Our programs
What Your Membership Makes Possible.
AIC is a grassroots, nonpartisan coalition in Atlanta. Here’s what we run, and what you get when you join. Membership is a gift to AIC, and every level comes with the Mitzpe Institute, Israel Up Close, and the Author’s Table.
Become a MemberCompare the levels
From $9 a month, or $72 a year.
An educational program of AIC
The Mitzpe Institute
Mitzpe is AIC’s educational program for research and analysis. Its Israel Brief is an assessment of Israeli security and the Middle East, out Monday to Thursday, and its analysts show their sources and say how sure they are. The Flash Brief is free.
Who it’s for: anyone who wants to understand what happened in Israel without waiting for the evening news.
- Israel Brief subscribers
- 10,000+
- Countries reached, and all 50 states
- 95+
- Briefs published
- 250+
- Long-form dossiers
- 35+
Figures as of October 2026.
With your membership
- Mitzpe Institute membership at every level, from Member up
- The full Israel Brief, Monday to Thursday
- The Closed Dossiers, Vantage, and Watchwords
An initiative of AIC
Kosher Duck Revolution
Cheryl Dorchinsky took a whimsical trend, people hiding little rubber ducks for strangers to find, and gave it a Jewish spin. Every duck carries a QR code, and every find drops a pin on the sightings map: the Chagall windows in Jerusalem, a cruise-ship buffet in the Bahamas, a burger joint in Athens. Ducks have turned up in eighteen countries so far.
Who it’s for: families, kids, chapters, and anyone who’d like to leave a little Jewish joy where a stranger will find it.
How It Connects
- Every duck adopted helps fund AIC’s education, community, and relief work
- Your membership goes to the same work
About the initiativekosherduckrevolution.com (opens in a new tab)
Events
Speakers and Community Evenings
Authors, journalists, survivors, and advocates come to speak with our community, online and in person. When a program is recorded, the whole thing goes up, free, for anyone who missed the night.
Who it’s for: anyone who wants to hear it first-hand and ask the question themselves.
- Programs hosted since 2018
- 230+
- Recorded programs, free to watch
- 38
Program count as of August 2026.
With your membership
- Leadership Circle: free admission to 6 virtual AIC events a year, plus 2 in-person at half price
Talks
Israel Up Close
Twice a month, live online, with the people who know Israel and Am Israel firsthand: a 45-minute talk, then your questions. Free for AIC members, and members’ questions go first.
The first Thursday of the month is at noon Eastern and the third is at 7:30 PM Eastern. Missed one? Members get the recording by email, and it goes up for everyone a week later.
It runs on Microsoft Teams. On a computer you join in Chrome or Microsoft Edge, no account needed. On a phone or tablet, get the Teams app first. Your camera and mic stay off, and you send questions through the Q&A. How joining works.
Who it’s for: anyone who’d like to hear about Israel from the people who live it and work in it, and ask them a question.
With your membership
- Free at every level, from Member ($9 a month) up
- Members’ questions go first
- Everyone else: $18 a talk
Missions
Missions to Israel
When communities in Israel face crisis, AIC shows up. Since October 7 we have led five direct aid missions and put more than 200 volunteer days on the ground, delivering relief in partnership with trusted local organizations.
Who it’s for: volunteers ready to go, and everyone at home who helps fill the suitcases.
- Direct Aid Missions to Israel Post-October 7th
- 5
- Volunteer Days on the Ground in Israel
- 200+
Figures as of August 2026.
Your part
- Missions run on volunteers and on gifts to AIC
- Membership is one of those gifts, monthly or yearly
Book Club
The Author’s Table
One book a month, read together and discussed live. Free for AIC members — you only buy the book. Come for the month you have read and skip the one you have not.
AIC picks the books from what members suggest, mostly ones we didn’t publish ourselves, and the author joins each session.
Who it’s for: any reader. You don’t need to have read anything before, just the month’s book.
With your membership
- Free at every level, from Member ($9 a month) up
- Open to members only
Briefing
Mitzpe Quarterly Briefing
Four times a year, the Mitzpe Institute’s research presented for AIC — what the analysis found and what it means for this community.
Who it’s for: anyone who’d rather hear the analysis presented live than read it.
With your membership
- Free from Sustaining Member ($18 a month) up, all four sessions
- Everyone else: $18 a session, or $54 for all four
Membership
Three Levels, from $9 a Month.
Pay monthly or yearly. Membership is a gift to AIC: the part above what comes back to you is tax-deductible, and your receipt says exactly how much.
Member
$9 a month
or $72 a year
Includes
- Live updates from AIC’s missions in Israel
- First word on every AIC event
- Mitzpe Institute membership: the full Israel Brief, Monday to Thursday
- Israel Up Close talks, free (two a month)
- The Author’s Table, free
Sustaining Member
$18 a month
or $180 a year
Everything in Member, plus
- The Mitzpe Quarterly Briefing, free (four a year)
Leadership Circle
$54 a month and above
or $540 a year and above
Everything in Sustaining Member, plus
- Free admission to 6 virtual AIC events a year, plus 2 in-person at half price
Once a year
The AIC Members’ Town Hall
Once a year, every member, at every level, sits down with Cheryl and Uri.
· 7:30 PM ET
How the hour worksJoin AIC
Standing with Israel. Strengthening Our Community.
Membership starts at $9 a month. Every level comes with the Mitzpe Institute and the Author’s Table.
Gifts are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.
