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Education & Briefings

Confident advocacy starts with knowledge. AIC hosts speaker events, policy briefings, and community forums that bring firsthand voices and expert analysis into the communities we serve, so they can stand with Israel on the facts and answer antisemitism with clarity and conviction.

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Our work

What We Do

Since 2018 AIC has hosted more than 230 programs. Most are evenings built the same way: someone who knows the subject firsthand, a room somewhere in metro Atlanta, and a couple of hours for the community to hear it and press on it.

Who we bring

Sami Steigmann survived Nazi medical experimentation as a child, and he has spoken to more than 250,000 people since 2008. He brought his E.M.E.T. framework (Educate, Motivate, Empower, Tolerance) and this:

“I am not what happened to me. I am what I choose to be.”

Jewish On Campus brought families and neighbors into one room over what students face in Atlanta schools and universities.

Re-Discovering the Land of Israel

AIC also teaches the country itself. Our virtual tour series walks the community through Israel a region at a time: Haifa, Eilat, Masada, ancient Caesarea, the Hula Valley during the great bird migration, the Golan Heights, and the old and new sides of Tel Aviv and Jaffa. Those tours, and recordings of many past briefings, sit free on AIC’s YouTube channel, so an evening in Atlanta keeps working long after the room empties.

Where we meet

AIC has no building. Every program happens in a synagogue, a church, a community center, a hotel ballroom, or a member’s living room, and AIC contracts licensed armed security for each public event it holds. Venue addresses ship in the registration confirmation instead of on the public page. Gathering openly and safely is part of the work now, and it costs real money out of the same budget that pays for the programming.

Register, come, and ask the hard question.

On the calendar

Coming up.

  • Card for What the Midterms Could Mean for Israel, with Joel Rubin (left) and Joel Rayburn (right). Wednesday 28 October, 7:30 PM ET. AIC does not endorse or oppose any candidate or party. Our guests speak for themselves. Free for everyone.

    Virtual

    What the Midterms Could Mean for Israel

     · Microsoft Teams (live online)

    • Joel Rubin
    • Joel Rayburn

    Israel votes on 27 October. Americans vote on 3 November. On the 28th, a Democrat and a Republican talk with each other about what is at stake for Israel whichever way the House and Senate go.

  • The Author’s Table card: American Intellectual Antisemitism with Shai Davidai, Tuesday 17 November, 8:00 PM ET.

    Our book club, once a month

    American Intellectual Antisemitism, with Shai Davidai

     · Microsoft Teams (live online)

    Cover of American Intellectual Antisemitism by Shai Davidai: the subtitle, The Anti-Jewish Movement Tearing Through Our Universities, boxed in red on navy.
    • Shai Davidai

    Shai Davidai taught at Columbia Business School until he resigned in July 2025, so he is not writing about this from a distance. The first session is free and open to everyone.

The record

Recent events.

All past programming

In pictures

In the room.

  • A hotel ballroom full of guests seated in rows at an AIC community briefing.
  • Knesset member Ohad Tal in conversation with an AIC host on stage, an Israeli flag behind them.
  • A speaker addresses an AIC audience in a converted barn, its big wooden doors open to the garden behind him.
  • A speaker presents to guests in a living room strung with Israeli flags, a slide reading “From War to Ceasefire to Peace” on the screen.
  • A speaker in a black sweater talks with a seated audience in a converted barn at an AIC evening.

Program

An educational program of the Atlanta Israel Coalition

The Mitzpe Institute

Research and analysis on Israeli security and the threats facing Jewish communities. The Flash Brief and the Field Dossiers are free; the full Israel Brief, the Closed Dossiers, Vantage, and Watchwords come with AIC membership.

About the program: The Mitzpe Institutemitzpe.org (opens in a new tab)

The Mitzpe Institute became an educational program of the Atlanta Israel Coalition in October 2026.

By the numbers

Programs hosted
since 2018

Figures as of October 2026 · See our impact

In their words

AIC serves an invaluable role in our community as a credible curator and organizer of Israel programming that is compelling and informative. In partnering with AIC, Jewish organizations across Atlanta and beyond have a resource that can be counted on to tell Israel's story in a way that resonates with diverse audiences.

Rabbi Yitz TendlerExecutive Director, Congregation Beth Jacob

The Atlanta Israel Coalition represents the very best of grassroots pro-Israel advocacy. With warmth, dedication, and a genuine commitment to bringing people together, AIC creates meaningful opportunities for people of all backgrounds to learn, connect, and stand with Israel. Its outstanding programs and community partnerships not only combat misinformation, but also inspire a deeper, more informed, and more personal connection to Israel and the Jewish people.

Rabbi Dr. Mark Goldfeder, Esq.CEO & Director, National Jewish Advocacy Center

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Virtual tours of Israel

Re-Discovering the Land of Israel: AIC’s guided virtual tour series.

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