Rep. Esther Panitch

State Representative, District 51, Georgia House of Representatives

Representative Esther Panitch was elected in 2022 to represent House District 51 (Sandy Springs, Roswell, and Johns Creek) in the Georgia House of Representatives. The only Jewish member of the General Assembly since her election, she is a leading voice against antisemitism and co-sponsored House Bill 30, which incorporated the IHRA definition of antisemitism into Georgia law. She co-chairs the Georgia Israel Caucus, serves on the Public Safety and Homeland Security, Judiciary Non-Civil, and Judiciary Juvenile committees, and sits on the Georgia Commission on the Holocaust.