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Atlantans Sarah and Josh Weinstein, living in Nepal, offer guidance for helping after the quake. Page 6
TO LIFE
Federation honoree Perry Brickman sets Atlanta’s standard for community commitment. Page 16
Marcia and Murray Goldman find home decorating inspiration in wine and the Tree of Life. Page 26
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Stephens: Iran Likely to Kill Deal By Michael Jacobs mjacobs@atljewishtimes.com
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A Torah Day School graduate returns to town to set the record straight on Israel Defense Forces operations at home and abroad. Page 9
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Toco Hills Park Opens By Mindy Rubenstein mrubenstein@atljewishtimes.com
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on’t expect a deal this summer on Iran’s nuclear program because Iran is likely to walk away, Wall Street Journal Pulitzer Prize winner Bret Stephens said Monday night, May 4. Stephens told an American Jewish Committee gala that Iran will believe it can return to the negotiating table at any time with the final offer from the United States as a starting point for a better deal. But he said the world must stop Iran’s nuclear progress because a regime that will stone to death women with one hand must not wield nukes in the other. The alternative to a bad deal is not necessarily war, especially if the United States remembers that diplomacy is about being coercive as well as nice and that the depressed price of oil weakens Iran, Stephens said. But he said the Iranians must believe that all options are on the table to prevent the “dark world” in which the leading sponsor of terrorism has nukes. As for Israel, Stephens said the Jewish state can protect itself. “The state of Israel did not come into existence to showcase Jewish victimization or victimhood. The state of Israel came into existence to end it.” ■
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It’s a bird. It’s a plane. It’s Super Eliot Arnovitz, who was honored and praised by the American Jewish Committee’s Atlanta Chapter on Monday, May 4, at the Ritz-Carlton, Buckhead. Bret Stephens delivered his remarks about Iran and other global Jewish concerns during the awards dinner. More on Arnovitz’s big night, Page 19 Photo by Michael Jacobs
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The search for Atlanta’s best bagel resumes with a visit to Acworth to sample the genuine New York-style offerings of Art’s. Page 22
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oco Hills has its first public playground in time for summer. The playground at Kittredge Park was installed April 25 and opened May 1. The playground is the 995th built with the support of grants from Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit KaBoom and its corporate sponsors. KaBoom partnered with financial services company Foresters to sponsor the playground, along with more than $10,000 raised online by the community. On April 23, 26 volunteers worked at the site off Holly Lane and North Druid Hills Road to dig the 50-by-50-foot plot for the playground and prepare the space. The following Saturday, 223 volunteers installed the equipment. They also kept setting up the Atwood Community Garden beside the playground. Located in the heart of the Orthodox Jewish community of Toco Hills, the playground and garden are next to Yeshiva Ohr Yisrael, a Jewish high school for boys that also serves as a small synagogue. KaBoom and Foresters were unable to build the playground on a Sunday rather than on Shabbat. The volunteers, who were treated to meals and a DJ blasting pop music from large speakers, were from a wide section of Atlanta, including Emory University, Foresters and Friends of Kittredge Park. “I am so happy to have a brand-new playground across the street from our house,” said psychologist Rivkah Eidex, whose five children are ages 6 to 15. “I’m hopeful it will be a pleasurable replacement for screen time.” ■ Community excitement, Page 20