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We’re hiring: Development and Operations Associate
Come work with us! NIFC is currently hiring for the position of Development and Operations Associate. Posted: April 2021 The New Israel Fund of Canada advances and defends democracy and equality in Israel. Since 1986, NIFC has helped contributed over $300 million to...
NIF international CEO: “Kahanism is a danger to Israeli Democracy”
In response to the news that Israel’s Knesset will include the ideological successors to Meir Kahane’s racist ideology, Daniel Sokatch, international CEO of the New Israel Fund, released the following statement: “For decades, people who care about Israel have largely...
Episode 3 – 2021 Israeli Election Preview
With the Israeli election under a week away, our friends at NIF Australia look at how the campaign is balanced, as well as one of the most controversial and extreme parties ever to run for the Knesset, the Jewish Power faction....
Our Featured Leaders in Canada: Rabbi Micah Streiffer
This month, we’re focusing on Rabbi Micah Streiffer, a member of the NIFC Advisory Council for the past two years, looking forward to his continued work empowering youth and building coalitions within Israel. Volunteers Harry Schachter and Shelly Sanders spoke with...
Episode 2 (International Women’s Day) – 2021 Israeli Election Preview
In honour of #InternationalWomensDay, our friends at New Israel Fund (Australia) are highlighting some of the candidates running in this month's Israeli election and trying to understand why all, bar one, of the major parties are run by men....
Working for Women’s Inclusion
Around the world, COVID-19 has caused major setbacks to gender equality. Earlier this winter Assistant Secretary-General for UN Women Anita Bhatia told the BBC that “everything we worked for, that has taken 25 years, could be lost in a year.” In Israel, like in most...
Action alert: Stop JNF-KKL from expanding settlements
JNF-KKL’s Executive Committee are advancing plans to commit hundreds of millions of dollars to purchase land in the West Bank. NIFC is joining with 20 other Jewish organizations around the world to protest the recent preliminary decision by the Jewish National...
Israel’s High Court orders state to recognize Reform and Conservative conversions
On March 1st, 2021, the Israeli Supreme Court ruled that Israel must grant citizenship to Jews who converted to Judaism in Israel in non-Orthodox conversions. This historic victory follows decades of work by the Reform movement and Israel Religious Action Center, a...
Three Canadian Jewish organizations protest proposed West Bank land purchases by KKL-JNF
On February 24, 2021, NIFC, JSpace Canada, and Canadian Friends of Peace Now released a statement strongly opposing the decision by the executive of the Keren Kayemet L'Israel-Jewish National Fund (KKL-JNF) to purchase private Palestinian land in the West Bank for the...
A strong start to 2021
By Ben Murane, Executive Director Every story about last year begins with “before we knew the pandemic would happen” so this one is no exception. But not every organization ends that story by surpassing their fundraising goal by 150% – and that success is thanks to...
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