Read NIF's latest press releases and statements. For press inquiries, please contact Elisheva Goldberg at: 917.740.4031 phone or [email protected].
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NIF Launches New Values Driven, Donor Advised “Progressive Jewish Fund”
23 October 2019NIF announced the creation of the Progressive Jewish Fund (PJF), which will be the only national progressive Jewish platform from which to make both US and Israel-based grants. The PJF will enable people to set aside philanthropic dollars to give to organizations – Jewish or non-Jewish – whose values are consistent with NIF’s principles and policies.
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NIF Statement on the Attack in Halle
10 October 2019Responding to the attack on the Halle synagogue and kebab shop on Yom Kippur, Deputy Director of the New Israel Fund affiliate in Germany, Amir Theilhaber, and New Israel Fund CEO Daniel Sokatch released the following statements…
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Progressive Jewish Letter of Support for Omar Shakir
24 September 2019We write on behalf of five American Jewish organizations in support of Omar Shakir, the Israel and Palestine Director of Human Rights Watch. We call on the Israeli government to cease its efforts to deport Shakir and on the Israeli Supreme Court to reverse the lower court ruling that upheld the deportation.
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Progressive Israel Network Opposes Netanyahu’s Annexation Pledge
10 September 2019Responding to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s announcement of his intent to extend Israeli sovereignty over large parts of the West Bank, the Progressive Israel Network released the following statement…
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NIF CEO Rejects Netanyahu Plan for Illegal Annexation
10 September 2019Responding to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s announcement of his specific plan to begin annexation if re-elected, NIF CEO Daniel Sokatch released the following statement. . .
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NIF CEO On Netanyahu’s Failed Voter Suppression Legislation
9 September 2019In response to news that the Likud’s voter suppression bill failed to pass, NIF CEO Daniel Sokatch released the following statement…
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Israeli Civil Society Orgs React to Israeli Election Committee’s ‘No Camera’ Ruling Against Likud Voter Suppression Tactics
27 August 2019Responding to news that the Chairman of Israel’s Central Election Committee, Justice Hanan Melcer, had ruled that political parties will not be allowed to set up cameras in polling places, three leading civil society organizations in Israel who challenged Likud voter suppression tactics and NIF CEO Daniel Sokatch released the following statements…
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NIF CEO On Kahanists Barred from the Knesset: “Kahanism Has No Place in the Knesset”
26 August 2019In response to the news that members of the Kahanist “Jewish Power” Party will be barred from running in Israel’s upcoming elections NIF CEO Daniel Sokatch released the following statement. . .
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NIF CEO: Trump Shows “A Total Lack of Knowledge About Jewish People.”
20 August 2019In response to President Trump’s comments that American Jews who vote for Democrats show “either a total lack of knowledge or great disloyalty,” NIF CEO Daniel Sokatch released the following statement…
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Backgrounder: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Refusal to Allow Democratic Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib Entry to Israel
15 August 2019The decision by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to refuse entry into Israel of two prominent Democratic freshman members of the U.S. House of Representatives, Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib, is another instance of Benjamin Netanyahu choosing his own short-term personal and political interests over the interests of the Israeli people.
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