The Age of the Bully
6 April 2017
The “bullyism” we see in the White House is infecting the American Jewish conversation.
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Benghazi to Bergen-Belsen
23 March 2017This novel tells the story of a young Jewish woman living her life in Benghazi, Libya during World War II. It is a work of historical fiction and its publication proved to be subversive.
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For the Love of a Democratic Israel
10 March 2017Israel’s new boycott law sacrifices the great ideological pillars behind Israel’s establishment for political expediency in the service of a hard-line ethno-nationalist ideology. It now falls to the judiciary, to civil society, and to supporters of Israel to act as a check on the runaway train that is the Netanyahu government.
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Mobilizing Dissent: How We Responded to Jen’s Detention
23 February 2017I am proud of the message that we sent to the authorities: democracies don’t shut down or keep out dissenting voices. Rather, they welcome the debate. That is the essence of democratic society.
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OpEd: American Jews Are New Target of Israel’s Unprecedented Escalation Against Civil Society
13 February 2017In this op-ed, which was originally published in Haaretz, NIF VP of Finance, Operations and Administration Jennifer Gorovitz writes: “Given Netanyahu’s repression of dissent, perhaps I shouldn’t have been surprised that Israel’s border control considered me a ‘national security risk’.”
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We will not be stopped at Ben Gurion. We will not stop at all.
10 February 2017There is a context to the detention of an NIF Vice President at Ben Gurion Airport. It’s the years-long effort to demonize Israel’s civil rights sector.
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Neo-Authoritarianism is a Global Challenge
26 January 2017It would be a tragic irony, if in this time of rising xenophobia and racism, people like us decide to hunker down and only pay attention to what was happening in our own backyard.
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Despair is Not a Game Plan
12 January 2017While we should be under no illusions about the challenges we face and the threats we will have to contend with in the coming years, let’s not for a minute lose our resolve, our sense of purpose and mission, or our commitment to the vision and values we stand for and defend.
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WATCH: Interview with Talia Sasson
12 January 2017
In an interview with Haaretz’s Uri Misgav, NIF’s president talks about the challenges facing our movement.
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An Incredible Opportunity
11 January 2017I want your help to reach out and find good candidates for NIF’s fellowship program in Israel. This is an incredible opportunity. I was an NIF fellow and my experience certainly impacted my life’s trajectory.
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