AIC Around Town: Swarm night, Yom Ha'Atzmaut, and hosting Sami Steigmann
Fly the flag with AIC at Georgia Swarm's Multicultural Night, celebrate Yom Ha'Atzmaut at the Marcus JCC, and help host Holocaust survivor Sami Steigmann across Georgia in May.
In this issue: Fly the flag with AIC at Georgia Swarm's Multicultural Night, celebrate Yom Ha'Atzmaut at the Marcus JCC, and help host Holocaust survivor Sami Steigmann across Georgia in May.
Spring is busy. Here's what AIC wants on your radar this month: a lacrosse game where we'll fly the flag, Israel's birthday in a Dunwoody park, and a Holocaust survivor coming to Georgia who needs hosts.
Show up where you can. Reach out if you can host Sami. And if you see one of us at any of these events, come say hello. Am Yisrael chai.
— Cheryl Dorchinsky, Executive Director
Table · Saturday, April 18 · Gas South Arena, Duluth
Georgia Swarm World Fest — first-ever Multicultural Night
The Georgia Swarm pro lacrosse team is hosting their first-ever Multicultural Night at Gas South Arena in Duluth, and AIC will be there with a table representing Israel and the Atlanta Jewish community alongside groups from across the metro. Pre-game on the lawn at 2:00 PM, AIC's table opens inside at 3:00 PM, and the game against the Rochester Knighthawks starts at 4:00 PM.
We know Saturdays are complicated for many in our community. If you can make it, please do — visibility matters, and a strong Israeli presence at a multicultural event with countries from around the world is exactly the kind of showing we want. Bring an Israeli flag, an American flag, or both, stop by our table, and we'll send you home with a free Kosher Duck.
Tickets through AIC's link start at $17.60. Get tickets here.
Celebration · Thursday, April 23 · Zaban Park, Dunwoody · Free
Yom Ha'Atzmaut at the Marcus JCC
The Marcus JCC is hosting a free Israel Independence Day Celebration at Zaban Park in Dunwoody, 5:00–7:00 PM. Music, crafts, games, face painting, and food available for purchase — family-friendly, free, and the kind of event that fills a park with the spirit of Israel right here in Atlanta.
No registration required. Bring the kids, bring the grandkids, bring a friend. AIC will see you there. Details at atlantajcc.org.
One ask this month:
Host Holocaust survivor Sami Steigmann, May 11–14. AIC is bringing survivor and motivational speaker Sami Steigmann to Georgia for four days, and we're looking for organizations, schools, synagogues, churches, and community groups to host him for speaking engagements. Sami survived Nazi medical experiments and turned that survival into a life spent teaching resilience, courage, and the necessity of telling the story. His audiences — students, congregations, civic groups — leave changed.
If your organization, school, shul, church, or community group can host Sami for a talk between May 11 and May 14, reach out to cheryl@atlantaisrael.org. Spots are limited and the calendar is filling fast. More about Sami.
MITZVAHS THAT FLOAT
A kosher duck at Swarm's international night
A kosher duck turned up at the Georgia Swarm's international night in Duluth — one more face of Jewish pride in a room full of the world. From arenas to airports, the ducks keep floating. Mitzvahs that float, one duck at a time.