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13 stories that AIC ran, co-sponsored, or was called on for.
OrganizedThe AJC previewed Atlanta's two Hanukkah events under the national Shine a Light on Antisemitism campaign and named AIC as co-host, with the Marcus JCC, of the December 5 celebration in Dunwoody. The paper also quoted AIC's own statement on what the week was for, and ran a lead photo credited to AIC.
Southern Jewish Life announces the return of AIC's "Re-Discovering the Land of Israel" virtual tour series with guide David Sussman. The five Sunday tours run in partnership with the Israeli Consulate in Atlanta, the Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta and the Atlanta Jews of Color Council.
QuotedThe AJT's report on the July 2021 No Fear rally in Washington quoted Cheryl Dorchinsky, who made the trip from Atlanta, on the scale of the crowd and on her insistence that Israel and Jewish identity are human questions rather than political ones. She is identified in the piece as executive director of the Atlanta Israel Coalition.
Richard Friedman's write-up of "Legends, Lessons and Legacies," the Zoom program on Birmingham's Jewish community and the civil rights movement, sponsored by Southern Jewish Life, Israel InSight, and AIC. The piece credits AIC with managing the program and quotes AIC's Lee Tanenbaum on the turnout: 221 of 318 registrants attended.
A profile of author T.K. Thorne and her book on the unsung white allies of Birmingham's civil rights years, many of them from the city's Jewish community. It closes by pointing readers to the June 21 "Legends, Lessons and Legacies" Zoom event, co-sponsored by AIC.
Quoted11Alive asked Atlanta Jewish community leaders to respond to Marjorie Taylor Greene's 2021 apology for comparing COVID rules to the Holocaust. Cheryl Dorchinsky answered for the Atlanta Israel Coalition, saying those comparisons disrespect the people who died.
OrganizedJan Jaben-Eilon covers the Zoom session AIC ran with Americans United with Israel, where Cheryl Dorchinsky questioned Jerusalem deputy mayor Fleur Hassan-Nahoum about the violence in the city that April.
QuotedThe AJT reports Cheryl Dorchinsky taking an executive role at Americans United with Israel while staying on as AIC's executive director, and quotes her on what running both should do for AIC's work.
FeaturedRichard Friedman's profile of AIC for Israel InSight: how Cheryl Dorchinsky turned an idea into a volunteer coalition that outgrew Atlanta and kept its programming running straight through the pandemic. Israel's consul general for the Southeast praises the work, and Dorchinsky talks about carrying on through death threats and online abuse.
A full profile of the Atlanta Israel Coalition by Richard Friedman: how Cheryl Dorchinsky started it, what moving everything online during Covid did for its reach, and why she keeps going after the death threats.
OrganizedIsrael InSight covered "Re-Discovering the Land of Israel," the five-part virtual tour series AIC ran with guide David Sussman alongside the Israeli Consulate, the Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta, Herut, and the Evans Family Foundation. The write-up walked through every stop, Gush Etzion to the Golan.
Southern Jewish Life wrote up "Re-Discovering the Land of Israel," a run of five Sunday virtual tours the Atlanta Israel Coalition put on with the Israeli Consulate, the Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta, Herut, and the Evans Family Foundation. Guide David Sussman took registrants from Gush Etzion and Hebron to Tzfat, Tel Aviv–Jaffa and the Golan.
OrganizedJNS's wire service carried an End Jew Hatred release on simultaneous Holocaust Remembrance Day vigils held in eight cities. Cheryl Dorchinsky is quoted in it as organizer of the Atlanta vigil, on why the Atlanta Israel Coalition broke its pandemic pause on in-person events to take part.
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Reporting on Jewish Atlanta and on Israel that AIC did not run, kept here because it is the context our work happens in.
The Maccabee award honors Atlanta women who put their talents and commitment to work for the Jewish community. AIC exists because women in this city decided to build pro-Israel infrastructure Atlanta did not yet have.
Sharaka's delegation spoke at Congregations Or Hadash and Ohr HaTorah about what the Abraham Accords changed on the ground. Atlanta hearing regional partners describe normalization firsthand does more than any statement we could issue.
Jewish Atlanta filled the sidewalk outside the Israeli Consulate in May 2021, during rocket fire on Israel and a wave of antisemitic attacks on American streets. Turning out in numbers, on short notice, is the whole point.
Atlanta's May 2021 turnout reached national coverage alongside New York, Louisville, and Beverly Hills. Georgia's pro-Israel community organized at scale during that war and kept it peaceful, and the country saw the contrast.
Sandy Springs turned out in May 2021 while rockets hit Israeli cities. Rallies like that one are where Atlanta's pro-Israel community becomes visible to itself and to everyone driving past.
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