by Hannah Cohen | Jan 27, 2022 | News
By Daniel Sokatch, International CEO of the New Israel Fund The new year has barely arrived, and already so much has happened. On Tuesday the Jerusalem municipality evicted fifteen members of the Salhiye family from their house in the contested Sheikh Jarrah...
by Hannah Cohen | Jan 25, 2022 | Human and Civil Rights
Israel’s Supreme Court has prohibited the Ministry of Interior from continuing to work according to the policies of the Citizenship and Entry Law. This law which expired last July, has been used since 2003 to ban family unification where one spouse is an Israeli...
by Hannah Cohen | Dec 22, 2021 | Religious Freedom
Last week the Israeli government reneged on its pledge to implement an agreement to open a mixed-gender prayer space at the Western Wall. The agreement for a pluralist Kotel has a long history. After three years of negotiations, then Prime Minister Benjamin...
by Hannah Cohen | Dec 22, 2021 | Shared Society and Combatting Racism
On December 14th, a group of New Generations (20s and 30s) donors met online for a Giving Circle — a process in which a group decides together which NIFC project partner will receive its pooled donations. The group, led by the New Generations Leadership Council,...
by Hannah Cohen | Dec 22, 2021 | News
Dear Friends, You don’t hear from me too often so let me start by introducing myself. My name is Linda Hershkovitz and I am the President of NIFC’s Board of Directors. This is my second year as President, but I’ve been an NIFC donor for 18 years. I grew up in downtown...
