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Lighting the Torch
Last night Alice Miller was asked to light the torch marking the start of Israel’s Independence Day. Her story is part of what’s right in Israel today, and it’s part of NIF’s heritage.
A Time To Speak
Silence about positions and policies we would condemn here in the U.S. does not benefit Israel. We must adhere to the prophetic tradition and speak out — for our sake, and for Israel’s sake. The Jewish tradition, and the future of Israel, requires nothing less.
The Path Forward
Together with our partners and allies in Israel and around the world we will do what we always do during difficult times: we will consider the challenges that lie ahead, consult and strategize, and then roll up our sleeves and get to work.
Yesterday’s Election
I’m in Israel right now. Our staff and allies here are somber but undeterred.
Israel: Democracy in Action
The messy and chaotic atmosphere that has permeated the election season in Israel has made it easy to overlook one simple fact – Israel’s neighbors are jealous of this very mess.
Israel Parade Prank
Today’s New York Post ran the following letter to the editor responding this diatribe that it had earlier published. The op-ed it responds to is part of a smear campaign being undertaken in concert with Pamela Geller . . .
Flying Into the Future
As you read this, I’m on my way back to Israel. With the elections next Tuesday, and with the rather interesting week we’ve had at NIF, it’s a good time for me to be in Tel Aviv at such a critical juncture for Israel’s future.
Echoes of McCarthyism in Smear Campaign Against New Israel Fund Backers
Deborah Lipstadt and Rabbi David Ellenson take on the campaign against NIF.
NIF, President Rivlin, and the “Crisis on the Right”
I’m just back from a rather incredible week in Israel. This year, our Jerusalem Board meeting took place against the backdrop of both an election campaign and an extraordinary show of support for Israel’s often-battered, much-challenged liberal democratic tradition.