Tag: Georgia
GOP leaders blast Georgia congressional candidate over anti-Semitic, racist remarks
Members of Republican congressional leadership have come down hard on a candidate in Georgia Republican primary for making anti-Semitic and other racist remarks.
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.)...
RJC not backing GOP candidate in photos with former neo-Nazi leader
The Republican Jewish Coalition has said it will not be backing a Republican congressional candidate in in a safely Republican district in Georgia who posted for photos with a former neo-Nazi leader.
Following the Tuesday primary,...
Muslim World League head becomes first recipient of award uniting faiths
Secretary General of the Muslim World League Sheikh Mohammed Al-Issa was honored with an inaugural award at an online event for his contribution towards fighting anti-Semitism.
He is the first recipient of the prestigious annual...
Netanyahu discusses free-trade measures with Georgia
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke with his Georgian counterpart, Giorgi Gakharia, with the two leaders discussing advancing a free-trade agreement.
According to the Prime Minister’s Office, the leaders “discussed the deepening of bilateral relations...
Georgia mulls moving its embassy to Jerusalem
Georgia is contemplating relocating its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem.
In a meeting with Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely in the country on Sunday, Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili announced that she would begin bilateral talks...
Former Georgian president calls candidate’s Israeli aide ‘dirty Jew’
Georgia’s former President Mikheil Saakashvili has come under fire for anti-Semitic comments he made about the ruling Georgian Dream party’s Israeli political strategist Moshe Klughaft last week.
Klughaft, who is known for employing smear campaigns,...
In Savannah, a congregation from colonial times showcases its history
As first-time visitors to Savannah’s Mickve Israel synagogue in Georgia, we circled around Montgomery Square and what we thought was a church or cathedral, a huge building with pointed arches, barrel vaults, and a...