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Statement on Cancellation of a “Wider Bridge” Event by LGBTQ Task Force
18 January 2016The New Israel Fund condemns the cancellation of an event sponsored by “A Wider Bridge” by the National LGBTQ Task Force, the organizers of the Creating Change conference next week in Chicago.
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”Love Always Wins:” Israelis Unite Against Homophobia and Hatred
6 August 2015
Thousands – including the Israeli president – rally to demand government action against Jewish extremism.
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Remembering Shira
6 August 2015
On Sunday Shira Banki – one of the marchers stabbed in the Jerusalem Pride Parade – passed away. Read the heartbreaking message that her family released.
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Jerusalem Pride 2015
4 August 2015
Before the devastating stabbings at Jerusalem’s Gay Pride March on Thursday marred the event, Israelis turned out for a celebration of LBGTQ rights.
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Response to Jerusalem Pride Stabbings
30 July 2015
NIF exists to support the voices of sanity in Israel. Today we must stand together as a community. We must stand against religious extremism. And we must renew our commitment to a better Israel.
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Meet the Berner-Kadish Family
11 June 2015
Meet the Berner-Kadish Family. After a 14 year legal struggle, Ruti and Nicole were finally registered as their three children’s legal mothers in Israel.
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Celebrating Pride
20 June 2014
Thousands came together in Tel Aviv to celebrate Pride month and advocate for equality.
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Court Orders Rabbi to Apologize to Lesbian
29 May 2014
A Jerusalem rabbi has been forced to publicly apologize to and compensate a lesbian woman he outed following a successful court petition.
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Foremost Progressive Zionist Group Leads LGBT Tour for Jerusalem World Pride 2006
26 May 2006Washington, D.C. The New Israel Fund (NIF), the leading funder and founder of progressive civil society in Israel , is leading a special LGBT tour in Israel August 2-11, including participation in the World Pride events in Jerusalem . NIF was the first funder of Jerusalem Open House, Israel’s leading gay rights organization and lead organizer of Jerusalem World Pride, and has worked in Israel for 27 years for civil and human rights, social and economic justice, and religious pluralism and tolerance.
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