Shake it, shake it
Thursday, Sept. 24 (13 Tishri 5787) — The new year is in, the fast has passed, and now it’s time to eat, sleep, and play mahjong in the sukkah. But first, the news.
🫶🏼 Read this story about a teenager who buried his father after an attack on the West Bank.
🚨 Several synagogues were the targets of gunfire this year in Ontario, including on Yom Kippur.
🎻 Tickets for the ASO’s “All Things Equal: The Life and Trials of Ruth Bader Ginsburg” are on sale. The show is in Atlanta for only one night, Feb. 15.
🗞️ Keep reading for creative ways to celebrate Sukkot. Chag Sukkot Sameach!
Y’alla,
Logan
☀️ Atlanta’s liveliest cemetery music festival returns to Oakland for its 48th year! The iconic Sunday in the Park ft. Tunes from the Tombs festival is back Sun., Sept. 27. Live music, history, and family fun in one unique experience. SPONSOR MESSAGE
Sukkot events across the metro
From community gardens to synagogues, Atlanta is showing up for Sukkot! Join one of these fun events to celebrate.
🍁 Sept. 26: Sukkot family fair in Decatur.
🍁 Sept. 27: Sensory in the sukkah in Brookhaven.
🍁 Sept. 27: Sukkot brunch on the Beltline.
🍁 Sept. 27: Young professionals’ sukkah social.
🍁 Sept. 28: Happy Hour in the sukkah.
🍁 Sept. 29: Join Adamah for a Sukkot reflection.
🍁 Sept. 29: MJCCA hosts a Sukkot concert.
🍁 Sept. 29: Scotch and steak in the sukkah.
🍁 Sept. 30: GNO game night in the sukkah.
🍁 Oct. 1: YJP Sukkot festival SHOEVA.
🍁 Oct. 1: Dad jam in the sukkah.
🍁 Oct. 2: 20s and 30s dinner in the sukkah.
🍁 Oct. 2: Shabbat in the sukkah for ages 4-8 and siblings.
The Ultimate Fall Getaway Guide to Lake Oconee
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🍁 The first cool morning of fall changes everything at Lake Oconee. Steam rises off the water, the golf courses are at their best, evenings end around a fire with s’mores, and the trees surrounding the lake slowly turn shades of amber and crimson.
If you’re ready for an easy fall escape from Atlanta, there’s no better time to visit.
🍂 Whether you’re looking to unwind, reconnect, or explore, Lake Oconee is Georgia’s hidden gem for fall getaways. Find your reason to linger longer with this Ultimate Fall Getaway Guide.
Reset technology rules for healthier kids
📣 Cari Newman (pictured) a certified parent coach, certified life coach, and former classroom teachersays it’s never too late to make a change when it comes to limiting technology.
Newman works with parents and caregivers of children from toddlers to young adults. Together, they identify challenges, create a strategy, and address issues head on. And that’s for all kinds of sticking points – from motivation to grades to technology.
“A lot of parents come to me with the assumption that it’s too late. They think, ‘You can’t put the toothpaste back in the tube,’” Newman said.
👓 Read the article here.
☀️ Atlanta’s liveliest cemetery music festival returns to Oakland for its 48th year! The iconic Sunday in the Park ft. Tunes from the Tombs festival is back Sun., Sept. 27. Live music, history, and family fun in one unique experience. SPONSOR MESSAGE
A Jewish teacher in Philadelphia pretended to be Palestinian for years
😮 A Jewish public school teacher and pro-Palestinian advocate in Philadelphia has admitted to fabricating Palestinian, Tunisian and Black heritage to her colleagues for years, in a case that some online commenters are dubbing “the Palestinian Rachel Dolezal.”
Hannah Gann (pictured) posted confessions and apologies to social media this week, following confrontations from local pro-Palestinian groups she had worked with. In her apologies, she identified herself as “a white woman with significant privilege and wealth” who has “no Palestinian or Tunisian heritage.”
Two local activist groups Gann had been involved with, Philly Educators for Palestine and Racial Justice Organizing Committee, said in their own statement that Gann was also “of Jewish heritage and [part of] an Israeli settler family.” They further accused Gann of falsely claiming to be Black at various points, until they confronted her about her background days ago.
📰 Read the full story on the Forward.
Look & Listen
📞 Artist Joel Silverman is launching a project in coordination with Georgia Tech. It’s an interactive sculpture – the Albert Einstein Ghostphone.
🤔 Watch this video of author Dara Horn speaking to Free Press journalist Coleman Hughes about defending antisemitism. She calls it a “plug and play” argument. Horn recently published “The Final Solution to the Jewish Question.”
What’s doin’ around town
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Sept. 30: Georgia Tech Hillel hosts parents and alumni
Oct. 1: A Night of Kosher Comedy with Eitan Levine.
Oct. 16-18: Southern Jewish Historical Society conference.
✡️ The next Jewish holiday is Sukkot, which begins at sundown on Sept. 25.
🕯️ Light Shabbat candles this week at 7:11 p.m.
🗓️ How many Or Hadashniks does it take to unroll the Torah? Help us find out! Join us Fri., Oct. 2, for dinner at 6 pm, then Kabbalat Shabbat and Hakafot—dancing with the Torah—at 6:30. All ages welcome. Info/RSVP for dinner.
Before you go
🏳️🌈 Pride month may be celebrated in June in most places, but the Atlanta Pride community shines in October. Join SOJOURN for Pride events the weekend of Oct. 9-11.
