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Jewish film fest packs the house for closing show
Dunwoody High School juniors walk the walk for melanoma research
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motivation was inspiring, so I decided to join him.” Owens and Goldstein DUNWOODY, Ga. — It began completed the half marathon. with a dare between high The stair climber challenge school friends, and a slice Feb. 21-22 was next. The idea of the world is better off to raise money for a college afterward. charity came a bit later. Jack Goldstein and “Stairway to Everest,” Brennan Owens, juniors at which is also the name of the Dunwoody High School, have Instagram page promoting raised more than $3,000 for the fundraiser, is a popular a University of Georgia-based fitness challenge circling nonprofit, Jam for Cam, after social media. It requires climbing 2,724 floors on a gymgoers to scale more than stair climber in just 36 hours. 29,000 vertical feet, albeit “Sometime last year, one of without the harsh conditions Goldstein’s good friends dared found on the world’s tallest him to do a half marathon mountain. with no training,” Owens said. See WALK, Page 16 “I thought the discipline and
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From left, Dunwoody High School juniors Jack Goldstein and Brennan Owens take a break during their 36-hour stair climber challenge Feb. 22 with a goal of climbing more than 29,000 feet, or the height of Mount Everest. Goldstein and Owens have raised more than $3,000 for the nonprofit Jam for Cam through the fitness challenge.
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SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. — The 25th annual Atlanta Jewish Film Festival wrapped another successful year March 5 with its Closing Night celebration, featuring the heartfelt Brazilian dramedy “Cheers to Life!” The annual Atlanta Jewish Film Festival is one of the largest cultural events of its kind in the world, celebrating the power of film to foster understanding and strengthen connections between Jewish and diverse global communities. After the 88 in-theatre screenings across six venues in two weeks, some 1,000 patrons packed the Byers Theatre at the Sandy Springs Performing Arts Center. Before spending most of the film giggling, reading subtitles and releasing some tears, the audience was treated to a quarter-century celebration of international film in the Jewish center of the South. Sandy Springs Mayor Rusty Paul, welcoming the audience and film festival organizers, promoted the city’s Performing Arts Center as a hub for exploring different cultures. In a major announcement, festival organizers revealed an upcoming one-night-only concert Oct. 20 in