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Jewish Book Week

A B Yehoshua - 'Friendly Fire'

Rachel Shabi - 'Not the Enemy: Israel’s Jews from Arab Lands'

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Tuesday 3 March 2009, 8pm

Avraham Burg - A visionary before his time?

Jonathan Freedland interviews Avraham Burg

In a soul searching interview, Jonathan Freedland will explore Avraham Burg’s ideological journey over three decades.

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Does the Occupation have an Effect on Israeli Society and the Israeli Economy?

After over 40 years of Israel’s presence in the West Bank many people raise the question of what price Israeli society has paid in emotional, social and economic terms.

Manchester:

Sunday 29th March 2009, 1:15pm

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London:

Tuesday 31st March 2009, 8pm

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NEWS

Op-Ed: The Erosion of Democracy in Israel

By Larry Garber – 9 February 2009 Jewish Telegraphic Agency

WASHINGTON (JTA) -- The big story likely to emerge from this week’s Israeli elections is the success of Avigdor Lieberman’s Yisrael Beiteinu (Israel is our home) party. Public opinion surveys predict that the party may win as many as 20 seats, making Yisrael Beiteinu the third largest party in the Knesset and a power broker in the formation of a new government coalition.

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New Hotline Provides Alternative Marriage Proposals

Lilia Itzkovich, who is a volunteer with NIF grantee Association for the Protection of Mixed Family Rights, was born to a Jewish father and Russian mother. “I am typical of hundreds of thousands who are not halachically Jewish but came to Israel because we feel part of the Jewish people.”

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Economic Empowerment for Women Wins Knesset Prize

NIF grantee Economic Empowerment for Women has been awarded the Knesset’s Prize for Quality of Life. The organisation raises the socio-economic status and self-esteem of women by enabling them to become economically independent by setting up their own business.

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IWN Pressures Prime Ministerial Candidates to Increase Gender Legislation

Two weeks ago, former New Israel Fund grantee Israel Women's Network (IWN) held a conference to present a report on the lack of gender-equality legislation in the outgoing Knesset.

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Israeli Government Approves Assistance for NGOs

Two weeks ago, the Israeli government approved a package of measures that will assist the country’s NGOs. In recent weeks, as a result of the economic crisis, New Israel Fund/SHATIL has positioned itself as one of the leading organisations fighting to minimise the damage to NGOs by reduced donations. Many of the measures now approved were submitted to the government in December as part of the NIF/SHATIL Emergency Plan.

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SPNI Report Sees Israel’s Open Spaces under Threat

As Israel and the Jewish people celebrate Tu B’Shvat, the New Year for Trees, The Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel (SPNI) has issued a report revealing that 81 areas of open space are threatened by development projects. SPNI is supported by New Israel Fund through the Green Environment Fund (GEF).

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New MRI Machines for Hospitals in Periphery

Israel's Ministry of Health has bowed to pressure from flagship New Israel Fund grantee Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) and Physicians for Human Rights and has agreed to allocate five MRI Imaging machines to hospitals in the north and south of the country.

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Message from Ellen Goldberg, NIF Executive Director

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