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Georgia candidate faces backlash over Passover ad with challah instead of matzah

A Georgia Senate candidate faces backlash after a Passover ad featured challah, a bread traditionally avoided during the holiday. The gaffe sparked ridicule across political and Jewish circles.

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.
OMRI GANDELMAN (with ball) celebrates after scoring the equalizing goal in Israel’s 2-2 friendly draw with Georgia in Tbilisi over the weekend.

Israeli national soccer team draws at Georgia in friendly

IN THE world rankings published this week, 18-year-old Israeli judoka Izhak Ashpiz was No. 14 in the under-60 kg weight class.

Prince of Tbilisi: Teen Izhak Ashpiz’s impressively stoic rise to Israeli judo royalty

People pay their last respects to Georgia's late Patriarch Ilia II as his remains are carried to the Holy Trinity Cathedral in Tbilisi, Georgia March 18, 2026.

Ilia II, Georgian Church leader who shaped national identity, dies at 93


Jewish orgs. deliver their closing arguments ahead of Georgia runoff

A victory by Warnock would mean that Schumer could lose the support of one member of his caucus and still win floor votes.

 view of a sign promoting voting at Swissvale, during the 2022 US midterm elections, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US, November 8, 2022

Pascale’s Kitchen: Traditional Georgian pastries

You’ll find a wide variety of herbs, wheat, cheese, potatoes, apples, onions and garlic in recipes hailing from Georgian cuisine.

 KHACHAPURI MEGRULI.

Atlanta synagogue finds new way to approach antisemitism in new initiative

Addressing Antisemitism Initiative is training sessions for teens and parents to talk about the best ways to approach antisemitism founded by Rabbi Bradley Levenberg.

Downtown Atlanta

Georgia's supreme court rules to enforce six-week abortion ban

The Supreme Court of Georgia did not give a reason for its unanimous order.

 Abortion rights protesters participate in nationwide demonstrations following the leaked Supreme Court opinion suggesting the possibility of overturning the Roe v. Wade abortion rights decision, in Atlanta, Georgia, US,  May 14, 2022

Grapevine November 18th, 2022: Upstaged

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 HANNI ARNON (second right) at the award ceremony at the Princess of Naradhiwas University in Thailand.

Would-be assassin originally told to slit the throat of Israeli businessman in Georgia

The hired killer said in his confession that he flew from Dubai to Georgia on September 14 to assassinate the Israeli businessman.

 Police officers guard an area outside a court building during a hearing of the case against former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili, who was detained after his return to the country, in Tbilisi, Georgia November 10, 2021

Georgia stops Iranian attempt to assassinate Israeli

The would-be assassin, also a Pakistani national, had received information and instructions to kill the target from organizers living abroad.

Georgian national flag waves at half-mast outside Tbilisi, Georgia, February 25, 2016.

US midterms: Republicans on track to take control of the House

NBC News and Fox News projected John Fetterman won a critical US Senate seat in Pennsylvania, beating Republican Mehmet Oz.

 Supporters wait for results at the Republican Party of Arizona's 2022 US midterm elections night rally in Scottsdale, Arizona, US, November 8, 2022.

US midterm elections: Governor races to watch

Here are results from the most consequential gubernatorial races, as forecast by data provider Edison Research:

 A supporter speaks on phone as she attends Republican Governor Greg Abbott's 2022 US midterm elections night party in McAllen, Texas, US, November 8, 2022.

Two Israelis die in accidents in Seattle, Georgia

Bassel Abu Shariki, a resident of the Negev, was seven months away from completing his medical degree.

 Bassel Abu Shariki