In moments when violence threatens to overtake everything else, it is too easy to lose sight of the reality that, in the long run, it is the actions of the many individuals who make up Israeli civil society that are the best hope for realizing an Israel that is at peace both at home and with its neighbors.
Read MoreBill’s death is a shattering loss for his family, his friends, and all of the circles in which he moved. One of these circles was the NIF community. Those of us who were lucky enough to know him, really, really loved him. A great light has gone out. Zekher tzadik livrakha: may your memory be for a blessing.
Read MoreNetanyahu’s retreat from his commitment on this issue is part of a larger pattern that hasn’t gone unnoticed.
Read MoreThe people of Tzfat now know what Ms. Mualem knows, and what Mr. Netanyahu may be learning, that when it comes time to stand up for our values, NIF is everywhere.
Read MoreToo much of the conversation around the 50th anniversary of the Six Day War and the start of the occupation is a distraction from the issues that threaten Israel.
Read MoreThis video was produced by New Israel Fund UK when they honored Mickey Gitzin with the Human Rights Award nearly five years ago!
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The cancellation of a Noa concert in Detroit has implications for everyone who shares her values of peace, democracy, and equality in Israel.
Read MoreThe “bullyism” we see in the White House is infecting the American Jewish conversation.
Read MoreThis 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.
Read MoreIsrael’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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