by nifc-phil-mike | 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-phil-mike | Jan 24, 2020 | Human and Civil Rights, News, Religious Freedom
Israeli mayors and educators mobilized to condemn homophobia after Israel’s interim Education Minister Rafi Peretz made hateful comments earlier this month about LGBTQ people. Peretz, who has previously voiced support for gay conversion therapy, was asked in an...
by nifc-phil-mike | Dec 16, 2019 | News, Religious Freedom
This past year has seen growing public legitimacy for the work of Ne’emanei Torah Va’Avodah (NTA,) a moderate voice in Israel’s religious community. One example: On Sukkot, NTA published an insert in the widely read religious, nationalist, conservative newspaper Makor...
by Hannah Cohen | Nov 26, 2019 | Religious Freedom
Thanks to relentless campaigning by NIFC partners, several municipalities in and around Tel Aviv officially opened public transportation lines last Saturday. The service that ran in Tel Aviv was incredibly successful, as the minibuses were unable to meet the high...
