Jewish Cancer Patient Spreads Awareness About National Blood Shortage

After battling leukemia, a Jewish woman experienced the severe shortage of blood in Atlanta firsthand and rallied a community to support the importance of donation. The result was surprising. Read here.

Jewish, NewsDave SchechterApril 5, 2022Dave Schechter, Atlanta Jewish Times, blood donation, Secondary FeatureComment

Jewish Senior Care Non-Profit Offers Schools COVID Testing

Schools are working to be “COVID compliant,” as they find the best way to reopen safely for students. Jewish HomeLife will be providing COVID testing to all Jewish day schools and other programs in the Atlanta area.

News, North AmericaDave SchechterAugust 24, 2020Dave Schechter, Atlanta Jewish Times, Atlanta Jewish Academy, COVID-19, Jewish, HomeLife, Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta, PPE, schools, Jewish Kids Groups, Secondary FeatureComment

How COVID-19 Is Changing This Year's Jewish High Holy Days

As Jewish High Holy Days approach in September, rabbis are forced to adapt during the COVID-19 pandemic. The period between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur is a time of reflection on God’s judgement and redemption. “Do I really believe that God will choose to spare me from, and others will die by, fire, famine or COVID-19?” one rabbi asks.

North America, NewsDave SchechterAugust 20, 2020Dave Schechter, Rosh Hashanah, Atlanta Jewish Times, Jewish, Yom Kippur, Unetanah Tokef, High Holy Days, Jewish calendar, Atlanta, Judaism, COVID-19, Secondary FeatureComment

Georgia approves hate crimes bill month after Ahmaud Arbery video surfaces

The new law will increase the sentence given for a misdemeanor if the defendant acted with bias because of the victim’s race, sexual orientation or religion, among other factors. The office of Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp said the governor “commends the General Assembly’s bipartisan work and will sign House Bill 426 [hate crimes bill] pending legal review.”

News, North AmericaDave SchechterJune 25, 2020Dave Schechter, Georgia, hate crimes bill, Atlanta Jewish Times, Judaism, Jews and Judaism, Hate Free Georgia Coalition, Anti-Defamation League, Secondary FeatureComment

Atlanta's Jacob Rothschild Helped Lay Path for Today’s Activist Rabbis

(OPINION) Atlanta rabbis who have been marching and speaking at protests consider such efforts an integral part of their work as spiritual leaders, and they acknowledge the role played by Rabbi Jacob Rothschild of The Temple and how his forceful sermons on civil rights helped lay the foundation for the path they walk today.

Opinion, North AmericaDave SchechterJune 22, 2020Dave Schechter, Judaism, activist rabbis, activism, Jacob Rothschild, civil rights, Atlanta Jewish TimesComment

How a leading Jewish community center is adapting summer plans

As the pandemic alters summer plans and disrupts long-held traditions, the Jewish community in Georgia adapts camps and activities to the new reality.

News, North AmericaDave SchechterMay 21, 2020summer camp, Jews and Judaism, jewish community relations, Dave Schechter, Atlanta Jewish Times, COVID-19, covid-19 pandemic, coronavirus relief, coronavirus pandemic, judaism, Secondary Feature, Judaism, Coronavirus, Pandemic, covid-19Comment

Technology is reshaping Jewish life during a pandemic

A bat mitzvah livestreamed, a growing virtual kaddish minyan to recite prayers and remember loved ones, a shivah service to mourn a death — digital tools are redefining what it means to be Jewish during a pandemic.

How Coronavirus is Reshaping Jewish Life

Shabbat dinners are canceled, community centers are closed, and leaders in the Jewish community are having to come up with creative ways to foster community in these unprecedented times.

Weighing a Jewish prayer tradition against my personal privacy

(OPINION) My work and my diagnosis compelled me to learn more about the Mi Sheberach prayer, a tradition that makes a person’s problem known to the community.

OpinionDave SchechterOctober 21, 2019Mi Sheberach, Atlanta Jewish Times, cancer, prayer, Jewish, Judaism, gossip, Simhah ben Samuel, Torah, Talmud, Dave Schechter

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