(Webinar) Shtisel Uncovered

Join us for a webinar with Shtisel creator Yehonatan Indursky and pathbreaking haredi social activist Pnina Pfeuffer to bring you Shtisel Uncovered: The New Haredim. Moderated by Libby Lenkinski, VP for Public Engagement, NIF. You must register to join. Please register here: https://nif.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_L-KFL8WCS06dL0KzCDTiBg To join from a computer: https://nif.zoom.us/s/441941929 To join from a phone from […]

NIF Virtual Film Club

We are pleased to offer NIFC supporters access to the New Israel Fund's virtual film club, bringing you poignant and relevant Israeli films related to our work and our issues during these days when we have more time at home. Let's catch up on films we may have missed, ones we want to see again, or completely new ones […]

Webinar: Equality and Democracy in the Time of COVID-19

For Physicians for Human Rights Israel (PHRI), an NIFC-funded project, adjusting to life in the COVID-19 pandemic means working around the clock to make sure that the most marginalized communities in Israel and the occupied territories have access to information and medical care – including groups like asylum seekers and Palestinians living under the occupation. […]

Israeli-Palestinian Memorial Day Ceremony

Online

Hosted by the New Israel Fund, American Friends of the Parents Circle - Families Forum, and Americans Friends of Combatants for Peace For the past fifteen years, thousands of Israelis and Palestinians have spent an evening together each year to acknowledge the pain of those living on the "other side" and to envision a better […]

Webinar: Annexation in the West Bank under cover of COVID-19

Online

The recent coalition deal between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Benny Gantz gives Trump's annexation plan a start date. This new government was formed in a crisis – and it aims to exploit the COVID-19 crisis to annex parts of the West Bank and make the occupation permanent. Join NIF for a Zoom webinar to […]

Webinar: Equality and Democracy in the Time of COVID-19

Online

Join NIF for a Zoom webinar to discuss how Israeli civil society is mobilizing in response and defending the rights of women during the COVID-19 pandemic. Register here and you will receive a link to join the webinar.   Speakers: Shula Keshet, Executive Director at Achoti - for Women in Israel Shula Keshet is an […]

Toronto Jewish Film Festival: Comrade Dov (Online)

Online

*special NIFC discount code below* Goddamned Communist. Internal enemy. Privileged Tel Aviv Ashkenazi. Dov Khenin has been called almost everything during his thirteen-year tenure as Member of Knesset for the Jewish-Arab party ‘Hadash’. His advocacy of socialist and democratic values harken back to the ideals that helped build the nation, but they also make him […]

Toronto Jewish Film Festival: Q&A with Comrade Dov Director Barak Heymann

Online

Join Comrade Dov director and NIF International Council member Barak Heymann for an online Q&A on Tuesday, June 2nd at 3pm Eastern. About the film: Goddamned Communist. Internal enemy. Privileged Tel Aviv Ashkenazi. Dov Khenin has been called almost everything during his thirteen-year tenure as Member of Knesset for the Jewish-Arab party ‘Hadash’. His advocacy […]

Everything You Need to Know About Annexation

Online

As early as July 1, the Israeli government could begin annexing West Bank territory. This radical step has the potential of sparking a violent uprising, institutionalising an undemocratic regime and increasing tensions between Jews and Arabs. Join New Israel Fund UK for a one-hour, 360° annexation briefing with Israel’s top experts on security, democracy, human […]

10th Annual Shira Herzog Symposium: Extraordinary Leadership in Extraordinary Times

Virtual

Sunday, September 13th - 2PM Eastern, 11AM Pacific These are unprecedented times. The pandemic has revealed inequities and vulnerabilities in each societies it has affected, including in Israel. And there is no playbook for how to respond to a global health crisis. What is inspiring to see are the civil society leaders in Israel who […]

Toronto Jewish Film Festival: The Prophet (Online)

*For Ontario residents only* “Any Jew who says that Israel can be a Jewish state and a democratic state is either a fool- or worse”. Exiled from the United States after his Jewish Defence League was linked to terrorism, Meir Kahane moved to Israel, where his extremist, anti-democratic views united both the right and the […]

NIF Event: Policing and Protests in Israel

As thousands of Israelis have protested government corruption in front of the prime minister's residence on Balfour Street, these peaceful demonstrations have often been met with water cannons, unlawful arrests, and other violent tactics from police. For many protesters, this is their first experience of police violence. But for Arab citizens, Ethiopian Israelis and other […]