by nifc-phil-mike | Jun 28, 2019 | News
If all of Am Yisrael (the Jewish people) could display the same tolerance and ahavat chinam (causeless love) as Tamar Rechnitz’s family, we’d be a step closer to the Messianic age. Tamar, 37, is education director of Tag Meir (Light Tag), a coalition of 48...
by nifc-phil-mike | Jun 28, 2019 | News
Shmuel Shattach was all set to follow in his banker’s family’s footsteps when Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated. Shmuel was nearing the end of his army service as a commander in the paratroopers and it was time to apply to university. “The assassination...
by nifc-phil-mike | Jun 28, 2019 | News
Dr. Mushira Aboo Dia, 40, is an Israeli Palestinian whose Hebrew is better than her Arabic. Five of her of 14 siblings converted to Judaism and six of them served in the IDF. That may sound unusual to you and me, but to Mushira it’s the natural outcome of growing up...
by nifc-phil-mike | Jun 28, 2019 | News
“The most important thing Israelis can do is to not accept the oppression.” Aviv Tatarsky is a nonviolent warrior. A veteran martial arts instructor, he fights with all his might for a better, more peaceful future for Israelis and Palestinians. But he won’t lift...
by nifc-phil-mike | Jun 26, 2019 | News
Jerusalem’s 18th annual LGBTQ pride parade kicked off on June 6th, with over 10,000 people attending the parade, whose theme was “One Community – Many Faces.” Ever since a fatal stabbing attack in 2015, in which 15-year-old Shira Banki was killed in a homophobic...
