by Lauren Zilberman | Nov 21, 2025 | Featured, Human and Civil Rights, NIF, Shared Society and Combatting Racism
By: Daniel Sokatch, NIF International CEO Earlier this week, Zak Witus, NIF’s director of young leadership, was detained in Ben Gurion airport on his way back from Israel. He had been leading a group of Jewish young people, participants in the NIF’s Global Activism...
by Lauren Zilberman | Nov 21, 2025 | Human and Civil Rights, News
Photo Credit: Yossi Zamir, Shatil Stock Earlier this month, the Knesset passed the first reading of a bill that would introduce a mandatory death penalty for those convicted of “nationalist-motivated” murder or terrorism. According to NIFC partner The Association for...
by Lauren Zilberman | Nov 21, 2025 | Human and Civil Rights, News, Shared Society and Combatting Racism
Cantor Cheryl Wunch is a member of NIFC’s Rabbinical and Cantorial Cabinet. She is the Spiritual Leader of Congregation Shir Libeynu. By: Cantor Cheryl Wunch This year, the High Holy Day season was especially challenging for members of the New Israel Fund of Canada’s...
by Lauren Zilberman | Nov 21, 2025 | Human and Civil Rights
Photo Credit: Lena Kuznetsova Choresh, Shatil Stock In 2024, Israel’s Minister for Social Equality May Golan slashed the budget that supports LGBTQ+ groups. While the budget was initially reduced by 40%, organizations anticipate an additional 75% cut to funding for...
by Lauren Zilberman | Nov 21, 2025 | Human and Civil Rights, News
Photo: World Central Kitchen While Gaza is under a formal ceasefire, for many Gazan families, it feels like the war never ended. They are still struggling to survive, to find shelter from the wind and rain, and to feed themselves and their children. Clearing the...
by Lauren Zilberman | Nov 7, 2025 | Human and Civil Rights, News
The ceasefire in Gaza is fragile but holding, and the living hostages are finally home — yet the country is roiling with new turmoil. The fight for democracy feels more urgent than ever, as this extremist Israeli government is advancing a wave of anti-democratic...
