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Journalist as seen in the Forward, Hey Alma, Moment Magazine, and more. Inaugural Election SOS fellow for the Telegraph in Macon, GA. Agnes Scott College '19.
When Hamsa Club's Season Five collection launches this Friday, fans of the pop culture merchandise brand can expect its largest collection ever with fresh, funny never-before-seen pieces satirizing and celebrating all things Judaism. "I feel like we're at a moment where this might be our mainstream hit," said Kevin Abner, the founder and one-man show...
In the most unsurprising news ever, people are using the recently-released FBI Hate Crime report to be anti-semitic. When comedian Amy Schumer shared a tweet about the FBI's 2020 Hate Crime report - that of all hate crimes motivated by religion, 57.5% targeted Jews, who make up less than 2% of the total population - the usual infuriating, anti-semitic comments rolled in.
In February 2021, Toronto's largest Conservative synagogue, Beth Tzedec, announced that they would perform LGBTQ marriages. They were one of the last major North American Conservative synagogues to do so: Beth Tzedec's announcement came nearly a decade after the Rabbinical Assembly, the international association of Conservative rabbis, first formally approved clergy performing LGBTQ marriage.
My isolation told me I was unlovable, and I accepted that as fact. I've always been lonely. I'm a perfectly normal 24-year-old woman, and I've never had a romantic relationship. It's not like I haven't tried. I've desperately wanted a boyfriend or girlfriend.
Disturbed, exhausted, frightened, frustrated, hurt - these are only a few words members of the Rome, Georgia, synagogue Rodeph Sholom have used to describe their reactions to Republican Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene. Within the last week, Greene, a believer in the QAnon conspiracy theory, was revealed to have publicly called for the execution of top [...]
Disturbed, exhausted, frightened, frustrated, hurt - these are only a few words members of the Rome, Ga. synagogue Rodeph Sholom have used to describe their reactions to Republican Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene.
Senator-elect Jon Ossoff's opponent in his contentious recent Senate race, former Senator David Perdue, ran ads that digitally lengthened Ossoff's nose and painted him with age-old antisemitic tropes: the socialist, the globalist, the media-controlling journalist. Perdue saw Ossoff's Jewishness as a liability. Ossoff's supporters saw it as something to be celebrated.
When Jon Ossoff and the Reverend Raphael Warnock stand together to campaign in Georgia's twin Senate runoffs, they stand on the state's well-established foundation of Black-Jewish cooperation. "The first time I sat down for a meal with Congressman John Lewis, what he wanted to talk about was the historic bond between the Black community and the Jewish community here in Georgia," Ossoff said after the Atlanta Press Club's December 6 debate.
Three of the four candidates running for Georgia’s two Senate positions participated in a debate Sunday night hosted by Atlanta Press Club. Democrat Jon Ossoff, challenging incumbent Republican Sen. David Perdue, took questions for 30 minutes after his opponent declined to participate. Republican incumbent Sen. Kelly Loeffler and Democrat challenger Raphael Warnock later sparred for an hour. Here are four takeaways from the debate:
Three of the four candidates running for Georgia's two Senate positions participated in a debate Sunday night hosted by Atlanta Press Club. Democrat Jon Ossoff, challenging incumbent Republican Sen. David Perdue, took questions for 30 minutes after his opponent declined to participate.
The Atlanta Press Club will host two “vital” debates for Georgia’s twin Senate runoffs live on Georgia Public Broadcasting Dec. 6, as part of the Loudermilk-Young Debate Series. While all four candidates were invited to participate, only three will debate. Republican incumbent Sen. David Perdue declined to debate challenger Jon Ossoff.
The Atlanta Press Club will host two "vital" debates for Georgia's twin Senate runoffs live on Georgia Public Broadcasting Dec. 6, as part of the Loudermilk-Young Debate Series. While all four candidates were invited to participate, only three will debate. Republican incumbent Sen. David Perdue declined to debate his challenger, Jon Ossoff.
As election volunteers counted absentee ballots well into the afternoon in Georgia, the fate of the state’s 16 electoral college votes for president was unknown. It wasn’t clear, either, if a Senate race between incumbent Republican Sen. David Perdue and Democrat challenger Jon Ossoff would head to a January runoff election.
Religious leaders across Middle Georgia are praying for a peaceful Election Day and comforting anxious congregations. “It is my big hope and prayer that we are able to use our voices. But more than that, we are in a period of tremendous pain and division as a society that as a nation,” Rabbi Elizabeth Bahar of Temple Beth Israel in Macon said. “And it’s my hope and prayer, not for today, but really for Nov. 4 and forward, that we’re able to come back together. And be once again, the United...
Since her contentious loss to Brian Kemp in the 2018 governor's race, Stacey Abrams has focused on improving voting access, both in Georgia and across the country. As Americans plan to head to the polls on Election Day, Abrams discussed her concerns, including what worries her in Middle Georgia, about voter suppression and election infrastructure with The Telegraph.
I am in love with Sacha Baron Cohen. I am so in love with Sacha Baron Cohen, and this love is a little embarrassing. I've never published a love letter to a crush before, but wow - he deserves it.
Democrat senate candidate Jon Ossoff, running against incumbent Sen. David Perdue, recently spoke with McClatchy about the race, his policy priorities and his opponent. Ossoff, a former investigative journalist and media executive, has made improving health care for Georgians a focal point of his campaign.
Rep. Doug Collins, a Republican candidate for one of Georgia’s two Senate seats, visited Macon last week on his “Trump Defender Tour,” a series of campaign stops across the state. Bibb County has consistently voted for Democrat presidential and senate candidates, but Collins isn’t “writing off” Macon. In an interview with the Telegraph, he said Maconites “need to know that the person they need to vote for senate is Doug Collins.”
Democrat senate candidate Jon Ossoff, running against incumbent Sen. David Perdue, recently spoke with McClatchy about the race, his policy priorities and his opponent. Ossoff, a former investigative journalist and media executive, has made improving health care for Georgians a focal point of his campaign.
Incumbent Republican Sen. David Perdue and his Democratic challenger Jon Ossoff are neck-and-neck as they vie for one of Georgia's Senate seats, according to recent state and national polls. They faced off Monday afternoon in The Atlanta Press Club Loudermilk-Young Debate Series and spent the hour attacking each other's motives and funding sources during a terse back-and-forth.
One year ago this week, I was hit by a truck on Yom Kippur. It was nine a.m., and the Atlanta rush hour traffic was congested and dense, cars honking as busses tried to merge lanes. The apartment I was subletting in Midtown was one mile away from my office.
As I stood with a tallit wrapped around my shoulders, I couldn't help but think how different my bat mitzvah was than literally every other one I have ever attended. To begin with, I didn't even know I would have a bat mitzvah until nine days before the big day.