Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema, 506 Bloor Street West Meet Israelis who proactively choose democracy every day, before and after Election Day. Featuring: Aviv Tatarsky - Ir Amim - Fighting for an Equitable Jerusalem […]
Registration for this event is full. Jessica Burnstein will also be speaking at the Shabbat Speaker Series on October 5th - learn more and register here. Thursday, October 3rd 7:00-9:00 PM CSI Annex, 720 Bathurst Street Join our learning session with young progressives about Gaza, human rights and why these topics are relevant to all […]
Join us for a new-ish shabbat afternoon speaker series in the St Clair/Bathurst area. While many of our speakers and attendees will be new gen, everyone is welcome! We’ll meet at 4:30 PM in the party room of a building, located on the ground floor. There are no stairs to access the room. Snacks provided. Contact […]
Save the date for Canada's premier gathering of pro-peace, pro-Israel changemakers!
Two NIFC leaders will be speaking at Limmud Toronto: Naama Baumgarten-Sharon - Almost Within Reach: An Israeli Experience of Gaza 9:30 - 10:15 am Ya'ara Saks - Navigating Israel through Memory, Modernity and Moral Compass 2:30 - 3:15 pm Limmud Toronto is a festival of Jewish learning, culture and the arts brings people of all […]
Join us for a virtual information session about our upcoming trip to Israel, May 17-21, 2020. We'll hear from past participants and tour leaders and get a chance to 'meet' others interested in the trip. There will be plenty of time for questions. This virtual info session will be on December 17 @ 8 PM […]
Israel is changing before our eyes. Even as illiberalism in Israel seems to be growing ever-stronger, so too are surprising and unexpected alliances that are pushing back. Yehonatan Indursky, co-creator of the award-winning Netflix drama Shtisel, has changed how many of us see the ultra-Orthodox community. The New Israel Fund has long supported allies within […]
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 […]
Join us in Israel for a one-day event with the leaders of NIFC-funded projects, open to supporters and leaders. Held in Tel Aviv, this opportunity is a unique chance to join our leadership and meet some of the Israelis leading our 2020 projects.
As the situation in Israel continues to escalate, our work here in Canada grows in importance. We are interested in your input on Israel engagement here in Canada. NIFC is currently reimagining our approach to organizing and outreach in the Canadian 20s and 30s community. Our goals for the town hall are to: • Hear […]
Communist. Internal enemy. Privileged Tel Aviv Ashkenazi. It seems Dov Khenin has been called almost everything during his 13-year tenure as Member of Knesset for the Jewish-Arab party ‘Hadash’. For years, director Barak Heymann has been following this leading legislator, creating a film that examines the open wounds of contemporary Israeli society: from the forced […]
As Israel and many other countries announce tighter travel restrictions this week -- and gatherings including ours are cancelled -- we're going digital. A “peace” plan that advocates annexation. A sitting Prime Minister indicted. Three deadlocked elections in one year. A “court override” proposal and the Nation-State Law. The worrying trends in Israeli democracy continues […]