Rabbi Leo Dee is coming to Toco Hills next Thursday, the 22nd, and I really hope you'll be there. His story is below, and it's a hard one. Thank you to Beth Jacob, Ohr HaTorah, and New Toco Shul for bringing him here with us.
So here's my favor. Register this week, and bring a friend with you.
And a welcome to Israel Baseball Americas, who are running their Prospect Camp in Atlanta for the first time this Sunday. If you know a Jewish or Israeli high schooler who plays, their details are below.
We couldn't do any of this without y'all. Thank you.
— Cheryl Dorchinsky, Founder & Executive Director
In person · Free to attend · Toco Hills
Rabbi Leo Dee in Atlanta
Thu, Oct 22 · Doors 7:20 PM · Program 7:45 PM · Toco Hills
In April 2023, Hamas terrorists murdered Rabbi Leo Dee's wife Lucy and their daughters Maia and Rina. He has spent the years since talking to Jewish communities about what a person does the next morning, and the morning after that.
It's free, and we send you the address when you register. We're hosting it with Congregation Beth Jacob, Congregation Ohr HaTorah, and New Toco Shul.
Thu 5 Nov · Israel Up Close: Guy Haran on Israeli wine. He's been taking people around Israel's wineries since 2006, and he's with us live from Israel at noon ET. The first talk's free for everyone. Register
Tue 17 Nov · Our book club, the Author’s Table, opens. Shai Davidai on his book American Intellectual Antisemitism. It's online at 8 PM Eastern, and this first one's free to everyone. Register
Tue 15 Dec · The Author’s Table, with Amanda Elliot. We're reading Eight Ways to Say I Love You. It's for members, it's free, and it's at 8 PM Eastern. Details
See everything on our calendar
THIS WEEK AT AIC
Israel votes on Tuesday 27 October. If you want to follow it, Uri Zehavi, who hosts Israel Up Close, wrote a two-part guide for The Algemeiner. Exit polls come in at 4 PM our time.
Part one: It All Comes Down to 61 Part two: The Issues, What to Watch for Before and on Election Night
Israel Baseball's Prospect Camp, Sunday 18 October
Israel Baseball Americas is bringing its official Prospect Camp to Atlanta for the first time on Sunday. It's open to Jewish and Israeli high school players in the classes of 2027 to 2030, and Team Israel's national team staff run it. Players get pro-level coaching and an evaluation, and they're added to the Israeli National Team database. It's the first step toward IBA's new 15U and 18U Prospect Teams. Registration is $200.
Look after a visiting speaker
Pick a speaker up at the airport, have them over for a meal, or give them a spare room for the night. Some people do one leg of it, some host the whole visit.
Hakone, Japan
One of our ducks went on a tour in Hakone, Japan. The guide saw the finder hiding ducks along the way and asked about it, and that's how they found out the family is Jewish. They'd never met a Jew before. The guide's verdict: “Jews are nice and I like duck.”
Jewish joy, weekly
Finding the Joy · Uriel ben Avraham · Parashat Noach · October 15, 2026
Around the World on Foot -- in 28 Years!
Spiritual Sparks · Rabbi Ze'ev Smason · October 15, 2026
Gimme Some Torah · Rabbi Eli Garfinkel · October 14, 2026
Don’t Let the Inspiration Go Stale
Your Weekly Dose · Rabbi Eliyahu Schusterman · October 9, 2026
October 7th has made me a different Jew.
The Shabbat Drop · Miranda Lapides · October 9, 2026
WATCH
Darrell Blocker, at an AIC event: “I think I was born Jewish.”
More short clips from AIC talks are on our YouTube channel.
On AIC's social feeds
This has been on our feeds this week as well.