Bolstering Progressive Advocacy
22 April 2021
Shatil, NIF’s action-arm in Israel, is helping social change groups advocate for progressive change.
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Defending Freedom of Expression
22 April 2021
NIF grantee Association for Civil Rights in Israel exposes how Israeli Police use defamation suits to stifle public criticism of police brutality.
Read MoreNIF CEO: “Kahanism is a Danger to Israeli Democracy”
25 March 2021
In response to the news that Israel’s Knesset will include the ideological successors to Meir Kahane’s racist ideology, NIF CEO Daniel Sokatch released the following statement.
Read MoreNIF Film Club: Golda
10 March 2021
As part of a special Israeli Leaders on Film series, NIF Film Club watched Golda this week. Watch the post-film discussion with directors Udi Nir and Shani Rozanes.
Read MoreRemembering Mordechai “Moraleh” Bar-On
8 March 2021
We mourn the passing of Mordechai “Moraleh” Bar-On, former New Israel Fund President, at the age of 92.
Read MoreCivil Society is Laying the Blueprint for Social Change
4 March 2021
At times it can feel that victories for equality are few and far between and that the destination of a truly just society is a long ways off. This week is an exception.
Read MoreSupreme Court Victory for Religious Freedom
3 March 2021
After decades of advocacy by multiple of our grantees, on Monday Israel’s Supreme ordered the State to recognize Reform and Conservative conversions.
Read More“Today is a day to celebrate” – NIF’s Mickey Gitzin on Israeli Supreme Court decision
1 March 2021
Responding to the news that Israel’s Supreme Court declared Reform and Conservative conversions in Israel valid for the purposes of Israel’s Law of Return, NIF Directors Mickey Gitzin (Israel) and Rabbi Ayelet S. Cohen (New York / tri-state area) released the following statements.
Read MorePurim, Power and Corruption
25 February 2021
Purim is a Jewish holiday which commemorates the saving of the Jewish people from Haman, an Achaemenid Persian Empire official who was planning to kill all the Jews, as recounted in the Book of Esther.
Read MoreConfronting the Injustice of Occupation
21 January 2021
A recent news feature in Israel followed two IDF veterans from Breaking The Silence who revisit the Palestinian homes they once invaded.
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