Atlanta

Passenger burned after laptop computer catches fire aboard American Airlines flight to Dallas

The incident comes as the FAA continues to warn about the dangers lithium-ion rechargeable batteries pose to aircraft, including those found in laptops, cell phones, and other common devices.

|ByAARON GLICK
An American Airlines Airbus A321 airplane departs from Los Angeles International Airport en route to Dallas on October 17, 2025 in Los Angeles, California; Illustrative.
A Georgia Democratic candidate for the state Senate, Nathalie Kanani, came under ridicule after a Passover ad published in the Atlanta Jewish Times reportedly featured challah, a leavened bread traditionally avoided during the holiday. April 5, 2026.

Georgia political candidate apologizes for Passover ad that featured challah

The ad quickly drew ridicule online, particularly after Greg Bluestein, a Jewish Atlanta Journal-Constitution reporter, tweeted about it on Saturday, writing, “It’s the thought that counts, I guess.”

|ByPHILISSA CRAMER/JTA
Athletics - London Marathon - London, Britain - April 27, 2025 General view of runners on Tower Bridge during the London Marathon, April, 2025.

Escort error derails U.S. half marathon leaders

After a police emergency shifted deployments, the lead convoy took race leaders roughly 1,000 meters off the route, resulting in finishes of ninth, 12th, and 13th.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
PANELISTS FROM the Atlanta Jewish Film Festival speak onstage.

Atlanta Jewish Film Festival apologizes on selecting anti-Zionist juror to judge human rights films

The Israeli Consulate withdrew its support for the annual festival Friday after learning one of the student jurors in the human rights category “shared antisemitic and anti-Israel content."

|ByJACKIE HAJDENBERG/JTA

Israeli flag cookie mosaic breaks Guinness World Record

117,000 blue-and-white cookies assembled an Israeli flag that was more than 3,200 square feet in size.

JUNE 4, 2018ByAMY SPIRO
The Jewish community of Atlanta, Georgia, has broken the Guinness World Record for the largest cookie mosaic

Pride, partnership and pluralism

Navigating between Atlanta and Jerusalem

JANUARY 22, 2018ByERIC M. ROBBINS
‘The institutions we have built and cherish need to evolve. New ones need to be created to address the needs of an assimilating and geographically spread out community that is desperately seeking meaning and connection.’

Georgia on my mind

While Atlanta has long recovered from being burned in 1864, I’m not sure Israel would recover from burning its bridges there today.

JANUARY 16, 2018ByJONATHAN FELDSTEIN
SkyView Atlanta, a 200-foot (61-meter) tall Ferris wheel with 42 gondolas, is seen on the South end of Centennial Park in downtown Atlanta, Georgia July 19, 2013.

Jews fleeing Hurricane Irma are taking refuge in Atlanta’s synagogues

Irma, a Category 4 storm, has been called one of the worst hurricanes in decades.

SEPTEMBER 10, 2017ByJTA
A car drives along an empty highway in Miami before the arrival of Hurricane Irma in south Florida