Dave SchechterHostages’ Return Must be More than SloganOf nearly 100 comments on a NextDoor thread about the clash between police and pro-Palestine protestors on the Emory University campus…4 min read·Apr 30, 2024----
Dave SchechterLiving in the PresentApril 20 will be my/our 39th wedding anniversary (thank you).4 min read·Apr 16, 2024----
Dave SchechterLeave an Empty Chair at Your Seder Table01. 02. 03. 04. 05. 06. 07. 08. 09. 10.4 min read·Mar 26, 2024----
Dave SchechterRose Lubin’s Father Seeks Georgia Senate SeatDavid Lubin’s earliest lessons in politics came from his maternal grandfather, Melvin Lapides, who ran Little Lap’s, a dry good store in…4 min read·Mar 13, 2024----
Dave SchechterAn Uncomfortable Question for the Seder TableMuch of the audience that came to the closing night film at the Atlanta Jewish Film Festival (a documentary about ventriloquist and…4 min read·Mar 13, 2024----
Dave SchechterJewish Atlanta Leaders Reflect on Israel TripMidway through a Feb. 18 forum with rabbis and communal leaders recently returned from a week in Israel, Rabbi Adam Starr of Congregation…6 min read·Feb 28, 2024----
Dave SchechterAntisemitism Bill Abstention Draws Questions, RebukeState Sen. Sally Harrell had reason to expect a difficult conversation when she joined a Feb. 13 Zoom call hosted by the Jewish Community…4 min read·Feb 28, 2024----
Dave SchechterJewish Community Loses a Friend and AllyThe Jewish community lost a friend and ally when the Reverend Henry Gracz died Feb. 5 of cancer.4 min read·Feb 20, 2024----
Dave SchechterA Century of Lived HistoryAs anyone who has been in her presence knows, Janice Rothschild Blumberg’s stories have an “in the room where it happened” quality.4 min read·Feb 13, 2024----
Dave SchechterBookstore Controversy Erupts Over Gaza WarCharis Books & More, the oldest independent feminist bookstore in the South, is the target of criticism by women who say the Atlanta…7 min read·Jan 31, 2024----