by Hannah Cohen | Dec 31, 2020 | Gender Equality, Human and Civil Rights, New Initiatives for Democracy, News, Palestinian Citizens of Israel, Religious Freedom, Shared Society and Combatting Racism, Social and Economic Justice
As 2020 comes to an end, a year of deep crisis across the world, we reflect on how it affects us all in profound ways. We know that this is a tough time for everyone. COVID has slowed down the rhythm of lives everywhere, but it has also exacerbated existing problems....
by NIFC | 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 | Aug 26, 2020 | News, Palestinian Citizens of Israel
Bereaved Arab Israeli mothers marched to the National Police Headquarters in Jerusalem earlier this month to protest growing violence in Arab Israeli society and to demand that the government and the Israeli Police form a plan of action to tackle the problem and...
by NIFC | Jul 24, 2020 | News, Palestinian Citizens of Israel, Religious Freedom
The Aguda – Israel’s LGBT Task Force has set up a hotline in Arabic to serve Palestinian citizens of Israel. The hotline, which is receiving financial support from the New Israel Fund global network, will provide both emotional assistance and routine information on...
by NIFC | Apr 24, 2020 | News, Palestinian Citizens of Israel
Mahmood Nassar is the new director of the Campaign to Combat Violence and Crime in Arab Society. A father of five, Nassar grew up the oldest of five brothers in the northern village of Tur’an, where his father, a banker, served as mayor. His was raised in a home that...
by NIFC | Aug 9, 2019 | News, Palestinian Citizens of Israel
An OpEd by NIF’s Rabbi Ayelet Cohen and Rabbi Ephraim Pelcovits Originally published in the Forward Many progressive Jews struggle with whether Tisha B’av still has resonance when Judaism has evolved so far beyond Temple service. We wonder whether a full day of...
