How and when NIF decides to take a stand on an issue is rarely a simple process. But no matter what, NIF always stands for democratic debate and dissent. Let us know your thoughts on the issues that matter to you and to NIF, and be assured – we’re listening.
Read MoreCheck out videos from Mobilizing for Progressive Change, an event NIF held in Boston last month. We honored our long-time board member, Franklin M. Fisher. We were inspired by our New Generations Activists and were then treated to a hope-filled conversation featuring Peter Beinart, Rachel Liel, and Rabbi David Rosenn.
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NIF CEO Daniel Sokatch writes in The Forward about the politics of exclusion, and what comes next.
Read MoreThe fault-line that is shaking Israel runs deep under the ocean, and it is contributing to the tectonic shifts that are now rattling the landscape of the American Jewish community.
Read MoreThe hate crime epidemic in Israel must be brought under control. This has got to stop. It is urgent and can no longer be swept under the carpet!
Read MoreIt wasn’t by chance that the concepts of freedom at Passover and a couple’s ability to realize their love in traditional Jewish culture have become connected to the struggle for human rights in western culture.
Read MoreFrom lessons learned to hope for the future, Hagai El-Ad reflects upon the past 6 years as head of flagship NIF grantee the Association for Civil Rights in Israel.
Read MoreI’ve come to see NIF as a microcosm of the incredible potential that exists in Israel, the hope, hatikva.
Read MoreIt seems silly at first. 100 men and women are planning to blow shofars outside the UJA-Federation office in New York this evening. They’re calling on the UJA to exclude NIF, Partners for a Progressive Israel, and B’Tselem from New York’s Celebrate Israel Parade based on the phony charge that we support the global BDS movement.
Read MoreTwo years ago, the New Israel Fund began a partnership with Theater J, the Washington, DC, Jewish theater that, according to its website, produces “thought-provoking, publicly engaged, personal, passionate and entertaining plays and musicals that celebrate the distinctive urban voice and social vision that are part of the Jewish cultural legacy.”
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