Talks · Twice a month · Online
Twice a month, live, with the people who know Israel firsthand.
A 45-minute talk, then your questions. Every talk is free for AIC members, and members’ questions go first. For everyone else it’s $18.
How it works
First Thursday
12:00 PMET
Third Thursday
7:30 PMET
We announce each speaker as they confirm, and you register on that talk’s page.
On a computer, open your own link in your browser or the Zoom app. No account needed. On a phone or tablet, get the free Zoom Workplace app first.
Type your question in the Q&A. Members’ questions go first, and our host keeps the conversation moving.
Members get the recording by email. A week later it goes up on our Watch page for everyone.
Next up
Live talks, twice a month
· Zoom (live online)
Mustapha Ezzarghani grew up in Morocco and now spends his days telling Arabic speakers the truth about Jews and Israel. He comes to Israel Up Close to talk about that work, and to take your questions.
Live talks, twice a month
· Zoom (live online)
Since October 7, some publishers and agents have told Jewish writers “now is not the time.” Howard Lovy started a press to say yes.
Live talks, twice a month
· Zoom (live online)
Amotz Eyal started TPS in 2013 to fix the coverage of Israel where it begins, with the reporting that newsrooms around the world pick up. He comes to Israel Up Close to talk about the media war, why it’s so hard to win, and what’s working.
Live talks, twice a month
· Zoom (live online)
Lara Burns spent two decades following Hamas’s money through America for the FBI. She’ll show you what she found, and what’s still here.
Live talks, twice a month
· Zoom (live online)
Justin Yehuda built a New York coffee company that gives 18 percent of its profits to organizations supporting Israel. He’ll tell you how it came together.
The dates
We announce each speaker as they confirm. Every date is a Thursday.
Who it’s for
You don’t need to be an expert to come. Each talk is somebody who does the work, in Israel or here at home, and then an open floor where you can ask them about it.
Israel in the title means Am Israel as well: the Jewish people, wherever they live. So the talks run wider than the news from Jerusalem.
Before or after the talk
Plenty of the people who speak to us have written books. Here they are in one place.
Buy through our Bookshop.org links and AIC gets a share of the sale. It costs you nothing extra.
Suggest a speaker
Tell us about someone who knows Israel firsthand, or put yourself forward. We read every suggestion.
For members
Membership starts at $9 a month, and every level includes Israel Up Close, the Mitzpe Institute and the Author’s Table. Your questions go first, and the recording comes to your inbox.
Partnership with AIC is free for congregations, schools, nonprofits, and civic groups. Your people get a member code for a free 90-day AIC membership, and every member comes to Israel Up Close free. Partners take a turn co-presenting a talk when a slot opens. A business can sponsor a talk, too.
Partner or SponsorMembers get each recording by email. A week later it goes up on our Watch page, free for everyone, with past AIC programs beside it.
Watch past programsFrom the archive
Virtual
· Zoom (live online)
Nothing if you’re an AIC member, at any level. For everyone else it’s $18 a talk.
See membership levelsPeople who know Israel and Am Israel firsthand. We name each speaker as soon as they confirm, and registration for that talk opens then.
Suggest a speakerNot on a computer. Open your link in Chrome, Safari or Edge, or in the Zoom app if you have it. You don’t need an account. On a phone or tablet you do need the free Zoom Workplace app, because Zoom doesn’t run in a phone’s web browser. Install it, then tap your link again.
Click Q&A in the Zoom window, type your question and click Send. Our team reads each question before it’s answered. At Israel Up Close, members’ questions go first.
Not at our talks. Everyone watching joins with their camera and microphone off. You see and hear the speaker, and nobody sees or hears you. The Author’s Table is different: it’s a conversation, so you come in muted and can unmute and turn your camera on when you want to talk.
Yes, automatic captions. Click Show Captions in the Zoom window and they appear on screen.
About ten minutes early. We open the room ten minutes before we start, which gives you time to get in and turn your sound up. If you see “Please wait for the host to start this webinar,” you’re in the right place. Running late? Come in anyway.
Israel Up Close talks are recorded. Members get the recording by email, and a week later it goes up for everyone on our Watch page.
Watch past programsJoin or Give
Membership starts at $9 a month and makes every Israel Up Close talk free. Rather give once? A donation pays for AIC’s briefings, talks, and missions.
Gifts are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.
January mission to Israel
Cheryl and Kirsten will be in Israel from 11 to 22 January, delivering aid. What they bring depends on what we raise.
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Where the money goes: after the cost of making and shipping it, what AIC makes on your order pays for our programs, like Israel Up Close, The Author's Table and our work against antisemitism here in Atlanta.
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