Tag Archive: environmental justice

Fighting For Climate Justice

NIF’s action arm Shatil is working in partnership with multiple organizations to help the civil society sector pinpoint its role in combating the climate crisis.

Fighting for Environmental Justice Near Eilat

The Committee to Save Sasgon Valley, a grantee of the NIF-backed Sheli Fund, successfully petitioned the government to block the build of a luxury hotel.

Uniting for Equitable Climate Action

Shatil and NIF grantee Heschel Center for Sustainability led an incredible seminar which brought together 30 social change organizations to address the climate crisis and build strategy for the future.

Fighting for Environmental and Housing Justice

Social and environmental activists, including NIF grantees, win a battle to remove Tel Aviv Central Bus Station.

Fighting For Climate Justice

Our grantee Omdim Beyachad is fighting in coalition with other progressive organizations for a Green New Deal for Israel to combat climate change.

Glad You Asked! Video Series

Keep up with the most important issues in Israeli democracy with our informative video series: Glad You Asked!

Public Pressure Leads to Changes to Civics Textbook

A successful campaign puts democracy back in Israeli civics education.

A Double Victory for Social and Environmental Justice

A decisive victory against suburban sprawl marks a huge success for periphery communities and environmental justice in Israel.

Jews in the Desert and Conversations about Social Justice: NIF at JFNA’s TribeFest

By: Penina Eilberg-Schwartz, NIF Director of New Generations in San Francisco I had the great pleasure of representing the New Israel Fund at the Jewish Federations of North America’s (JFNA) TribeFest conference at the end of March. TribeFest was a remarkable thing – over 1500 young Jews convening in Las Vegas to talk about Jewish…

They Paved Paradise and Put up a Parking Lot: NIF and the Green Environment Fund

Israel is a country that has always faced unique environmental issues. Israelis have long had to balance growth with preservation of the country’s ancient archeological treasures, as well as developing both industry and agriculture in an arid landscape where water is precious and scarce. Today, environmental concerns in Israel, as in the rest of the…