So Few Safe Places
2 June 2016
It is precisely now, when there is so much at stake and so few safe places, literally and politically, in which we can find refuge, that we must take a stand for our values.
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Video: The Shampoo Summit
24 May 2016Iris Zaki made this documentary about a special hair salon called Fifi’s, which is owned by two Christian Arab women and is beloved by Jewish and Arab women alike.
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The Hope is Still Here, We Just Have to Make Room for It
19 May 2016I want to draw your attention, for a moment, from the headlines to the grassroots. Because underneath the radar, tens of thousands of Israelis are working to protect liberal democracy and to build a truly shared society. Their stories often go unnoticed and unremarked on.
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On Israel’s 68th birthday
12 May 2016We at New Israel Fund are in the social change business, meaning that we talk a lot about what needs to be changed in Israel. Today, it’s worth thinking about some Israeli qualities that needn’t be changed, because they are what made Israel the vibrant and interesting society it is.
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A Redemption Tale for Some, but Not for All
6 May 2016It was only two weeks ago that many people in Israel and America sat around their table celebrating Passover, a holiday that commemorates our redemption as a Jewish people. “For you were a stranger in the land of Egypt”- an illustrious tractate that was uttered in many households- which we say to remind us as a community about the oppressive treatment we experienced as slaves in Egypt and our call to extend kindness to the other.
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The Call of “Never Again”
5 May 2016I vividly remember Simcha “Kazik” Rotem, leader of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, as he went around the table, turned to each of us with his piercing stare and asked: “What was the lesson of the Shoah?” I’ll never forget his answer.
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Reaching out to Savta Ronit and Saba Moshe
4 May 2016
Something moving happened that I had to share. A couple of weeks back, hundreds of NIF supporters joined together in sending a letter of support to the grandparents of Yuli Novak, executive director of Breaking the Silence.
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Webinar Recording — Shared Paths, Divergent Courses: Zionism and Palestinian Nationalism
19 April 2016
On Sunday April 17, 2016 NIF hosted an online webinar with Dr. Hussein Ibish and Dr. David Myers. In order to understand Jewish national history it is imperative that we understand Palestinian national history and its entwined nature. This two-hour online course hopefully provided historical knowledge, nuance, empathy and the critical distance necessary for meaningful discussion.
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The Truth in Black and White
14 April 2016All too often, we see the debate over Israel turn ugly and outrageous. But sometimes, I see a nasty attack piece and it actually makes me laugh.
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They Will Not Back Down
31 March 2016Israel is in the midst of a mighty struggle for civil rights, and your brothers and sisters in that movement need your partnership and support.
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