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Does This War Have Any Purpose?
By: Mickey Gitzin, Acting CEO of the New Israel Fund Just over eight months ago, I was sitting in a shelter in Israel after the first 12-day Israel-Iran-US war. I listened to U.S. President Donald Trump say that the Iranian nuclear program had been “obliterated,”...
Protestors are Getting Arrested. NIFC is Defending Them.
After an anti-war protest in Tel Aviv several weeks ago, a protester was arrested. Why? He had stepped in to protect another protester when an ultra-nationalist agitator targeted her. The NIF network and its partners were immediately on the scene: NIFC partner The...
Manifesting hope, against all odds
This reflection follows our event "Turning Hope into Action: Conversations with an Israeli and a Palestinian" that was held on March 16th at Temple Beth Sholom in Vancouver in collaboration with JSpaceCanada. By: Avril Orloff It was 4-ish in the morning in the Middle...
Passover Seder Supplement: Are We Truly Free When Others Are Not?
Please include this supplement by NIFC Rabbinical Council member Rabbi Micah Streiffer in your Passover Seder. You can read the full text below or click here to download a printable PDF version.
Armed, Uniformed, and Unaccountable: How We Are Pushing Back Against Settler Violence
Just this past weekend, a group of settlers rampaged through at least six different locations near Jenin and Nablus, setting fire to homes and cars and viciously beating anyone who tried to stand in their way. This is only the latest in a string of attacks by settlers...
Destruction after Destruction, Renewal after Renewal
By: Rabbah Gila Caine Full disclosure, I’m writing this as my immediate family and close friends in Israel are running in and out of the shelters, so my mind and heart are over there. But, my thoughts are also here in Canada, and I know many within our Jewish...
My Family Is in a Shelter. Many Families Have None.
As I write this, my family is sitting in their shelter in Rishon L’Tzion, taking cover from Iranian bombs. I, on the other hand, am sitting in Trump’s America—in New York City, to be precise, where my two daughters, my husband, and I are safe and sound. As crazy as it...
Building Shelters to Protect Vulnerable Communities
When missiles fall across Israel, millions of Israelis make their way to nearby bomb shelters. But because successive Israeli governments have refused to recognize Bedouin villages, and continued—year after year—to deprive them of basic services, including access to...
NIFC Spotlight: David Lepofsky
This interview is part of a series highlighting NIFC’s supporters and their stories. Click here to watch the accessible version.
Director’s Note: What I Saw in Israel This Week
As I write this, I’m flying home from Israel after a week in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem meeting with our Israeli partners and friends. Their determination is powerfully infectious. And yet I’m also feeling dread, because rising expectations of war with Iran have sent me...
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