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NIF is Investing in Ecosystems, Not Just Emergencies
The civil infrastructure NIF and our partners have built in recent years was designed precisely for moments like these. Here’s how we’ve met and are continuing to meet the moment.
Israeli Politics, American Politics, Protests and Documentaries
A virtual tour of some of the biggest issues facing NIF and our community.
The Next Stage of Netanyahu’s Judicial Overhaul: Attacking NGOs.
A bill is moving through the Knesset that would enfeeble opposition to the government and thus deeply degrade Israel’s democracy.
Highlights from NIF’s 2025 Guardian of Democracy Gala
On Sunday, May 4, NIF hosted our annual Guardian of Democracy Gala in-person in San Francisco, and livestreamed for our global audience. During this time of incredible uncertainty, at home and in Israel, we gathered as a wider NIF community to remind ourselves of the values that we stand for and to remember that we…
The Raven and the Dove: How We Carry Pain
What might it feel like to look out the window of a large wooden boat at an expanse of water extending as far as the eye can see? Perhaps, in the immediate aftermath of the Great Flood this is how Noah spent his afternoons on the ark. Perhaps, the other people aboard joined him beside…
The Emergency is Now. And We Will Not Rest.
From Trump to Netanyahu and Ben Gvir, we will fight for our vision and our values wherever they are threatened.
Thomas L. Friedman in the New York Times: Trump and Netanyahu Steer Toward an Ugly World, Together
‘There was a time when a meeting between the president of the United States and the prime minister of Israel brought only pride to both Israeli and American Jews, who saw two democratic leaders working together. Well, I know that I am not alone when I say that pride is not the emotion that…
For Freedom – A Passover Message from Rabbi Ephraim Pelcovits
Most years, I am drawn to the theme of liberation—the story of our ancestors’ escape from bondage to freedom—as the central Passover message I emphasize at my seder. Indeed, the Biblical Exodus narrative has inspired countless freedom struggles throughout human history, from Harriet Tubman, as an antebellum Moses leading her people out of bondage, to…
Autocracy is Coming
We cannot wait for the storm to pass and hope for the best. We cannot wait for the cavalry to come and save us. We are the cavalry.
Stop the War
The renewed war in Gaza is inseparable from the Netanyahu government’s attack on Israeli democracy.