Found yourself in Atlanta and looking for something to do? Atlanta Jewish Singles certainly has something to offer. This 35-and-older community has built a thriving culture of fun and unique events, in an effort to bring together like-minded individuals looking to get out and explore the world. “We were founded in October 2011. It was basically the result of my divorce, and wanting to establish a social life post-divorce,” said Marc Horvath, creator of the group. “I started it as a singles club …More

Having one of the NBA's two Jewish players on the roster seemed like a natural fit for the Brooklyn Nets' first season in their new home at the Barclays Center after 35 years in New Jersey. Nets management, however, apparently had other ideas. The Nets reached an agreement Monday night to trade five players and a draft pick to the Atlanta Hawks for guard Joe Johnson. Among those players is point guard Jordan Farmar, one of two Jewish players in the NBA. Farmar's attraction for the Hawks is due in large part to …More

AbbaNibi Team, AbbaNibi.com - Israel/Jewish Entertainment and Culture Newswire “Oh my Gosh your notes are in Ivrit!” These were the first words of Kat Graham when meeting Abbanibi.com during the Paley Fest earlier this year in Los Angeles. Triple-threat-Graham turned TV star after appearing on the hit TV show "The Vampire Diaries" as Bonnie the witch, but she has always been passionate about music, and this week her dream has become even more real as her debut EP was released on iTunes. It’s …More

Vice President Joe Biden reaffirmed President Barack Obama’s commitment to Israel, during an address to the Rabbinical Assembly of the Conservative movement. In the speech, the VP assured guests that the Jewish state did not need US permission to devise a military attack. The group held its annual conference in Atlanta Tuesday, with Biden telling the assembly, "the window has not closed in terms of the Israelis if they choose to act on their own militarily." Biden took a similar stance at a New York …More

Wednesday night, the Atlanta Jewish Film Festival kicked off with a screening of the acclaimed “My Best Enemy.” The absurdist history has a Jewish prisoner and Nazi stooge swapping identities as they both search for a priceless Michelangelo drawing. But not all the films of the 22-day festival are so historically flippant. The largest film festival in Atlanta and the second largest Jewish film festival in the US, with more than 26,000 viewers last year, AJFF boasts an eclectic collection of 70 …More

When Hirshy Minkowicz was growing up in a Hasidic enclave of Brooklyn 30 years ago, he often noticed visitors arriving after dinner to meet with his father. They would withdraw into the study, speak for a time, then part with some confidential agreement having been sealed. As he grew into his teens, Hirshy came to learn that his father operated a traditional Jewish free-loan program called a gemach. The visitors, many of them teachers in local religious schools, struggling to raise their families on small and …More