Congress’s Un-American, Bad-for-Israel Agenda
16 October 2017
“These measures undermine fundamental democratic values dear to both Israelis and Americans.”
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Everyone in the Government Works with the New Israel Fund
12 October 2017
“The New Israel Fund creates the Israeli society that Bibi Netanyahu brags about when he travels the world.”
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Highlights from the 2017 Guardian of Democracy Dinner
28 September 2017Over 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.
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Tough Times Is What We Do
28 September 2017As challenging as the political context for our work is, we have reason for hope.
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Say No to Apathy
25 September 2017Shira 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.
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The Path of Progress
14 September 2017For 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.
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Rising to the Challenge
31 August 2017If 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.
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From Charlottesville to Jerusalem
17 August 2017
What happened in Charlottesville was terrifying. And over the past several years, other Charlottesvilles have happened in other countries, including Israel.
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Even In Moments of Violence
27 July 2017In moments when violence threatens to overtake everything else, it is too easy to lose sight of the reality that, in the long run, it is the actions of the many individuals who make up Israeli civil society that are the best hope for realizing an Israel that is at peace both at home and with its neighbors.
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Eulogy for Bill Goldman
19 July 2017Bill’s death is a shattering loss for his family, his friends, and all of the circles in which he moved. One of these circles was the NIF community. Those of us who were lucky enough to know him, really, really loved him. A great light has gone out. Zekher tzadik livrakha: may your memory be for a blessing.
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