NIF 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.
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Remembering 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.
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Civil Society is Laying the Blueprint for Social Change
4 March 2021At 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.
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Purim, Power and Corruption
25 February 2021Purim 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.
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Democracy and Accountability
18 February 2021In America and Israel, citizens are asking fundamental questions about democracy and systems of accountability. But accountability is not just for those in the spotlight—corruption trials and presidential impeachments. Every day, civil society plays an essential role in demanding accountability in ways big and small.
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NIF Film Club: Between Fences
10 February 2021
Avi Mograbi and Chen Alon meet African asylum-seekers in a detention facility in the middle of the Negev desert where they are confined by the state of Israel. Together, they question the status of the refugees in Israel using ‘Theater of the Oppressed’ techniques. Watch the post-film discussion with director Avi Mograbi.
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Tu Bishvat: Seeds of Justice
27 January 2021Tu Bishvat is the annual birthday celebration of the trees. Originally a functional date set by the Rabbis legislating when and how to benefit from fruit trees in the Land of Israel, Tu Bishvat is a holiday intimately tied to the land. To celebrate, some folks participate in a ritual with Kabbalistic origins known as a Tu Bishvat seder. For many in the diaspora, the holiday is an opportunity to connect to Israel by planting trees, either directly or by donating them.
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NIF Film Club: Kings of Capitol Hill
27 January 2021
For the past 60 years, AIPAC has maintained a strict “no interview” policy, but now, for the first time, the founding fathers of AIPAC speak out in Kings of Capitol Hill. Watch the post-film discussion with director Mor Loushy.
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Change Is In The Air
21 January 2021Our values, vision, and institutions have been badly battered, but they are not broken.
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NIF Film Club: Lemon Tree
13 January 2021
Salma, a Palestinian widow, is the owner of her late father’s cherished lemon grove. She must defend her lemon tree field when a new Israeli Defense Minister moves next to her and threatens to have her lemon grove torn down. Watch the post-film discussion with director Eran Riklis.
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