by nifc-phil-mike | Oct 15, 2020 | News, Palestinian Citizens of Israel, Shared Society and Combatting Racism, Social and Economic Justice
The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed large gaps and inequalities in healthcare throughout the world. Israel is no exception. N (we are only using an initial for privacy reasons), a Palestinian woman from the Galilee, was refused treatment at the dialysis centre covered...
by nifc-phil-mike | Oct 15, 2020 | Human and Civil Rights, News
NIFC flagship partner Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) called on Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit to cancel a new emergency COVID-19 regulation which bans Israelis from demonstrating more than one kilometre from their homes. ACRI insisted that the...
by nifc-phil-mike | Sep 30, 2020 | News
NIFC is pleased to announce its new Executive Committee members: Dr. Linda Hershkovitz (President) and Lorne Cappe (Vice President). Linda and Lorne join Joseph Steiner (Treasurer) to make up our Executive Committee. Linda has been our Vice President over the past...
by nifc-phil-mike | Sep 30, 2020 | News
By Ben Murane, Executive Director Israel has just reached an ignominious milestone ahead of the United States – a higher per capita coronavirus death rate. And yesterday Israel’s health system reported that all 800 hospital beds earmarked for COVID-19 patients are now...
by nifc-phil-mike | Sep 30, 2020 | News
On Sunday, September 13th, during NIFC’s 10th Annual Shira Herzog Symposium, we publicly announced a new way we’re commemorating the woman whose name is kept alive through it — Shira Herzog. Shira left an indelible mark on the Canadian Jewish community and...
