challah diplomacy
Breaking bread with Georgia’s only Jewish state legislator
From Shabbat dinner to ‘wild hog supper,’ Esther Panitch has sought to build bipartisan ties to make progress on antisemitism legislation

"Esther for Georgia"
Rep. Esther Panitch
For freshman Georgia Rep. Esther Panitch, this year’s legislative session started with a bit of culinary whiplash.
On a Friday evening in early January, the Democrat hosted more than 30 of her fellow legislators for Shabbat services and dinner...