by nifc-phil-mike | Dec 16, 2019 | News
Looking back on the past year, Ir Amim’s Aviv Tatarsky feels proudest of his and his colleagues’ involvement in connecting Israeli activists to East Jerusalem Palestinians and supporting them to act side by side against oppression. And in an unusual development, a...
by nifc-phil-mike | Dec 16, 2019 | News, Religious Freedom
This past year has seen growing public legitimacy for the work of Ne’emanei Torah Va’Avodah (NTA,) a moderate voice in Israel’s religious community. One example: On Sukkot, NTA published an insert in the widely read religious, nationalist, conservative newspaper Makor...
by nifc-phil-mike | Dec 16, 2019 | News
In addition to seeing people’s minds and hearts open when attending Tag Meir’s teacher trainings, what made Tamar Rechnitz happiest this year is the addition of a second staff person to the organization’s education efforts. “We decided to open two new programs and we...
by nifc-phil-mike | Dec 13, 2019 | News
NIFC is currently hiring for the position of Development Officer. Job Description The New Israel Fund of Canada (NIFC) works to strengthen democracy and promote social justice in Israel. For over 30 years, NIFC has supported a network of non-governmental organizations...
by nifc-phil-mike | Dec 5, 2019 | News
Norm Hanson has been on NIFC’s Board since 2012. He writes this letter before leaving the Board at the end of 2019. I write you this letter following a week in Israel–probably my 30th trip here–visiting my daughter and her family in Tel Aviv. A lot has happened...
