A group of Arab and Jewish women attend a video workshop at a small town community center run by Rona, a young filmmaker from Tel Aviv, who teaches them to document their lives. As each student shares footage from her home life with the others, their beliefs and preconceptions are challenged and barriers are broken […]
In Israel and Canada, two democratic countries, there is a debate over the right of the legislature to infringe on citizens' fundamental rights and freedoms. Earlier this month, Israel's fifth election in four years resulted in disturbing gains by far-right, anti-democratic politicians. As coalition negotiations continue, some politicians have called to resurrect the "Override Clause," […]
Join us this Saturday, January 21st at 7:00 PM Eastern for a vigil for Israeli democracy. Last Saturday, nearly 100,000 Israelis gathered in protest in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, and Haifa. Many organizations supported by the global NIF family helped organize and participated in the protest — and they're doing it again this Saturday. These Israelis […]
January 30th, 2023 at 1:00 PM Eastern / 10:00 AM Pacific. Event organized by New Israel Fund Germany (event is in English). In December 2022 Benjamin Netanyahu formed the most right-wing government in the history of the State of Israel. Members of the coalition have put forward policy initiatives to weaken the legal system in […]
The Campaigners Behind the Pro-Democracy Pushback With Citizens' HQ's Reut Mor and Eran Nissan Tuesday, February 7th 11 AM Pacific / 1 PM Central / 2 PM Eastern Location: Zoom link provided prior to event Register on NIF US's website here There is no way to avoid the fact that we are in a crisis. […]
Jewish Values in Action: Combatting Racism and Extremism in Israel A conversation with Tag Meir Sunday, February 26th at 11:00 AM Mountain Standard Time Virtual program by Temple Beth Ora, Edmonton Please register below for Zoom link. 2021's violence in Jerusalem and other mixed cities made news around the world as Jewish and Arab residents […]
Register on NIF's website here Join us for a deep-dive with Michael Sfard into the sweeping changes to Israel's judiciary, from changes to the High Court to de jure annexation in the West Bank. We'll have the opportunity to meet with Michael, one of the most prominent legal minds in Israel today, at this critical […]
Meet Hassan Jabareen, Palestinian Citizen and Founder of NIFC project partner Adalah, and Orly Noy, Mizrahi visionary.Join us for a conversation about the impact of the judicial coup being pushed through by the new Netanyahu government on Mizrahi and Palestinian Israelis. For decades, Mizrahi and Palestinian Israeli citizens have been on the receiving end of […]
These past weeks and months, a broad protest movement turned into an inspiring non-violent uprising in Israel. Hundreds of thousands of citizens woke up, stood up, and shouted — demanding freedom, equality and democracy — some for the first time in their lives. Many in Canada and all around the world did the same. So […]
Co-presenting at the 2023 Toronto Jewish Film Festival In-person screening on June 4th at 3:00 PM (Innis Town Hall, Toronto) featuring Q&A with Co-Director Noam Sheizaf Available from June 6-7 for virtual viewing (Ontario only) About the film: “The film that predicted Israel’s far-right takeover.” (Nirit Anderman, Ha’aretz) H2 refers to the name given to a […]
Co-presenting at the 2023 Toronto Jewish Film Festival Available from June 6-7 for virtual viewing (Ontario only) About the film: Winner of the Audience Award, San Francisco Jewish Film Festival Four individuals, Palestinian and Israeli, channel their grief over losing their loved ones to violence into a grassroots movement: Their aim is to transform their […]
Co-presenting at the 2023 Toronto Jewish Film Festival Available from June 7-8 for virtual viewing (Ontario only) About the film: "The Soldier's Opinion should become the talk of the day in the country. The result is fascinating." (Avner Shavit, Walla) Official Selection, Jerusalem Film Festival, Israel 2022 For over fifty years, the Israeli military censorship secretly copied […]
