This guest post by Benette Phillips gives an overview of a very interesting and intense day: two sessions in the morning, a guided bus tour to three vantage points, a sumptuous lunch, a meeting with three key leaders of KIAH, and a light and sound show at the Tower of David in the Old City.
Read MoreIf I didn’t know better, I would have thought we’d all signed up for a culinary tour of Israel. We started out last week in the Mahane Yehuda market cheese tasting and went into Shabbat fortified with olive oil, wine and chocolate. But as New Israel Fund has deftly managed our study tour, our food forays were as much metaphors as they were realities.
Read MoreIf day one of the NIF Study Tour in Israel was highlighted by the culinary tour of the Machane Yehuda market and the chance to dine there, Wednesday began our opportunity to learn about NIF grantees and meet the people who are attempting to help Israel to be its best self.
Read MoreThe Study Tour is off to a wonderful start. We all met this afternoon in a small conference room at the hotel to introduce ourselves and review the itinerary.
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It’s been another difficult week in Jerusalem. Tension has building over the past months. Indeed, it’s been building since before the terrible events of this past summer.
Read MoreThe anniversary of the assassination of Prime Minister Yitzchak Rabin is a painful reminder of the ongoing brokenness in the country we care for so deeply.
Read MoreDaniel discusses the Milky controversy at the epicenter of the current debate in Israel on the high cost of living and the launch of NIF Germany.
Read MoreTo be honest, many people have said “it’s about time.” To be even more honest, some have asked us whether it isn’t already too late.
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Here’s what the children of NIF staff members have to say about it … <em>Shana Tova</em> from your friends at the New Israel Fund!
Read MoreYou and I are called to support the Israeli voices of reason who face challenges that were less prevalent in the past: growing racism, media concentration, legislation to limit freedom of expression.
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