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What Matters Most On Friday, November 30, 2018

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Chanukah

Atlantans Share Messages of Light

Measles Outbreak Has Atlanta Rabbis Concerned

By Dave Schechter

Concern about a measles outbreak affecting primarily Orthodox Jewish communities in Israel and in the New York-New Jersey area has spread to Atlanta.

JNF Breakfast Speaker Serves Up ‘Seven Dirty Words’

By Dave Schechter

Bari Weiss remembers Shabbat dinners from her childhood, a “sacred time,” when her family would sing “Shalom Aleichem” and pass around a blue-and-white box bearing the words Keren Kayemet LeYisrael. “My parents were very clear on where the money was going. Our tzedekah was going to plant trees in the land of Israel,... Continue Reading

Photos by Jon Marks // Dr. Deborah Lipstadt (left), Lynn Oves, event chair (top), and Bari Weiss, keynote speaker.

Georgia PoliticsRound Two, Time for a Runoff

By Dave Schechter

Photo via Times of Israel // Knesset election ballots at a polling station in Jerusalem, January 22, 2013.

NewsIsraeli Elections Will Be Held in 2019. The Question Is, When?

By Jan Jaben-Eilon

ChanukahArt Contest

Thanks to Our Art Contest Participants

Students from across Atlanta lit up our inbox and, yes, even our mailbox, with their submissions for the yearly Chanukah Art Contest.

Atlanta United FC fans total more than 1 million.

Business BriefSports

Atlanta United Worth $330 Million

The most valuable team in Major League Soccer, Atlanta United is worth $330 million, according to Forbes magazine.

Sara Blakely, CEO of SPANX, empowers women through her foundation.

Business BriefPower Couple Recognized by Babson College

Steve Kleber is the president and founder of Kleber & Associates.

Business BriefKleber Engages CertainTeed Roofing

CommunityNews

Jaguar Jems Host Light in the Dark Concert

AJA’s Jaquar Jems hosted a Light in the Dark Concert to commemorate those who lost their lives in Pittsburgh on Oct. 27.

Magician and high school junior Ari Isenberg wants a career combining acting and filmmaking. He currently uses cards to entertain audiences.

CommunityAri Isenberg: Magician, Filmmaker, Actor – and Teenager

By Marcia Caller Jaffe

The Weber School’s upstairs walls were lined with supportive notes from Peace by Piece partner, Marist School.

Community800 Handwritten Messages Sent to Weber

Photo by Jennifer Sami // Meeting about the solar panel installation are Jared Powers, CEO of the MJCCA, and Trey Gibbs of Hannah Solar.

News

Marcus JCC Goes Solar

As part of its ongoing green initiative, the MJCCA will be installing solar panels on the roof of the Besser Gymnastics Pavilion next year.

Frank and Helen Spiegel at the shelter’s 30th anniversary celebration.

CommunityWomen’s Shelter Renamed to Recall Family Roots

By Logan C. Ritchie

Byers Theatre is the centerpiece of Sandy Springs Performing Arts Center.

Business BriefAJFF Receives $50k Grant

Sid Scheck

Community

Such a Catch: Tech Savvy and Back in Town

By Rachel Fayne

Sid Scheck, 49, may work in financial technology as his day job, but operates his own YouTube channel on the side.

Lifecycles

Congratulations Analia Bortz

Rabbi Analia Bortz has been announced as one of BBC’s 100 Women, a list of 100 inspiring and influential women from around the world for 2018.

Lifecycles

Jacobson-Mann Birth

Mazel tov to Leah Jacobson and William Mann on the birth of their daughter, Tsofia Dafna.

LifecyclesJeter-Karol Wedding

LifecyclesIsaacson-Berch Engagement

Dining

Foodie Family Roots Catapult Nowak’s

By Marcia Caller Jaffe

Blaiss Nowak, son of the eponymous Buckhead classic, Hal’s “The Steakhouse,” strikes out on his own with Nowak’s, serving American cuisine with Creole influences.

“The Most Dangerous Branch” by David Kaplan was published by Random House/Crown Publishing Group.

ArtsKaplan’s Book Takes on Supreme Court

Bracha Slavaticki of Chai Decatur reads Chanukah books to children at Little Shop of Stories.

CommunityChai Decatur Establishes Presence in Untapped Area

By Logan C. Ritchie

Michael Morris

Editorial

Michael A. Morris

Publisher’s Note

Our world, our lives, are changing at an increasingly rapid rate.

OpinionLetters to the editor: Nov. 30, 2018

Chanukah

We Are the Light

By Eric M. Robbins

Eric M. Robbins addresses the Pittsburgh shooting tragedy and how Atlantans came together to condemn hate.

Honoree Susan Sandler dances with her husband, Rabbi Neil Sandler.

Chanukah

A Chanukah Message From Rabbi Neil Sandler

By Rabbi Neil Sandler

Hillel said, “We increase holiness and never diminish it.” Today we follow Hillel’s practice, and his words become prescriptive.

Rabbi Adam Starr of YITH.

ChanukahA Chanukah Message From Rabbi Adam Starr

By Rabbi Adam Starr

Rabbi Michael Bernstein

ChanukahA Chanukah Message From Rabbi Michael Bernstein

By Rabbi Michael Bernstein

Chanukah

A Chanukah Message From Perry Brickman

By Perry Brickman

Born on the first day of Chanukah, it was natural for Chanukah to always be Brickman’s favorite holiday

Rabbi Arnold M. Goodman

ChanukahHannukah: Festival of Resistance

By Rabbi Arnold M. Goodman

ChanukahA Chanukah Message From: Mike Leven

Chanukah

A Chanukah Message From A.J. Robinson

By A.J. Robinson

Hannukah 2018 has a particular special meaning in the wake of the Pittsburgh tragedy, growing anti-Semitism around the world, and the frequent conflicts along the Gazan border.

ChanukahA Chanukah Message From Chuck Berk

ChanukahA Chanukah Message From Dov Wilker

Steve Kleber is the president and founder of Kleber & Associates.

Chanukah

A Chanukah Message From Steve Kleber

By Steve Kleber

Hanukkah means dedication, and as we celebrate this holiday it renews our commitment to dedicate ourselves to help keep the right of religious freedom alive for all.

ChanukahA Chanukah Message From Mitchell Kaye

By Mitchell Kaye

ChanukahA Chanukah Message From Doug Weinstein

By Doug Weinstein

Chanukah

A Chanukah Message From Russ Shulkes

By Rabbi Russ Shulkes

Rabbi Shulkes takes a hard look at the Festival of Lights.

Eti S. Lazarian

ChanukahA Chanukah Message From Eti S. Lazarian

By Eti S. Lazarian

ChanukahBanu Choshech Legaresh

Chanukah

A Chanukah Message From Rachel Wasserman

By Rachel Wasserman

In dark days, it is often difficult to remember that each of us has the ability to bring light into this world.

ChanukahA Chanukah Message From Dena Schusterman

By Dena Schusterman

Jan Jaben-Eilon

ChanukahChanukah Message From Jan Jaben-Eilon

By Jan Jaben-Eilon

Dave Schechter

Chanukah

By Dave Schechter

Dave Schechter reflects on a menorah his paternal grandmother brought him after a trip to Israel in the early 1960’s.

Meliss Jakubovic

Chanukah

Chanukah Message From Meliss Jakubovic

By Meliss Jakubovic

A small act of kindness goes a long way, especially towards those who are most different from you or those people whose paths may only cross with yours once.

ChanukahWhat Chanukah 2018 Means to Me

By Dr. Arnold Heller

ChanukahA Chanukah Message From Leah R. Harrison

By Leah R. Harrison

ChanukahA Chanukah Message From Harold Kirtz

By Harold Kirtz

Chanukah

A Chanukah Message From Maayan Schoen

By Maayan Schoen

History repeats itself. It’s easy to feel hopeless; but this time, it’s different. This time, we have Israel.

ChanukahA Chanukah Message From Rabbi Joab Eichenberg-Eilon

By Rabbi Joab Eichenberg-Eilon

Photo by Yaniv Berman, Israel Antiquities Authority // A lamp adorned with an 8-branch menorah exposed in the excavations preparing the Sanhedrin Trail in the Galilee.

ChanukahMiracles and Memory

By Ken Stein and Rich Walter

Chanukah

Grandpa’s Chanukah Gelt

By Chana Shapiro

Chana Shapiro reminisces about past Chanukah celebrations with family.

Shaindle Schmuckler

ChanukahA Chanukah Message From Shaindle Schmuckler

By Shaindle Schmuckler

ChanukahA Chanukah Message From Dr. Terry Segal

Chanukah

A Chanukah Message From Kaylene Ladinsky

By Kaylene Ladinsky

Jewish Atlanta is a thriving kehillah full of movers and shakers who make a difference, not only in our own community, but throughout the world.

ChanukahThis Is How I Remember It

By Deborah Herr Richter

ChanukahFreedom is Not to be Taken Lightly

By Roni Robbins

ChanukahWhat the Holidays Mean to Me

Brenda Gelfand is a senior account manager for the Atlanta Jewish Times.

Chanukah

A Chanukah Message From Brenda Gelfand

By Brenda Gelfand

Chanukah helps me believe in miracles – how one small oil lamp or menorah managed to last eight days instead of one.

ChanukahA Chanukah Message From Michal Bonell

By Michal Bonell

ChanukahA Chanukah Message From Lloyd Stark

Charlotte Morrison

Chanukah

A Chanukah Message From Charlotte Morrison

By Charlotte Morrison

A high school senior shares how her differences at school helped make her an educator on Judaism.

ChanukahA Chanukah Message From Jodi Danis

Logan C. Ritchie

ChanukahA Chanukah Message From Logan C. Ritchie

By Logan C. Ritchie

More Headlines

OpinionAfter Pittsburgh, Are You Comfortable Here?

By Dave Schechter

OpinionChanukah: Always a Celebration in Atlanta

By Rabbi David Geffen

LifecyclesObituary: Irving “Sonny” May Shlesinger

LifecyclesObituary: Leo Phaff

OpinionCommitment

By Allen H. Lipis

CommunityOy Vey! Have I Got A Problem

By Rachel Stein

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