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Michael Jacobs
Michael Jacobs
Atlanta Jewish Times Editor Michael Jacobs is on his second stint leading the AJT's editorial operations. He previously served as managing editor from 2005 to 2008.
Maybe the newspaper industry wasn’t the best career choice. (Cartoon by Pavel Constantin, Romania)
June 13, 2018, 12:19 pm
From Your Editor: So Long, Farewell, Shalom
All good things come to an end, especially in the 21st century newspaper industry.
By Michael Jacobs
As a young mother, Lorna Sherwinter says, mikvah visits are sometimes her only chance to get a good shower.
June 12, 2018, 1:51 pm
Heroes Lead Communal Dip Into Mikvah Benefits
The second annual Mitzvah for the Mikvah celebrates representatives of 13 synagogues.
By Michael Jacobs
(From left) Devorah Addess, Shayna Leibowitz, Josh Alhadeff and Mikayla Avdar-Rubin watch as Binny Frenkel returns to his seat after receiving his certificate.
June 12, 2018, 9:13 am
AJA 8th-Graders Go Armed for Next Level
They have the tools, wisdom, Torah, community and values for high school and beyond, Rabbi Ari Leubitz says.
By Michael Jacobs
Head of School Rabbi Michoel Druin and school founder Dassie New present the first diploma in the history of the Chaya Mushka Children’s House Elementary & Middle School to Miriam Farkas.
June 12, 2018, 7:40 am
Chaya Mushka Celebrates First 8 Graduates
The first class of eighth-graders, like the school itself, takes on the task of influencing the world.
By Michael Jacobs
Economic Development Commissioner Pat Wilson and Ambassador Judith Varnai Shorer sign the memo of understanding June 7.
June 7, 2018, 5:36 pm
Israel, Georgia Sign Tech R&D Partnership
The Southern Co. is putting up $1 million, to be matched by Israel, for the first year of the program.
By Michael Jacobs
Emory professor Benjamin Reiss says the rigid rules we relate to sleep in children haunt our nights as adults.
June 7, 2018, 6:12 am
Here’s Your 1-Gift Guide for Father’s Day
If you snooze through this column, you and Dad will lose on June 17.
By Michael Jacobs
The soldiers who were ambushed at the Etowah River in Cherokee County set out from Camp Gordon in Chamblee. (Map provided by Michael Hitt)
June 6, 2018, 7:00 pm
Memorial to Honor WWI Soldiers Slain in Canton
Two of the three men from Camp Gordon were Jewish, historian Michael Hitt has found.
By Michael Jacobs
Members of the Class of 2018 flip their tassels to mark their transition from Atlanta Jewish Academy students to alumni.
June 1, 2018, 8:29 am
Loud and Humble Class of 2018 Graduates From AJA
The 22 grads are the first to finish high school at Atlanta Jewish Academy's unified campus.
By Michael Jacobs
Epstein alumni join in the “Shir Israeli” finale at the Epstein School’s “Shiriyah” in February.
May 31, 2018, 1:32 am
Song Goes On and On for Epstein, ‘Shiriyah’
The Sandy Springs day school is committed to the annual Hebrew-language musical celebration of Israel.
By Michael Jacobs
Lt. Col. Jeanne Hutchison (West Point Class of 1988) died in February 2009.
May 30, 2018, 7:16 am
The Jewish Women of West Point
At least two Georgians blazed the trail taken by the cadet in our May 25 cover story.
By Michael Jacobs
Members of the Weber Class of 2018 flip their tassels to the left, indicating that they are graduates.
May 28, 2018, 5:08 am
70 Weber Grads Advised to Ease Into College
The Jewish high school's biggest graduating class is praised for building up the school and the world.
By Michael Jacobs
Even given editorial cartoonists’ use of exaggeration for effect, how can anyone think this is a reasonable response to what happened on the Gaza-Israel border? (Cartoon by Sean Delonas, Cagle Cartoons)
May 24, 2018, 9:19 am
Israel Faces Genocidal Slander
Even if you think Israelis were wrong on the Gaza border, how does the violence make them Nazis?
By Michael Jacobs
It wasn’t all tough talk and frayed relations between President Jimmy Carter and Prime Minister Menachem Begin, as seen in this photo from the Prime Minister’s Residence in Jerusalem in March 1979. (Photo by Ya’acov Sa’ar, Israeli Government Press Office)
May 24, 2018, 8:09 am
Carter Era Worth Revisiting in Eizenstat Epic
You don't have to like Jimmy Carter to find surprising value in "President Carter."
By Michael Jacobs
Stuart Eizenstat has spent four decades, on and off, working on “President Carter.” (Photo by Brian Nemiroff)
May 24, 2018, 7:51 am
Eizenstat Shines Light on Carter’s Achievements
The former White House chief domestic policy adviser challenges the "greatest ex-president" narrative.
By Michael Jacobs
Lt. Y gets a hug from his grandmother Judith, a survivor of the Holocaust from Poland, during the FIDF gala at the InterContinental Buckhead on May 14.
May 16, 2018, 7:50 am
Hug, Soldiers’ Stories Tug on FIDF Hearts
The organization raises more than $750,000 during its biggest gala yet in Atlanta.
By Michael Jacobs
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