by Lauren Zilberman | Mar 27, 2026 | Human and Civil Rights, NIF, Shared Society and Combatting Racism
By: Mickey Gitzin, Acting CEO of the New Israel Fund Just over eight months ago, I was sitting in a shelter in Israel after the first 12-day Israel-Iran-US war. I listened to U.S. President Donald Trump say that the Iranian nuclear program had been “obliterated,”...
by Lauren Zilberman | Mar 13, 2026 | NIF, Shared Society and Combatting Racism, Social and Economic Justice
As I write this, my family is sitting in their shelter in Rishon L’Tzion, taking cover from Iranian bombs. I, on the other hand, am sitting in Trump’s America—in New York City, to be precise, where my two daughters, my husband, and I are safe and sound. As crazy as it...
by Lauren Zilberman | Feb 20, 2026 | Human and Civil Rights, NIF
As I write this, I’m flying home from Israel after a week in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem meeting with our Israeli partners and friends. Their determination is powerfully infectious. And yet I’m also feeling dread, because rising expectations of war with Iran have sent me...
by Lauren Zilberman | Jan 16, 2026 | NIF, Shared Society and Combatting Racism
Dear friends, I was planning to write to you to introduce myself—to say how honored I am to be stepping into the role of Acting CEO of the New Israel Fund while Daniel takes his well-earned sabbatical. I am tremendously excited by this opportunity, but there...
by Lauren Zilberman | Jan 16, 2026 | News, NIF
The New Israel Fund of Canada welcomes the incoming Vice President for Public Engagement of the New Israel Fund, Idit Klein. Klein, who has served as President and CEO of Keshet in the United States for nearly a quarter century, officially began her tenure in December...
by Lauren Zilberman | Dec 12, 2025 | News, NIF
By: Daniel Sokatch, NIF International CEO In a few weeks, starting in January, I will begin a year-long sabbatical. NIF is one of a growing number of non-profit organizations that understand that meaningful time away is a key to professional longevity and performance,...
