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Year in Review
After 55 years and 100 seasons in the MJCCA Modified Fast Pitch Softball League, Gene Benator (center) has finally decided to leave the diamond — as a player.
December 30, 2025, 11:49 pm
2025 YIR: Benator Retires After 55 Years of JCC Softball
Gene Benator recently capped off an impressive softball career.
By Compiled by AJT staff
Incumbent Sandy Springs Mayor Rusty Paul received 69.27 percent of the votes.
December 30, 2025, 11:49 pm
2025 YIR: Paul Defeats Carter in Sandy Springs Mayoral Runoff
Incumbent Sandy Springs Mayor Rusty Paul defeated Dontaye Carter after receiving more then two-thirds of the vote.
By Compiled by AJT staff
More than 250 guests supported this year’s Bright Smiles, Brighter Futures event.
December 30, 2025, 11:48 pm
2025 YIR: It was All Smiles at Massell Clinic Benefit
The more than 250 philanthropic guests filled out the artfully decorated event hall at 42West.
By Compiled by AJT staff
The cooking teams were hard at work preparing their samples.
December 30, 2025, 11:48 pm
2025 YIR: Kosher BBQ Festival Returns with Massive Turnout
The Masterful Menches of Meat were awarded Grand Champion.
By Compiled by AJT staff
Ann Hite, author of “I Am A Georgia Girl,” seated at Lucille Selig Frank’s writing desk.
December 30, 2025, 11:47 pm
2025 YIR: New Biography Examines Life of Lucille Selig Frank
Hite’s fascination with the story began more than 50 years earlier, as a 9-year-old, hearing her grandmother describe seeing Leo Frank’s body hanging from the tree in the Marietta woods.
By Dave Schechter
Eitan Weiss (second from right), new Consul General to the Southeast, poses with hosts, Delilah and Steven Cohen, and Alexa Crista, director of Jewish Community Affairs.
December 30, 2025, 11:46 pm
2025 YIR: Meet the New Consul General to the Southeast
The Atlanta consulate serves seven states: Georgia, the Carolinas, Tennessee, Kentucky, Alabama and Mississippi.
By Compiled by AJT staff
Anna and Mark Bouzyk have gone viral after Anna was recorded shouting antisemitic slurs at David Lubin, father of fallen Lone Soldier Sgt. Rose Ida Lubin.
December 30, 2025, 11:46 pm
2025 YIR: Bouzyk Fired for Joining Wife’s Antisemitic Tirade
Mark Bouzyk was fired after he and his wife were taped lobbing insults at David Lubin.
By Compiled by AJT staff
Debra Shigley lost in the primary election for state Senate District 21 to Republican Jason Dickerson.
December 30, 2025, 11:45 pm
2025 YIR: Shigley Loses Second Race for the Legislature
Shigley won 39.5 percent of the primary vote, finishing well ahead of six Republicans, but not enough to win the seat outright.
By Dave Schechter
Bernie’s son, Michael Morris, pictured here wearing a blue kippah, values the sentiment in creating a communal legacy for his father.
December 30, 2025, 11:44 pm
2025 YIR: Marcus Legacy Honored with New Torah Scroll
Bernie Marcus has long been associated with sea life, home repair, and philanthropy.
By Compiled by AJT staff
Athletes slated to compete in the 2025 Maccabiah Games will have to wait until next July to partake in the event’s grand opening festivities // Photo Credit: 2025 World Maccabiah Games social media
December 30, 2025, 11:44 pm
2025 YIR: Maccabiah Games Postponed Until 2026
Thousands of Jewish athletes from dozens of nations had been expected to stream into Israel for the 22nd Maccabiah Games.
By Compiled by AJT staff
The national memorial ceremony at the Yarkon Park in Tel Aviv marking two years since Hamas’s Oct. 7, 2023, onslaught.
December 30, 2025, 11:43 pm
2025 YIR: Memorials Mark Anniversary of Oct. 7 Attacks
Several hundred people gathered at Ahavath Achim Synagogue to remember the 1,200 murdered and 250 kidnapped that day.
By Compiled by AJT staff
The average individual donation is approximately $85.
December 30, 2025, 11:43 pm
2025 YIR: AJT Donation Model Starting Off Strong
All donations will be made to the Atlanta Jewish Life Foundation, a 501c(3) nonprofit entity that supports a large portion of the AJT’s annual budget.
By Compiled by AJT staff
Congregation Ariel’s congregants and the search committee felt that Rabbi Pinchas and Naomi Fink were the practical and soulful choice.
December 30, 2025, 11:42 pm
2025 YIR: Congregation Ariel Taps Rabbi Fink to Lead
The congregation hired Rabbi Pinchas Fink to succeed founding Rabbi Friedman.
By Compiled by AJT staff
Jewish Atlanta’s opinions on President Donald Trump after 100 days were — and still are — divided.
December 30, 2025, 11:42 pm
2025 YIR: Jewish Atlanta Split on Trump at 100 Days
The daily headlines either delighted or disgusted, the reaction depending on one’s political persuasion.
By Dave Schechter
Anti-Israel protesters demonstrate near a memorial for the one-year anniversary of the Oct. 7 Hamas terror onslaught, on Oct. 7, 2024, in New York City.
December 30, 2025, 11:41 pm
2025 YIR: Anti-Jewish Sentiment Continues to Thrive
Attacks on Jews continued throughout the year, culminating in the tragic mass shooting at a Chabad Chanukah event in Sydney, Australia.
By Compiled by AJT staff
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