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Buying into “Together We Win” Means We All Lose

By Mickey Gitzin, NIF's Director in Israel Nearly nine months into the war here in Israel, the words “together, we will win” still appear on street signs, supermarket receipts and on the sides of buses. This so-called unity slogan, which warmed hearts in October and...

Why I Protested Netanyahu’s Speech in Washington

By: Shimrit Braun Kamin July 25, 2024 My name is Shimrit Braun Kamin. I work for the New Israel Fund in San Francisco, and I am an Israeli expat, and proud member of UnXeptable’s volunteer organizing team. Yesterday, I was in Washington D.C. with hundreds of...

Beating Back the Forces of Repression

A march in Tel Aviv for Jews and Arabs had been in the works for months. Scheduled to happen on Thursday, July 18, the march was meant to be a demonstration where Israeli citizens of all stripes could come together to call for a ceasefire and a hostage deal. They...

A View from the Ground: Major Peace Event in Tel Aviv

6,000 people–Jews and Palestinians, young and old, from the country’s urban center and from the periphery–gathered in Tel Aviv last night for one of the largest peace events since October 7. Dozens of organizations, many of them NIF grantees and NIFC funded partners...

Meet our 2024-2025 Naomi Chazan Fellows

Syvanne Avitzur is an Israeli-born Canadian, an NIFC New Generations Leadership Council Member, and a former volunteer with NIF in Jerusalem who cares deeply about NIF’s mission. She is working towards her M.A. in Public and International Affairs at the University of...

Our newest Board and Advisory Council members

We're excited to announce new additions to NIFC's Board of Directors and Advisory Council. They bring with them a wealth and diversity of experience, skills, and expertise. Please join us in welcoming to the Board of Directors: Syvanne Avitzur is a trilingual...

Supporting the Jerusalem Pride Parade

The Jerusalem Pride Parade takes place every year with support from the New Israel Fund. Last week, the parade took place under the banner of freedom — in the most basic sense of the word. Jerusalemites celebrating pride did not take the typical celebratory tone of...

Finding Inspiration in the Faithful Left

By Hannah Bender, ’23-’24 NIF Froman Social Change Rabbinical Fellow Within the Jewish calendar we are nearing the end of the Omer. Traditionally, one who observes this verbally counts each day of the 49 days between Passover and Shavuot, marking the time between our...

Supporting the Rights of Bedouin in the Negev

(Photo by Walid Alobra for Negev RCUV: https://www.instagram.com/waleed_alobra_photo_/) Last month NIF approved a $50,000 grant to support the 320 villagers of Wadi Al-Khalil, whose village was demolished by Israeli authorities a week earlier. This grant, which will...

Two Sides in the Struggle for Israel’s Future

By Daniel Sokatch, NIF International CEO There have always been multiple visions of what Israel is and can be. Today, two of the most prominent are in sharp contrast. On one side are those who seek an ethno-nationalist state — a place where Jews are first order...

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