by nifc-phil-mike | Nov 27, 2019 | News
In this new series for the monthly NIFC newsletter, we profile our prominent members, examining their commitment to NIFC and to Israel, and exploring their thoughts for the future. We begin with Joseph (Joey) Steiner, who joined our finance committee in 2018,...
by nifc-phil-mike | Nov 27, 2019 | News
Our Executive Director Ben Murane reflects on the relentless news and what it could mean for the weeks and months ahead. The past few weeks have been incredibly fast-moving. Where are we at? Well, nobody really knows. What do we know? Neither interim Prime Minister...
by nifc-phil-mike | Nov 21, 2019 | News
For over 30 years, NIFC has supported Israel by fostering the country’s vibrant civil society and by standing up for equality and democracy for all. Earlier this week, the announcement that the US will no longer consider Israeli settlements to be “inconsistent with...
by nifc-phil-mike | Nov 19, 2019 | News, Shared Society and Combatting Racism
Today, in light of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s latest comments in which he defamed Arab citizens and Knesset Members as an “existential threat,” a group of 18 civil society organizations in Israel sent a letter to President Reuven Rivlin denouncing the Prime...
by nifc-phil-mike | Sep 26, 2019 | News
September 12, 2019 by Cantor Cheryl Wunch, NIFC Naomi Chazan Fellow Published on Reformjudaism.org This year, I was chosen by the New Israel Fund of Canada as one of three “young” adults to be the country’s Naomi Chazan Fellows. Honoured to be selected,...
