Address: 1100 Spring St. N.W. Suite 440 Atlanta, Georgia 30309

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Fax: (404) 487-6555

Jurisdiction: Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina

Consular Reception Hours: 9:30 - 1:00 Monday - Thursday

9:30- 10:30 Friday (Emergencies Only)

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Save the Date for the 2009 Annual Student Conference:

Free, Green, & Cutting Edge:

Israel in the 21st Century

The FREE event will take place on Sunday, November 15th 2009 from 10:30am to 4:00pm at the Freeman Center for Jewish Life at Duke University.

The event is sponsored by the Consulate General of Israel to the Southeast, North Carolina Hillel, and Jewish Life at Duke.

**THE CONFERENCE IS FREE, COMPLENTARY MEALS WILL BE SERVED AND GIFT BAGS GIVEN TO ALL.**

CLICK HERE to register for this year's exciting event!

For additional information, please contact Shelley Gavriel, Director of Academic & Cultural Affairs, at (404) 487-6504 or academic@atlanta.mfa.gov.il

Members of the Atlanta Consular Corps, including Greek Consul Vassilios Gouloussis and Ambassador Reda Mansour, Consul General of Israel to the Southeast and Corps Dean, were on hand as over twelve hundred people, including dignitaries and distinguished guests, gathered with Metropolitan Alexios of Atlanta to welcome Greek Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew to the Cathedral of the Annunciation in Atlanta, Georgia.

CLICK HERE to read more about the Patriarch's visit

"Israel is extremely proud of its close partnership with the Atlanta area and the entire Southeast," remarked Ambassador Reda Mansour, Consul General of Israel to the Southeast and Dean of the Atlanta Consular Corps.  "Israeli companies are making great strides here, providing jobs and contributing to the region's economic well-being."

The close ties between the Middle East's most vibrant democratic economy and the State of Georgia were highlighted, as Minister Ben-Eliezer sat down with Governor Sonny Perdue and Commissioner Ken Stewart of the Georgia Department of Economic Development.  The leaders pledged to continue their dynamic trading relationship.

CLICK HERE to read more about the visit and the strong economic relationship between Israel and Georgia.

The Consulate General of Israel to the Southeast is proud to announce that Ambassador Reda Mansour, Consul General of Israel, has assumed the deanship of the Consular Corps in Atlanta.  Consul General Carlos Layus of Argentina ably served as dean for the past two years.

CLICK HERE to read more about the Ambassador's new appointment.

As part of an initiative to foster cooperation between African Americans and Jews, U.S. Consul General of Israel to the Southeast Reda Mansour was inducted into the Martin Luther King Jr. Board of Sponsors at historically black Morehouse College on April 2.

The ceremony was part of Morehouse's Science and Spiritual Awareness Week. It marked the public launch of the Rabin-King Initiative, named for Israel's late Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Morehouse alumnus Martin Luther King Jr., two men who were committed to peace, and who were both struck down before their time because of their beliefs

CLICK HERE, to read about the Initiative in a recent news piece.

CLICK HERE, to watch our video content about our partnership with Morehouse College.

The Consulate General of Atlanta to the Southeast is proud to assist you in anyway possible in obtaining a speaker for your function. 

If you are interested, please visit our speakers bureau webpage to submit your request forms and to view the various speakers from which you may choose.

To visit our speakers bureau, CLICK HERE.

Shalom y'all,

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