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 CEO: “Kahanism is a Danger to Israeli Democracy”
25 March 2021In response to the news that Israel’s Knesset will include the ideological successors to Meir Kahane’s racist ideology, NIF CEO Daniel Sokatch released the following statement.
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“Today is a day to celebrate” – NIF’s Mickey Gitzin on Israeli Supreme Court decision
1 March 2021Responding to the news that Israel’s Supreme Court declared Reform and Conservative conversions in Israel valid for the purposes of Israel’s Law of Return, NIF Directors Mickey Gitzin (Israel) and Rabbi Ayelet S. Cohen (New York / tri-state area) released the following statements.
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Union Yes At The New Israel Fund
2 December 2020On Tuesday, December 1, New Israel Fund’s (NIF) management and Board warmly welcomed NIF Union/OPEIU Local 29, the NIF staff union representing all non-supervisory, non-managerial, non-confidential US-based staff.
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NIF CEO: “Equating all Jews with Israel, as Sec Pompeo has, is antisemitic.”
20 November 2020In response to Secretary Mike Pompeo’s visit to Israeli settlements, plans to classify boycott, divestment and sanctions tactics as antisemitic and equate the West Bank with Israel, NIF CEO Daniel Sokatch released the following statement.
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg Leaves Prize Awarded Day Before Her Death to New Israel Fund
20 October 2020Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg (z”l) has designated part of a cash prize to the New Israel Fund (NIF) as one of several organizations which “mean the most to her.” The National Constitution Center awarded Justice Ginsburg the 2020 Liberty Medal by the National Constitution Center on September 17, 2020, just one day before her death.
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New Israel Fund Smashes Through $40M Goal for Endowment Fundraising, Raises Bar to $50M
15 October 2020The fundraising campaign was launched last year in conjunction with NIF’s 40th anniversary celebrations and focused on asking donors to consider including NIF in their estate plans.
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Ethiopian Israeli Activist Efrat Yerday Wins New Israel Fund Gallanter Prize
20 August 2020Efrat Yerday, teacher, activist, and chairwoman of the Association for Ethiopian Jews, wins the 2020 Gallanter Prize.
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NIF CEO: “This deal shows us that there can be no peace with annexation”
14 August 2020Responding to the news that Israel plans to sign an agreement with the UAE that would temporarily “suspend” the Israeli government’s plans to annex parts of the West Bank, NIF CEO Daniel Sokatch released the following statement.
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Progressive Pro-Israel Groups Support Van Hollen Amendment Preventing the Use of US Funding for Illegal Annexation
9 July 2020The following joint statement was issued by eight members of the Progressive Israel Network.
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NIF CEO: “Prime Minister Netanyahu once again promised to sell Israel’s soul”
1 July 2020Responding to the news today of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s announcement that he will continue to discuss unilaterally annexing parts of the West Bank with the Trump administration after missing the July 1 start date.
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