Georgia Senate Celebrates Ties to Israel
Consul General Judith Varnai Shorer stopped at the Capitol on March 14, ahead of a House visit March 21.
Ambassador Judith Varnai Shorer, Israel’s consul general to the Southeast, is joined by, among others, state Sens. Lester Jackson, Kay Kirkpatrick and Freddie Powell Sims and four Israelis participating in the Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta’s Reverse Mifgash program at the state Capitol on Wednesday, March 14. The state Senate that morning honored Shorer for strengthening the bonds between Israel and Georgia in a resolution sponsored by Jackson, Kirkpatrick, Sims and Steve Henson, and Shorer addressed the chamber.
Shorer, a daughter of Hungarian Holocaust survivors, thanked the Senate for its unanimous passage of legislation calling for the construction of a Georgia memorial to the Holocaust and for reaffirming the state’s ties to Georgia. She cited the population of up to 15,000 Israelis in metro Atlanta, the more than 40 Israeli companies with headquarters in Georgia, and the large, highly supportive evangelical community in Atlanta. The ambassador also spoke about the upcoming celebration of Israel’s 70th birthday.
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