leah R. Harrison
Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat, holding the clay artifact, says, “It is very overwhelming to receive greetings from First Temple-period Jerusalem. This shows that already 2,700 years ago, Jerusalem, the capital of Israel, was a strong and central city.” (Photo by Yoli Schwartz, Israel Antiquities Authority)
January 1, 2018, 5:44 am
Dig Finds Sign of Jerusalem’s Ancient Governor
The 2,700-year-old engraved clay seal was found at the Western Wall Plaza.
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