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Ashamed and regretful: An apology

The following is the letter to subscribers, readers and the worldwide Jewish community: There are no excuses, there are no explanations; there is only this apology, the most sincere and heartfelt in my life. My column “What would you do?”, published in the Jan. 13 issue of the Atlanta Jewish Times, was outrageous and irresponsible, [...]

Changes at the AJT

Effective immediately, Andrew Adler has resigned from his role as publisher and will relinquish all day-to-day activities at The Atlanta Jewish Times. An established Jewish Atlanta leader is sought as the new face of the community newspaper. Adler apologized for his Jan. 13 column, “What would you do?”, via various media outlets and his final [...]

Alternative energies a focus of debate at Temple forum

“The era of cheap oil is over,” Nobel Laureate Marilyn Brown declared to some 200 people at The Temple in Midtown on Jan. 10. Her audience was there to figure out how to end the U.S.’ and their own oil addictions. Brown, a professor of Public Policy at Georgia Tech and a co-recipient of the [...]

Chabad of West Cobb settles in

In just more than four years, Chabad Jewish Center of West Cobb has gone from idea to work-in-progress to bricks-and-mortar, as on Dec. 11, 2011, Rabbi Zalman Charytan, wife Nechami, their two children and ever-growing congregation celebrated the move into a permanent facility off Wade Green Rd. in Kennesaw. But even with a physical location, [...]

With Jack Lew’s appointment, Jewish community again has a White House address

WASHINGTON (JTA) — @JewishWhiteHouse is back. President Obama on Monday announced that Jack Lew, his director of the Office of Budget and Management — a Cabinet-level position — would replace William Daley as White House chief of staff. Lew, 56, was chosen for his long years in government and his reputation as a skilled multi-tasker [...]

Marcus Jewish Community Center of Atlanta announces intent to sell Shirley Blumenthal Park property in East Cobb

(ATLANTA – January 9, 2012) In keeping with its mission to engage and enrich the community while remaining fiscally responsible to its constituency, the Marcus Jewish Community Center of Atlanta (MJCCA) recently announced its intention to sell Shirley Blumenthal Park (SBP), its 32-acre campus in East Cobb. The property has been listed with global real [...]

Females sit in the front to protest gender-segregated buses

JERUSALEM (JTA) — Dozens of female demonstrators in Israel sat near the driver at the front of gender-segregated buses to protest the separation of men and women. The protesters rode buses Sunday evening leaving from Jerusalem and Ramat Gan through the haredi Orthodox community of Bnei Brak and through Beit Shemesh, where a Modern Orthodox [...]

Woman who sent anti-Semitic package killed by police

(JTA) – An Atlanta-area woman who sent a threatening package with an anti-Semitic note to a U.S. congressman was killed after attacking a police officer. Jameela Barnette, 53, attacked a police officer with a knife and a gun when he knocked on the door of her apartment after responding to a call about an alarm. [...]