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Rabin’s Legacy in Today’s Israel
Yuval Rabin – the slain prime minister’s son – choose this moment to speak out about the anti-democratic agenda of Israel’s current leaders.
That’s When I Understood – We Are Powerful
Our Executive Director in Israel, Mickey Gitzin, guest-writes as to why he’s optimistic that we can expand the Israeli social justice camp.
Congress’s Un-American, Bad-for-Israel Agenda
“These measures undermine fundamental democratic values dear to both Israelis and Americans.”
Everyone in the Government Works with the New Israel Fund
“The New Israel Fund creates the Israeli society that Bibi Netanyahu brags about when he travels the world.”
Highlights from the 2017 Guardian of Democracy Dinner
Over 450 members of our community came together for this year’s Guardian of Democracy Dinner on Saturday, September 10th at the Four Seasons Hotel in San Francisco to support democracy and equality in Israel with the New Israel Fund.
Tough Times Is What We Do
As challenging as the political context for our work is, we have reason for hope.
Say No to Apathy
Shira Ben-Sasson Furstenberg, Chief of Staff of New Israel Fund in Israel, tells us what she’ll be reflecting on during the Kol Nidre service.
The Path of Progress
For those of us committed to progressive values — democracy, justice, inclusion — in Israel and around the world, the events of the past year have been incredibly troubling. It’s easy to feel nothing other than fear and despair as we move into the new year. But my work in support of NIF reminds me that, despite the challenges, we are making progress in the long term.
Rising to the Challenge
If this increasing drum-beat of bad news seems familiar to you, welcome to Trump’s America and Netanyahu’s Israel, where there sometimes seems to be too many challenges to democracy and decency to contend with.