In the summertime
Thursday, June 25 (10 Tamuz 5786) — Hi folks, the sun is shining, the garden is growing, and lots of Y’alla readers are traveling. We will feature Jewish travel all summer, so send your photo, name, and hometown to us.
💰 The Jewish Federation has successfully raised more than $27 million, the largest campaign in Federation’s history.
🎤 Georgia’s only Jewish senator Jon Ossoff is campaigning around the state. He will be in Savannah on June 27.
🌎 Jewish Earth Alliance is holding a virtual lobby day for climate solutions on July 21 with Adamah. Learn more here.
As always, thanks for reading!
Y’alla,
Logan
❤️ Alan Mothner knows that making art helps in making a community. That’s why he’s the CEO of Spruill Center for the Arts, a nonprofit that’s connected people in Perimeter for over 50 years. Watch this video to see what’s bringing everyone together. SPONSOR MESSAGE
The Olympic cauldron may leave Summerhill
📢 Summerhill is one of Atlanta’s most historically significant neighborhoods with a deep Jewish connection. It has been through a few major changes, including the 1950s and 1960s when I-20 was built and Jewish families began moving north. In the mid-90s, the City of Atlanta forced out Black residents in preparation for the 1996 Olympic Games. Summerhill would become the home to the Olympic cauldron and tower.
👎🏽 Georgia State University is now trying to move the relics, and Summerhill residents aren’t happy.
📰 Read about the neighborhood’s fight.
Dinosaur Summer. It’s here.
SPONSORED BY THE FERNBANK MUSEUM
🦖 The world’s most famous predator is back—and science is rewriting its story.
At Fernbank’s T. rex: The Ultimate Predator, discover how new research is changing what we know about the “tyrant lizard king,” from feathered ancestors to lightning-fast growth spurts. Explore life-sized models, hands-on interactives, and come face-to-jaws with a full-scale adult T. rex during Dinosaur Summer, now through Sept. 7.
➞ See the king of dinosaurs up close at Fernbank this summer.
It’s getting hot in here
🌶️ Rough Draft’s new lifestyle and wellness reporter Laura Scholz spoke with Jewish OBGYN and mohel, Dr. Lillian Schapiro, about menopause.
“By the time you get to your early- and mid-40s, women often have kids, are caring for aging parents, and their careers are at their busiest,” explained Schapiro.
“So if you put your coffee down and don’t remember where you put it, is it because you have 18 things to do before you leave the house and are distracted by your cell phone, or is it because of the drop in hormone levels?”
Great question. Now, has anyone seen my phone?
➡ Read the whole shebang here.
Holiday road
✡️ Y’alla in the wild! DeAnne Jacobson and Ken Goodman of Atlanta and Lori London and Joel London of Dunwoody traveled to Portugal and southern Spain. Jacobson took this photo while walking through the Jewish Quarter in Porto.
📸 Share your vacation photos with Y’alla.
This Jewish activist was arrested and deported for her book ‘Lesbian Love.’ 100 years later, will NYC apologize?
👮🏼 In 1926, New York City police arrested Eve Adams, a Polish-Jewish immigrant who ran a lesbian bar in Greenwich Village, for the crime of being gay.
The formal charges were more euphemistic. Officially, Adams was charged with disorderly conduct — that is, flirting with an undercover police officer who had entrapped her, and obscenity, for writing and possessing the book “Lesbian Love.”
The following year, the U.S. government deported Adams to Poland, and 16 years later, Adams would be murdered at Auschwitz.
Now, a century after Adam’s arrest, Manhattan Borough President Brad Hoylman-Sigal — the first openly gay person to hold the elected position — is urging New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani to formally recognize the city’s role in Adams’ persecution.
👓 Read the full story on the Forward.
❤️ Alan Mothner knows that making art helps in making a community. That’s why he’s the CEO of Spruill Center for the Arts, a nonprofit that’s connected people in Perimeter for over 50 years. Watch this video to see what’s bringing everyone together. SPONSOR MESSAGE
Look & Listen
👻 NYC Jewish queen Jill Kargman is featured in the fall issue of Mahj Magazine. She’s launching a Halloween tile set.
❤️ “For the Love of a Woman,” based on a novel by Israeli prize-winning author Meir Shalev, is being made into a film. It will be released to theaters on June 26.
What’s doin’ around town
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🛝 June 26: Shabbat at the park in Morningside.
👶🏽 June 27: Join Or Hadash for Tot Shabbat.
🚶♂️➡️June 28: Sip and stroll(ers) on the Beltline.
🇺🇸 July 3: Star-Spangled Shabbat and BBQ.
✡️ The next Jewish holiday is Tisha B’Av on July 22.
🕯️ Light Shabbat candles this week at 8:34 p.m.
✨ Celebrate a Star-Spangled Shabbat with Or Hadash! Welcome back Rabbis Mario and Analia for a Shabbat filled with spirited prayer, joyful music, festive food, and community. Join us July 3–4 as we celebrate Shabbat, America, and togetherness.
We remember
🎗️ Jill Smokler, Jewish founder of mom blog ‘Scary Mommy,’ died on June 22 at age 48. The writer and entrepreneur passed away two years after being diagnosed with Stage 4 glioblastoma.
