Six-Day Study Tour to Israel
5 January 2025 - 10 January 2025
Study Tour to Israel: Towards a Shared, Secure Future for All
Dates: January 5-10, 2025
Join other like-minded liberal Canadians on a unique, six-day exploration of progressive Israeli civil society.
Last year, a surge of civil society mobilization protected Israel in its darkest hours. For nine months, pro-democracy protests staved off a judicial overhaul by Israel’s extremist government.
On and after October 7th, again civil society heroically came to the rescue to deliver humanitarian aid, protect civil liberties and human rights, safeguard Jewish-Arab partnership, and call for political solutions to unending terrorism and occupation.
Now, those same grassroots leaders are determined against all odds to pick up the pieces, heal the wounds, and build a shared, democratic, and peaceful future for Jews and Arabs alike.
This January 5-10, witness the inspiring and hopeful activists and experts dealing with Israel’s most pressing issues:
- Jewish-Arab joint groups such as Omdim Beyachad, Givat Haviva, and Sikkuy
- New grassroots leaders and movements like the Hostages Families Forum, Faithful Left, and pro-democracy protests
- Human rights defenders in the West Bank like Breaking the Silence and Yesh Din
- Think tanks providing domestic and foreign policy solutions like Mitvim and Berl Katznelson Center
Contact Laurence at laurence@nifcan.org to learn more.
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Explore the Issues
Go beyond the headlines to examine the realities of contemporary Israel. explore the many groups and voices that comprise Israeli society and learn about social justice issues affecting Israeli society today.
Meet the Leaders
Meet the inspiring grassroots activists, decision makers and influencers, civil rights attorneys, academics, prominent jurists, journalist, writers, and artists – all of whom are shaping the social change movement in Israel today.
Stretch your Mind
Experience Israel up-close and in a new light. Speak with people of diverse political and ideological views – Orthodox and secular, Jewish and Palestinian, liberal and conservative, Sephardi and Ashkenazi, recent immigrant and veteran Israeli.
See the Country
Visit the separation fence and see up close how it affects the lives of both Israelis and Palestinians. See what life is like for the Bedouin in the South, or in Arab towns in the North. Celebrate Shabbat in the Old City of Jerusalem. Enjoy the beauty of the country while exploring its challenges and learning about its hope for the future.
“I honestly cannot think of a better way to tour Israel than with a New Israel Fund Study Tour. […] It increased the depth of my knowledge manyfold on issues and facts about the country and its struggles to be a more democratic and equitable society for all its inhabitants — Jewish and non-Jewish. I’d say it brought my level of understanding to a new level — but it also brought me hope! Something I was really craving as I have been a loyal supporter of Israel my entire life.“
