by Hannah Blazer | Oct 28, 2024 | Shared Society and Combatting Racism
On October 9 2024, hundreds of Arabs and Jews from throughout Israel — including Jewish gap-year participants and young Bedouin — poured out of buses in front of Hebrew Union College. They were attending the “A Day of Pain; A Day of Hope,” event in which Shatil...
by Hannah Blazer | May 2, 2024 | New Initiatives for Democracy, Palestinian Citizens of Israel, Shared Society and Combatting Racism
Following a highly successful November trip to the United States, NIF grantee Standing Together just completed a second tour of North America. They spoke to thousands of people at New Israel Fund events in Toronto, Vancouver, the Bay Area, New York, and Los Angeles....
by Hannah Blazer | Apr 1, 2024 | NIF, Palestinian Citizens of Israel, Shared Society and Combatting Racism
By Rachel Liel, NIF president The Muslim holy month of Ramadan started last week, and around the world, including in Israel, millions of Palestinian Muslims are facing a complex set of emotions. The month of Ramadan, which is associated with peace, brotherhood, and...
by Ben | Jan 12, 2024 | Shared Society and Combatting Racism
The morning of October 7 was marred by tragedy and horror as Hamas launched its attack against Israel. By the evening of that same day, 220 Shatil-guided activists convened on Zoom. They have been working together daily ever since. Shatil – the civil society...
by Hannah Cohen | Dec 27, 2023 | Shared Society and Combatting Racism
Immediately after learning about Hamas’s terror attack on October 7th, Shir Nosatzki, co-founder and director of Have You Seen The Horizon Lately and Hanan Alsana, a lawyer with Itach-Maaki, knew they would have to act. They understood quickly that there would be...
by Hannah Cohen | Nov 29, 2023 | Shared Society and Combatting Racism
Photo credit: Gili Getz By Libby Lenkinski, NIF US VP of Public Engagement November 17, 2023 Let me tell you about the week I had. From the moment our friends, the co-directors of Standing Together (עומדים ביחד – نقف معًا) Sally Abed and Alon-Lee Green, landed here in...
