The Old City skyline with the golden Dome of the Rock rising behind the rooftops.

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What the work looked like.

Our own pictures, from the places we went and the rooms we filled.

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After October 7

Missions and relief

AIC has sent five direct-aid delegations to Israel since October 7. They pack the suitcases themselves, and what they photograph on the ground is the work rather than the trip — the vehicle graveyard, the anemones at the Nova site, a grill going for a community that had not eaten together in months.

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  • Donated toys, toiletries and household goods spread across a floor, sorted into piles for packing.
  • A volunteer bending over a suitcase, packing donated goods laid out across the floor around her.
  • Bundles of relief supplies wrapped in plastic and stacked, ready to travel.
  • Two volunteers working over a low table covered in donated goods, sorting them into cases.
  • Wrapped bedding and soft goods stacked on a bench, packed for delivery.
  • A corner of a room filled with donated toys and supplies piled against the wall.
  • Boxed children's toys and games stacked on a table, part of a relief shipment.
  • Suitcases stacked and strapped together, loaded for a delegation carrying relief supplies to Israel.
  • A memorial of red anemones laid out across open ground at the Nova festival site.
  • A framed photograph of one of the murdered set among the memorial markers at the Nova festival site.
  • Rows of burnt-out vehicles behind wire, collected from the communities attacked on 7 October.
  • Wrecked and rusted cars stacked in the open air at the vehicle graveyard.
  • A close view of the twisted, burnt remains of cars behind the perimeter fence.
  • A large yellow ribbon sculpture standing alone on open ground under a grey sky, marking the hostages.
  • Tall pillars of light rising in the dark at a memorial site.
  • A volunteer in a blue shirt and gloves scrubbing pans at an outdoor sink.
  • Two volunteers working side by side at a sink, cleaning cooking equipment.
  • Trays of salads and prepared food laid along a table, ready to serve.
  • Serving dishes set out on a table under a marquee, with people gathering to eat.
  • A crowd of volunteers serving themselves from platters of food under a large tent.
  • A long charcoal grill set up on grass, loaded with meat and smoking hard.
  • Skewers cooking over an open charcoal grill outdoors.
  • Smoke pouring from a full grill in a garden as the meat cooks.
  • A grill smoking on a lawn with the cooking crew working around it.
  • Volunteers in blue shirts working the ground on a green hillside in low afternoon light.
  • Two volunteers walking through an olive grove in bright sun.
  • One volunteer passing something to another between the olive trees, hands meeting mid-frame.
  • Volunteers standing and talking among the trees on a working morning.
  • A volunteer standing with a rescued horse on a scrubby hillside.
  • Israeli flags tied among the branches of an old olive grove, a memorial in the trees.
  • A path through the flagged olive grove, visitors walking between the trees.
  • A volunteer in an AIC shirt standing at a railing, looking out over a wide green valley.
  • A broad valley of terraced fields and orchards under a clouded sky.
  • A small group standing on a ridge above the fields, taking in the view.
  • Rolling hills and cultivated orchards stretching to the horizon.
  • A low stone structure standing in an overgrown field.
  • Bottles of local wine and olive oil ranged along a shop counter.
  • The I-heart-JLM letters standing in the open at dusk, the Old City walls behind.
  • The I-heart-JLM sculpture at last light, with people climbing on the letters.

Photographed by AIC. · 39 pictures.

November 2022

The 2022 Israel Mission

AIC spent two pandemic years touring Israel by video. In November 2022 it went in person — ten days from Jerusalem to the Golan, led by Cheryl Dorchinsky with guide David Sussman. These are the delegation's own photographs.

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  • Rooftops of Jerusalem's Old City under a clear sky, an Israeli flag flying among the water tanks and aerials.
  • A framed print in an Old City shop showing four hasidic men crossing a street in the pose of the Abbey Road cover.
  • The white dome of the Hurva Synagogue above the open plaza of the Jewish Quarter, cafe umbrellas below.
  • A man in a white robe walking away down a stone lane in the Old City, past an empty bench.
  • A woman in a red coat with both hands and her forehead pressed against the stones of the Western Wall.
  • The Western Wall plaza in the afternoon, white chairs scattered across the stone and worshippers gathered at the wall.
  • An eternal flame burning in a pierced metal vessel beside a menorah, against an ancient stone wall.
  • A priest in white vestments standing in a stone doorway inside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.
  • A hand-lettered Holy Sepulchre sign above a stone archway, visitors filing in beneath it.
  • Jaffa Gate's stone archway and crenellated tower against a deep blue sky.
  • A bilingual sign at a holy site asking visitors to respect the holiness of the place with appropriate attire and decorum.
  • A large black-and-white mural of a cat's face painted on an Old City wall, a parked car beneath it.
  • A man wrapped in a tallit, wearing tefillin, with his hand resting on the stones of the Western Wall.
  • The Old City skyline with the golden Dome of the Rock rising behind the rooftops.
  • Israeli flags strung on a line across a narrow stone alley in the Old City.

Photographed by AIC. · 15 pictures.

Atlanta and Israel

Briefings and gatherings

The rooms AIC fills — a speaker at the front, a community in the chairs, in a synagogue sanctuary in Atlanta or a converted barn in Israel.

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  • A full room of seated guests facing the front at an AIC community briefing.
  • Rows of guests listening closely at a community briefing.
  • A speaker addressing a seated audience in a converted barn, mid-sentence with hands raised.
  • A speaker presenting beside the Atlanta Israel Coalition banner to a seated room.
  • A room of listeners at a talk, seen from the back of the audience.
  • A sanctuary filling with people for an AIC community gathering.
  • The Atlanta Israel Coalition banner beside the bimah as guests arrive.
  • Guests carrying the flags of many nations at an AIC community event.

Photographed by AIC. · 8 pictures.

November 2025

Stand-Up for Israel

A night of comedy with Daniel-Ryan Spaulding, and a full room to hear it. Dani Weiss photographed the evening for AIC.

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  • A full room of guests seated in rows facing the front of the hall before the show.
  • The audience seen from the back of the room, watching the host speak beside the Atlanta Israel Coalition banner.
  • A woman speaking into a handheld microphone at the front of the hall, an American flag beside her.
  • An AIC host speaking into a microphone in front of the Atlanta Israel Coalition banner.
  • Daniel-Ryan Spaulding mid-routine at the microphone, a patterned scarf pulled over his head.
  • Daniel-Ryan Spaulding performing at the microphone in front of the Atlanta Israel Coalition banner, one hand raised.
  • A guest in a blue cap grinning over a gift bag at his table after the show.

Photographs © Dani Weiss Photography · 7 pictures.