ReelAbilities Toronto Film Festival (RAFFTO is excited to show the film MUHI: Generally Temporary on June 1st. Muhi, a boy from Gaza, has been living in an Israeli hospital for the past seven years, unable to return home. Muhi is saved and raised in paradoxical circumstances that transcend identity, religion and the conflict that divides […]
Presented by the Toronto Jewish Film Society A Co-Presentation with New Israel Fund of Canada, Congregation Shir Libeynu, UJA Emerging Communities, Consulate General of Israel in Toronto, MNJCC Israeli Connection & LGBTQ+ Initiative Yossi & Jaggar (Yossi ve Jager) Israel, 2002, Eytan Fox, director, 87 minutes In Yossi & Jagger, two IDF soldiers struggle to […]
Join us and our downtown partners at Tikkun Leil Shavuot: All-Night Learning Festival hosted by the MNjcc. Start the night with our Naomi Chazan Fellow, Sterling Stutz’s presentation, followed by much more. Check out Sterling's photos from her NIFC study tour with the Naomi Chazan Fellowship and hear her talk, "What is the Cost of […]
Human rights consultant Len Rudner moderates a conversation among advocates in the Jewish community about the ongoing conflict in the Middle East and potential approaches to peacemaking. Panellists: Paul Michaels, Research Consultant at the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs Dr. Karen Mock, President of JSpaceCanada and former Executive Director of the Canadian Race Relations […]
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 […]
Visiting Israel this summer? Consider making NIF part of your plans! Join us to visit social justice activists and organizations—a chance to experience firsthand the work you are supporting on the ground and meet the partners who are creating a more inclusive, just and democratic Israel. Join NIF for a one-day intensive look at Israel […]
Applications for the 2019-2020 cohort are now CLOSED! The Naomi Chazan Fellowship is a year-long program that begins with a subsidized, ten-day study tour in Israel from July 14 – 23, 2019. Two dozen changemakers in their 20s and 30s from Canada, the UK, Australia, and the US join an immersive experience to explore social […]
Finding Common Ground is an opportunity to join an intercultural audience uniting to learn from the youth of Heart to Heart about their mission to build shared society between Jewish and Palestinian citizens of Israel. Heart to Heart supports a new generation of young Jewish and Palestinian citizens of Israel to become leaders who recognize the […]
*Please note that this event is not the 9th Annual Shira Herzog Symposium. For the Symposium, please click here* Presented by New Israel Fund of Canada, in conjunction with Temple Kol Ami and Beit Rayim Congregation Saturday, September 7th | 7:15 - 8:30 PM Schwartz/Reisman Centre Room C and D 9600 Bathurst Street Israelis are […]
*Please note that this event is not the 9th Annual Shira Herzog Symposium. For the Symposium, please click here* Presented by New Israel Fund of Canada, in conjunction with Shaarei Beth-El Congregation of Oakville, Solel Congregation of Mississauga, and Temple Anshe Sholom of Hamilton Sunday, September 8th | 1:00 - 2:30 PM Shaarei Beth-El Congregation […]
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 […]