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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...
Building New Cultural Institutions for the Democratic Camp
Healthy societies ought not be afraid of art, and ought not fear criticism. Yet Netanyahu and his coalition are constantly putting pressure on Israel’s artistic community to fall in line. For more than a decade, successive culture ministers under Netanyahu have sought...
Demanding Accountability for Settler Violence
Our Torah portion last week, Mishpatim, includes a famous verse, referenced often by Jews around the world: “You shall not wrong or oppress a stranger, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt,” (Exodus 22:20). We usually understand this as a commandment to have...
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