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Oct. 30 (8 Heshvan 5786)
🗳️ While the act of voting is not Jewish per se, I’m still encouraging everyone to get to the polls on Tuesday, Nov. 4 for Election Day. Who’s on your ballot?
🌧️ After a week of rain, I’m looking forward to cozying up with a “Nobody Wants This” binge sesh and some hot chocolate. What are you watching?
🛍️ Bam! Don’t miss two December opportunities to connect. Jewish Fertility Foundation is holding a mahjong themed fundraiser to raise funds for families going through infertility, and JF&CS Holocaust Survivor Services is collecting Chanukah gifts.
Y’alla,
Logan
🏀 Warm up your week with the Hawks as they take on the Orlando Magic on November 4 presented by Kaiser Permanente. Plus, the first 5,000 fans will receive a Dyson Daniels bobblehead upon entry. Score your seats now. SPONSOR MESSAGE
NCJW names honorees
🦸🏽♀️ The National Council of Jewish Women Atlanta has announced the 2026 Women Who Dare honorees. Held each spring, the NCJW event recognizes local leaders for their community impact.
Enid Draluck, executive director of Full Circle Living and co-founder of the Metro Atlanta Food Consortium.
Michele Hirsch, co-founder of the Peaceful Family Fund and advocate for family mental health.
Joanna Kobylivker, director of Adamah Atlanta and community organizer with Georgia Interfaith Power and Light.
Beth Schafer, Bunzl Family Cantorial Chair at Temple Sinai, spiritual Leader, musician and producer.
🫶🏼 NCJW is involved in advocacy for maternal and child healthcare, voting, gun safety legislation, antisemitism, refugees, and more.
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Strong Jewish-Arab relations
🫱🏽🫲🏼 On Nov. 3 at The Temple, the Abraham Initiatives will introduce Jewish-Israeli and a Palestinian-Israel co-CEOs, Amnon Be’eri-Sulitzeanu and Shahira Shalaby.
The Abraham Initiatives promotes equality between Israel’s Jewish and Palestinian citizens by partnering with the Israeli government, universities, healthcare institutions, and the private sector to make real, structural change.
Fay Twersky, Van Leer Institute board chair, and Jill Savitt, National Center for Civil and Human Rights CEO, will be part of the discussion.
🎟️ Get tickets.
Retired judge saves stained glass from synagogues
🪟 Jerry Orbach moves through the sanctuary of Northbrook Community Synagogue with the practiced eye of a man who’s spent years rescuing pieces of a fading world. The suburban Chicago congregation glows with stained glass saved from shuttered synagogues, their colors reframed along these walls.
What began as one man’s mission has turned the space into a living museum — a collage of light and loss.
At 79, the retired judge isn’t just saving glass; he’s salvaging light — the one thing that never stops traveling.
📰 Read the full story on the Forward.
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Look & Listen
🍰 Jewish chef David Lebovitz has a new dessert cookbook.
🥣 This recipe for Algerian soup from Foodish looks delicious.
What’s doin’ around town
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🙅🏽 Note: “Stories of Science, Hope and Resilience” on Nov. 4 has been postponed.
🧶 Nov. 2: Or Hadash adult crafting.
♿ Nov. 5: Montana Tucker with Israel ParaSport athletes.
👆🏼 Nov. 6: Jewish afterlife mini series.
🏳️🌈 Nov. 9: SOJOURN’s LGBTQ+ Jewish youth group meets.
🎶 Nov. 9: Hineni in Harmony concert.
🇮🇱 Nov. 10: JStreet annual meeting.
🀄 Nov. 11: Alyssa Gross on mahjong.
🗓️ Step out of your week and into Shabbat with Or Hadash! ✨ Start with Pop-up Torah Study at Alon’s Friday morning, greet Shabbat with song Friday evening, and gather for services and Tot Shabbat Saturday morning. See calendar for details!
Before you go
🇮🇱 The Temple’s Senior Rabbi Peter Berg and Georgia Rep. Esther Panitch were in Jerusalem this week for the World Zionist Congress meeting.