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Rabbi Ilan Feldman has gone on the offensive against US Senate candidate Raphael Warnock without Atlanta media examining his own anti-Palestinian connections and baggage. (via YouTube) Over the last few weeks, Reverend Raphael Warnock, the Democratic candidate for one of Georgia’s US Senate seats, has abandoned his support for Palestinian rights. I have painstakinglydocumented his collapse under Israel lobby pressure. But what do we know about those pressuring him? So far, we know that following his rapid reversals, Warnock was endorsed by the political action committee of Democratic Major...

Rabbis’ Letters Address Warnock Statements Rabbis’ Letters Address Warnock Statements A letter published by the Jewish Democratic Council of America prompted a rebuttal from the Coalition for Jewish Values. By Dave Schechter December 22, 2020, 9:07 am Edit 43 shares Dave Schechter is a veteran journalist whose career includes writing and producing reports from Israel and elsewhere in the Middle East. Rev. Raphael Warnock’s statements have become the subject of letters from different groups of rabbis. Differing groups of Jewish clergy have defend...

By Bridget Garnai Retzloff and Heidi Gauder What was life like in the neighborhoods surrounding the University of Dayton campus before students began living in the houses? This question is what we wanted students to imagine and answer when we created an AVIATE opportunity this semester. Beginning with houses at Wyoming and Brown streets and working south, students are researching house addresses from 1920, looking up the residents, and then pinning that information to a Google MyMap. By the end of the project, we hope to map both the north and south student neighborhoods. The student discover...

  REGINA -- The Festival of Lights, also known as Hanukkah, started Thursday, but the celebration will look very different for Yaniv and Sapir Atiya due to COVID-19. “It's a very Jewish thing to host people like hospitality stuff like that. It's a big thing and usually we would have people coming over to our place to light candles or we would go to their place,” Yaniv said. “This year, unfortunately I don't think it's going to happen at all.” The Atiya family has lived in Saskatchewan for the past five years, originally coming from Israel. This year, festivities that normally wo...

A Chanukah Message from Chana Shapiro Read community insights, advice and perspectives during Chanukah. By Chana Shapiro December 9, 2020, 5:22 pm Edit 2 shares Chana Shapiro is an educator, writer, editor and illustrator whose work has appeared in journals, newspapers and magazines. She is a regular contributor to the AJT. Put It Out There An intriguing mandate concerning the Chanukah menorah is that it must be placed in a window, or even better, in front of one’s home. This is a public declaration that “Jewish people live here.”  We proclaim...