🍁 Winding down November
Nov. 26 (7 Kislev 5786)
✍🏼 Y’alla is collecting Birthright Israel stories as the organization celebrates 25 years with a celebration on Tuesday, Dec. 9 in Sandy Springs. Send us your fondest memories and we’ll share them in an issue of Y’alla.
🗳️ Have you taken the Jewish parent survey?
🦃 Here’s a Jewish Thanksgiving recipe to try. Hopefully the weather will behave for a warm, dry Thanksgiving Day. After all, you may need a cousin walk after dinner.
🫶🏽 As always, thanks for reading!
Y’alla,
Logan
Released hostages visit
👬🏽 Evyatar David and Guy Gilboa-Dalal, best friends who were taken hostage and held by Hamas for two years, will visit Atlanta to reflect on their journey and connect with the community that stood with them.
🔨 Programming will include local musicians, reflections on resilience and gratitude, and an intimate conversation with David and Gilboa-Dalal. All proceeds support resources and support for the men as they continue healing and rebuilding their lives.
🎟️ Tickets are available for the event on Thursday, Dec. 4 from 7-9 p.m.
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🇮🇱 Gov. Brian Kemp, in coordination with the Atlanta Jewish community, promised to support the men in July 2025 while they were still being held captive.
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A graphic anthology explores Jewish stories from across the globe
📷 When photographer Julian Voloj heard about the first Jewish Comic Con in Brooklyn, he knew he had to meet its creator, Fabrice Sapolsky. Voloj, who was born in Germany to Colombian parents, had previously authored a number of graphic novels, including Ghetto Brother, the story of former gang leader Benji Melendez, a Puerto-Rican Jew. Voloj and Sapolsky connected at the 2016 convention and realized they shared a vision: a comic that would depict diverse Jewish stories.
🖌️ Sapolsky, who is French-American with Ashkenazi and Sephardic roots, had been a comic creator for many years, including for Marvel and DC.
👥 “He had this network of illustrators,” Voloj said. “I had the network of ethnically, racially diverse Jews.”
➡ Read the full story on the Forward.
Look & Listen
👩🦰 An art exhibit by Judy Chicago is stirring up controversy in Israel. At the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, the feminist’s famous tapestry asks, “What If Women Ruled the World?”
🥧 Listen to this Grief and Grit podcast with Jordan Arogeti, co-founder and CEO of SupportNow, about the power of a meal train.
♻️ A Jewish environmental group has launched Humans of Adamah, a series about connecting to Judaism through advocacy.
What’s doin’ around town
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🥖 Dec. 2:Challah-making for expectant moms.
✂️ Dec. 3:Craft night for adults only.
👶🏼 Dec. 6:Tot Shabbat in Sandy Springs.
🔥 Dec. 6:Bonfire and Glow Dance Party for K-6th grade.
🀄 Dec. 7: Play in a Mahjong fundraiser.
💬 Dec. 11: Jewish public policy discussion.
🥳 Dec. 13:Hanukkah Hippy Hop party in Decatur.
✡️ The next Jewish holiday is Chanukah on Dec. 14.
🕯️ Light Shabbat candles this week at 5:11 p.m.
🗓️ This Thanksgiving, we give thanks for the music and voices that fill our sanctuary, for new and old friends who shape the Or Hadash community, and for the chance to care for one another. We can’t wait to welcome you.
We remember
🎗️ Howard Halpern, 85, died on Nov. 20. Originally from Lakewood, New Jersey, Halpern was an Atlanta legend in the Jewish community and the restaurant business.
🥩 According to his obituary, Howard started Buckhead Beef in 1983 with only five butchers and a dream. He grew the company to one of the nation’s top privately-owned meat purveyors supplying major restaurants and events – including the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. In 2005, he launched Halpern’s Steak and Seafood, focusing on white table cloth fine dining.
💛 May his memory be a blessing.