Year in Review: 2018
2018 was an exciting year for Jewish Atlanta. Join us in remembering a few of the top stories that captivated our readers.
2018 was an exciting year for Jewish Atlanta. Join us in remembering a few of the top stories that captivated our readers. The following timeline includes stories with higher than average online traffic or overall community buzz. Several that are highlighted include updates or new information indicated by a italics:
January
- MomProm Fails to Fund Nonprofit
- Atlanta Could Lose Israeli Consulate
- DeKalb Teacher Accused of Abuse, Anti-Semitism
February
- 5 of 17 Killed in Parkland Were Jewish
- Staceys Seek Jewish Democratic Support
- Orthodox Community Confronts Sexual Harassment
March
- AJA Students Walk Out Later for Jewish Values
- Student: Why I Didn’t March with AJA’s Walkout
- Hadassah Crowd High on Medical Marijuana
- Welcome to Jewish Atlanta’s Back Porch
- Israeli Innovation Shines at Conexx Gala
April
- Atlanta Reflects on Israel@70
- 5 Students Blamed for Anti-Semitic Graffiti
- Red Pepper Off to Sizzling Start in Brookhaven
May
- Lindy Miller Campaigns to Make Georgia History
- 6th District Abel Meets Voters in Middle
- Jewish Voice Speaks Up at Presbyterian School
- Why I Walked Out on My Graduation
June
- Atlanta Makes the Cookie Crumble
- Families Find Judaism, Then Sephardic Ancestry
- Paul Stanley’s Art Was Made for Lovin’
July
- A Stolen Son
- One Man’s Effort to Tame the Opioid Crisis
- Temple Kehillat Chaim Welcomes New Rabbi
- Federation Weighs Home Renovation Ideas
August
- The Rise of Anxiety in Teens and How to Help Them
- Atlanta Prepping for 2019 JCC Maccabi Games
- Vigil for Jenna Marks One Year Since Disappearance
September
- Georgia Tech Goes Kosher
- New CEO Hopes to Inspire Laughter at Ramah Darom
- Kroger Closes Kosher Kitchen, Publix Delivers
- Fuego Takes Flight at Hartsfield
October
November
- Jewish Atlanta Ups Security After Pittsburgh
- Experts Salute Stein, Emory and Israel Studies
- Measles Outbreak Has Atlanta Rabbis Concerned
December
- Community ‘Shark Tank’ Spotlights Female Innovators
- Athens School District Leads State with Religious Tolerance Policy
- Elections Come to a Close
- Arthur Blank’s Atlanta United is MLS Champion
Remembering Those We Lost Last Year
January
Mari Borsuk Early December 2017
Benjamin Wertheimer December 15, 2017
John Max Mehler December 18, 2017
Eleanor Freemer December 20, 2017
Leon Abramson December 22, 2017
James Paradies December 22, 2017
Suzanne Davidson December 28, 2017
Brian Waronker December 29, 2017
Dell Asher December 30, 2017
Morton E. Ellin January 2, 2018
Elaine Hirsch January 2, 2018
Daniel Hirsh January 4, 2018
Herbert Gershon January 12, 2018
Rella Maier January 11, 2018
Gladys Misner January 13, 2018
Sam Glass January 18, 2018
Arthur Geduldig January 19, 2018
Herbert Ray Karp January 21, 2018
Dorothy Krakow January 20, 2018
Joy Diamond January 25, 2018
Michael Gordon January 25, 2018
Shirley Freedman January 30, 2018
February
Marvin Silver February 3, 2018
Gisela Spielberg February 4, 2018
Haskell Frostig February 4, 2018
Arnold Goldberg February 5, 2018
John Hirsch February 6, 2018
Richard Mirman February 6, 2018
Benjamin Hirsch February 11, 2018
Elaine Feig February 11, 2018
Mollie Goldberg February 14, 2018
David Rosenberg February 14, 2018
Helen Farkas February 14, 2018
Joan Bregman February 18, 2018
Eli Jacobs February 18, 2018
June Lewis February 22, 2018
Richard Blass February 24, 2018
Arthur Cohen February 26, 2018
Lenore Maslia February 26, 2018
Joseph Haas February 28, 2018
March
Sarah Smith March 1, 2018
Robert Alpern March 1, 2018
William Buchman March 2, 2018
Gilbert Bachman March 4, 2018
Bunny Daitch March 6, 2018
Sanford Baskin March 9, 2018
Hessel Sturisky March 11 2018
Betty Lee Roth Feb 12, 2018
Rachel Guillen March 14, 2018
Israel Nelkin March 16, 2018
Sarah Levin March 18, 2018
David Neltz March 18, 2018
Connie Giniger March 19, 2018
Emily Levy March 21, 2018
Alice King March 25, 2018
Ronald Bachenheimer March 27, 2018
Martin L. Tanenbaum March 29, 2018
Penny Bowman March 30, 2018
April
Murray D. Friedman April 4, 2018
Olga Schreck April 4, 2018
Jeanne Antebi April 6, 2018
Ann Rudisch April 9, 2018
Louise Stein April 10, 2018
Richard Tauber April 10, 2018
Cindy Alberhasky April 11, 2018
Adele Burnham April 11, 2018
Eudice D. Goodman April 12, 2018
Kenneth Levenstiem April 14, 2018
Carol Bivins Gouzie April 16, 2018
Martin Seligman April 16, 2018
Robert Schultz April 20, 2018
Abraham Alhadeff April 22, 2018
Rabbi Melvin Glazer April 22, 2018
Larry Cohen April 28, 2018
May
Sonia Maziar Michael May 4, 2018
Benjamin Jacobson May 5, 2018
Rosa Lee Abraham May 8, 2018
Stuart Flome May 8, 2018
Lynne Elster May 10, 2018
Jane Zwig May 10, 2018
Sheldon Moss May 20, 2018
David Benda May 21, 2018
Jackie Gothard May 21, 2018
Lee Kaplan May 24, 2018
Idell Begner May 27, 2018
Frank Spiegel May 28, 2018
Harvey Yaschik May 30, 2018
Jerome Berman May 31, 2018
June
Alfred Haber June 3, 2018
Gertrude Krick June 3, 2018
Davee Kuniansky June 7, 2018
Paul Cohen June 10, 2018
Sarah Glustrom Shaffer June 11, 2018
Donald Appel June 12, 2018
Lynda Sherman Bloom June 12, 2018
Cheryl Goldberg Andrews June 23, 2018
Howard Stein June 28, 2018
Irving Adelman June 30, 2018
July
Cheryl Ann Scobel July 7, 2018
Laura G. Lawrence July 8, 2018
Daniel Scott Fruchtman July 8, 2018
Sharon Elizabeth Cooper July 9, 2018
Helen Scherr July 10, 2018
Elinor Angel Rosenberg Breman July 11, 2018
Raymond Tenenbaum July 11, 2018
Mindy Holtz Rabinowitz July 13, 2018
Leon Sheinberg Socol July 17, 2018
Isidore Petersile July 19 2018
Walter Strauss July 25, 2018
Gerald Franklyn July 28 2018
Charles Simon Dozetos July 29, 2018
August
Samuel M. Draisen August 1, 2018
Stephen Norman Danneman August 5, 2018
Bradley David Katz August 8, 2018
Dr. Kenneth Friedberg August 9, 2018
Marilyn Taubkin Zimmer August 19, 2018
Roberta F. Schuman August 21, 2018
Annette Silverfield Shain August 22, 2018
Joe W. Gerstein August 24, 2018
David Shulman August 24, 2018
Jerry H. Love August 25, 2018
Norma Ambery August 26, 2018
Edie Fay Rubin Cohen August 27, 2018
Larry Cowen August 29, 2018
Abraham “Abe” Esral August 30, 2018
September
Stephen David Newfield September 1, 2018
Esther Zabiel Besser September 2, 2018
Barbara Kalin Holtz September 2, 2018
Dory Profis September 5, 2018
Irene Levinson Schwartz September 9, 2018
Harriette Gerichter Zinsenheim September 9, 2018
Eileen Joan Seidman September 10, 2018
Estelle Ezor September 19, 2018
Evelyn Silverman Taratoot September 20, 2018
Joseph Perling September 24, 2018
Ernestine Moscowitz Kasriel September 30, 2018
October
Morris Gerald “Gerry” Panovka October 2, 2018
Roslyn Silverman October 4, 2018
Sydney M. Covall October 6, 2018
Bruce R. Davis October 7, 2018
Myra Rill Fineman October 9, 2018
Gina Pearl October 9, 2018
Chana Rymberg Berman October 9, 2018
Julia Habib Soriano October 10, 2018
Ruth Magid October 11, 2018
Beryl Brown Kramer October 17, 2018
Irene Bases October 22, 2018
Sandra Roth Horowitz October 24, 2018
Jennifer Sue Cohen October 26, 2018
Michael Levin October 28, 2018
November
Leann Rittenbaum Ott November 1, 2018
David J. Lyons November 2, 2018
Ruth Hillman Lazarus Arnovitz November 3, 2018
Dr. Manuel Isadore Weisman November 7, 2018
Muriel “Mimi” Bernice August November 8, 2018
Rose Tucker November 10, 2018
Leon David Alexander November 14, 2018
Joseph H. “Joe” Gruenhut November 15, 2018
Allan Brezel November 17, 2018
Joel Phillip Moscow November 17, 2018
Leo Phaff November 19, 2018
Irving “Sonny” May Shlesinger November 22, 2018
Chester Rosenberg November 23, 2018
Florence Brody November 23, 2018
Edna Adler November 25, 2018
Sylvia Kaler November 26, 2018
Martin Hochdorf November 29, 2018
December
Rachel Kron December 3, 2018
Evan Benjamin Weisman December 4, 2018
Dianne Kirsch December 6, 2018
Kenneth Frankel December 11, 2018
Stephen Harris Salowitz December 12, 2018
Michele Halter December 13, 2018
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