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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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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Jewish and Pro-Israel Organizations Must Not Tolerate the Bigotry of ZOA’s Morton Klein
11 June 2020The following joint statement was issued by J Street, the New Israel Fund, Partners for Progressive Israel, Reconstructing Judaism, The Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association and T’ruah, and joined by Nancy Kaufman, Principal, NKK Strategic Consulting.
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NIF CEO: “Today, we stand in solidarity with communities of color”
1 June 2020We cannot remain silent as people in cities across America protest police brutality and racism. We stand with communities of color and say: black lives matter.
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NIF CEO: “Oklahoma anti-BDS Law Harms Israel and Free Speech.”
26 May 2020In response to the Oklahoma legislature passing a law that penalizes Americans who call for boycott of Israel or Israeli settlements, NIF CEO Daniel Sokatch released the following statement.
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American Jewish organizations Reject Netanyahu-Gantz Annexation Plans, Support US Lawmakers Speaking Out
17 May 2020In response to the formation of Israel’s new government, whose primary policy goal aside from responding to the coronavirus pandemic will be to begin unilaterally annexing parts of the West Bank, eight members of the Progressive Israel Network, together released the following statement.
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NIF CEO: “We Don’t Support BDS. Missouri Law Harms Israel And Free Speech.”
15 May 2020In response to the Missouri legislature passing a law that penalizes Americans who call for boycott of Israel or Israeli settlements, NIF CEO Daniel Sokatch released the following statement.
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