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Lauren’s Run helps the Zagoria family find meaning and create a lasting legacy for a toddler lost to cancer. Page 14
Dancing for a cause isn’t just for national stars; Jewish Atlanta celebrities waltz and cha-cha for charities. Page 18
Ryan Diamond is being honored as a hero for raising thousands in response to his Crohn’s diagnosis. Page 21
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Members of the Yemin Orde Youth Choir and Weber students get to know each other after the show.
Yemin Orde Youth Choir members (from left) Liran, 18, Refael, 15, Ayanawo, 18, and Arthur, 17, sing. Senior Liran and sophomore Refael are native Israelis. Senior Ayanawo was born in Ethiopia. Senior Arthur is from Brazil.
PESACH PREP Liven up the seder meal with recipes from asparagus soup to the ultimate cookies. Page 7
WINE TIME City Winery is bringing housemade wine, chef-driven cuisine and top music talent to Ponce City Market. Page 12
ACTIVE SHOOTER Photographer Henry Diltz has captured iconic images from four decades of rock. Page 26
TECH GIANTS High school teammates Brandon Gold and Matthew Gorst are now the top pitchers for Georgia Tech. Page 27
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he 11-member Yemin Orde Youth Choir brought moving Jewish music and uplifting life stories to Atlanta on Wednesday and Thursday, April 6 and 7, during a two-week U.S. tour. The high school sophomores, juniors and seniors, among 440 at-risk students who live and study at the Yemin Orde Youth Village at Mount Carmel, come from Ukraine, Brazil, France, Ethiopia and Israel itself. All of the students have suffered trauma, from abandonment to poverty. The educational and therapeutic
Junior Hanah (left), 17, originally from Brazil, and senior Karyna, 18, a native of Crimea, perform.
program at the school has been successful enough that 30 other Israeli schools are adopting Yemin Orde’s Village Way methodology. The choir performed a fundraising concert at The Temple on April 6, then sang to and talked with students at the Weber School and the Davis Academy the next morning. At Weber, the 11 students shared their career goals, from fashion designer, actress and musician to doctor, lawyer and midwife, and bonded with their American peers over smartphones and social media. ■
eorgia Tech has hired Josh Pastner as its men’s basketball coach, putting one of Georgia’s most prominent coaching jobs in Jewish hands. The 38-year-old West Virginia native comes to Atlanta from the University of Memphis, his first college head-coaching job, where he compiled a 167-73 record in seven seasons. He led the Tigers to the NCAA tournament four times and the NIT once but failed to make the postseason the past two seasons. An extensive search for the successor to Brian Gregory, fired March 25 after five seasons, made Pastner the clear choice, Georgia Tech Athletic Dircetor Mike Bobinski said Friday, April 8. He said Pastner fulfilled the key qualities: integrity; an understanding and appreciation for Georgia Tech; great energy (“This is not a job for the faint of heart”); intelligence; recruiting ability; toughness; persistence; and “a true desire to be here at Georgia Tech.” “I fully understand what it means to be sitting in this chair, what it means to the community and the entire city and to all the alumni locally and nationally,” Pastner said. As a coach, “you want to have a championship program year in and year out,” said Pastner, who spoke at the Maccabi Games opening ceremonies in Memphis in 2012. “I believe that Georgia Tech and the job here is a true gold mine.” Despite not making the NCAA tournament the past six years, the Tech basketball program arguably trails only the three professional sports teams and the football teams at the University of Georgia and Tech in prominence in Atlanta. ■