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Pumpkin spice and everything nice Oct Heshvan In recent weeks a group of third generation Holocaust survivors Gs attended Scarlett Johannson s new film Eleanor The Great at the Tara Theatre The impromptu meet up was sparked by a chat in G s WhatsApp group which is open to new members The General Muir is offering a fun deal related to the movie The first people to order the October special coffee of the month pumpkin spice latte by its new name The Eleanor will get the drink for only Speaking of lattes this pop-up Torah tour has sparked my curiosity On Oct Dr Amy Cooper Robertson will pop by Alon s Bakery inside Phipp s Plaza with a traveling Torah In the following weeks the Torah will be in Sandy Springs and Chamblee so come for the Torah stay for the schmooze or vice versa Y alla Logan Smart financing in infrastructure means more than building substations or installing new device It also means making sure there are skilled people to do the work Learn how Georgia Power s backing of programs like Construction Ready is helping ensure that when opportunity comes Georgians are ready to step forward SPONSOR MESSAGE Tal-Or Cohen Montemayor courtesy of CyberWell Digital antisemitism CyberWell a non-profit partner of major social media platforms tracks online antisemitism and Holocaust denial The organization is reporting a rapidly escalating digital trend exploiting Holocaust memory to target Jews Israel and the historical record of the Holocaust Since the October ceasefire between Israel and Hamas CyberWell has communicated that antisemitic and anti-Israel users have flooded social media with terms like Gaza Holocaust and Gaza Holocaust survivor appearing in over posts generating million interactions and reaching million users worldwide CyberWell CEO Tal-Or Cohen Montemayor announced This is not just a modern form of classical antisemitism but a deliberate dehumanization of Jews and a purposeful distortion of the historical record of the Holocaust carried out by the Nazis and their allies against the Jewish communities of Europe Read about CyberWell s findings Italian Ruins to DIVE for SPONSORED BY FERNBANK MUSEUM Journey beneath the waves with Sunken Treasures Ancient Seas at Fernbank Museum You won t want to miss this immersive journey beneath the Mediterranean Sea to uncover ancient shipwrecks artifacts and lost worlds Featuring real relics identified off the coast of Italy HD video explorations and more this exhibition reveals how underwater archaeologists bring the past to light This exhibit is open daily or you can swing by for after-hours during select special events On view now until Jan Must-see events Watch for these two cultural events in early November The Nightingale of Iran at The Breman and author Shari Rabin at the MJCCA Book Festival Sisters Danielle Dardashti an Emmy award winning documentarian and Galeet Dardashti a renowned musician and anthropologist of Middle Eastern Jewish practices dive into the reasons their family left Iran In the s a religious Jew named Younes Dardashti became a national celebrity vocalizing at the Shah s palace and on the radio In the s his son Farid became a teen idol on TV But at the height of their fame they left the country Attend The Nightingale of Iran performance at The Breman on Sunday Nov Shari Rabin author of The Jewish South An American History draws on three centuries of original archival findings to demonstrate how Southern Jews tried fit in In the Carolina colony issued the Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina which offered freedom of worship to Jews heathens and other dissenters causing Jewish people to settle in cities and towns throughout the Confederate states The Jewish South offers the first narrative history of Southern Jews Rabin is the associate professor of Jewish Studies and Religion at Oberlin College A historian of American religions and modern Judaism she received her PhD in Religious Studies from Yale University in Sit in on Rabin s talk at the MJCCA on Nov Photo by Forward Spencer Platt Getty Image NJ Republican gubernatorial nominee faces backlash after aide says he wouldn t take money from Jews The Republican nominee for New Jersey governor has come under fire after one of his aides commented he wasn t taking money from Jews at a campaign event Ibrar Nadeem the Muslim relations adviser to Jack Ciattarelli made the remarks at a area dinner in Piscataway New Jersey on Saturday organized by a group called Muslims Jack People from my society when I was blamed that somebody reported You are taking money from Jews I disclosed I check my bank account every day brother it is not there Nadeem informed the crowd Read the full story on the Forward Be a mensch G ATL is seeking mentors for the Witness Through Us project in collaboration with Am Yisrael Chai s Daffodil Project and the Schoenbaum Shinshinim Work with teens in the population who are eager to tell stories and learn more As a mentor you will share your grandparent s Holocaust story and inspire teens to explore their own family histories All projects will be presented at The Daffodil Dash in March Apply to be a mentor What s doin around town SPONSORED BY CONGREGATION OR HADASH Oct Take action for Israel Oct Mah Jongg Monday at p m Oct Virtual Jewish Bible examination Nov The Abraham Initiatives at The Spring Nov Science Hope and Resilience at The Temple Nov Plantlanta with Trees Atlanta at AA Synagogue The next Jewish holiday is Chanukah on Dec Light Shabbat candles this week at p m Torah coffee and locality what could be better Join Or Hadash s Heshvan Torah Tour Fridays at a m around town Oct Alon s Bakery Phipps Nov Caf I Am Nov TBD Come for the scones stay for the schmooze Photo credit The Shalom Center We remember Rabbi Arthur Ocean Waskow died on Oct A trained historian and secular activist until he created The Freedom Seder hagaddah after witnessing a military takeover in Washington D C Waskow grew up in Baltimore Md He was an author an activist thought-leader in eco-Judaism and the founder of the Shalom Center Waskow was arrested more than two dozen times during activist protests His first arrest was during an effort to integrate Gwynn Oaks amusement park in Baltimore in an event that was later fictionalized in John Waters movie Hairspray The post Pop-up Torah appeared first on Rough Draft Atlanta