“How To Be Green In the Credit Crunch”

NIF Executive Director Ellen Goldberg will participate in a panel discussion at New North London Synagogue.

Ellen will discuss what advice Israelis are receiving from activists in Israel’s Environmental Movement on Being Green during the Credit Crunch as well as in years of plenty.

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'Liberal Zionism' - an Oxymoron?

Join Stuart Schoffman, Jerusalem Report columnist, and New Israel Fund to discover the meaning of 'Liberal Zionism' as described by Herzl and Ahad Ha'am and explore NIF's efforts to bring about social justice and equal opportunity for all Israeli citizens.

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Human Rights Stories from Israel

At this session, Ellen Goldberg, Executive Director of New Israel Fund (NIF), will present human rights from Israel, accompanied with slides of the faces behind the stories. NIF is the leading organisation advancing democratic and progressive change within Israel.

Tikkun Leyl Shavuot

Liberal Jewish Synagogue

Thursday 28th May 2009

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Finchley Reform Synagogue

Tuesday 9th June 2009

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NEWS

Jews Bring Passover Message of Peace and Coexistence to Umm El Fahm

For the second time in two weeks there was an atmosphere of expectation in Umm El Fahm. Towards late afternoon on Sunday 5th April, Jewish Israelis began arriving in the Arab city – young and old, Orthodox and Secular, veteran Israelis, new immigrants and Diaspora volunteers. In contrast to the previous march, these 300 Jewish visitors brought goodwill and the desire for joint living, and not hatred and incitement.

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Jerusalem Court Compensates Unpaid Foreign Worker

This Passover one foreign worker has been delivered from slavery to freedom thanks to a New Israel Fund grantee.

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SHATIL Welcomes New Environmental Protection Minister

As Environment Minister Gilad Erdan (Likud) was sworn in last Thursday, he was welcomed by a SHATIL initiative: articles by leading environmental activists laying out their hopes, agendas and advice. The initiative was a collaboration between SHATIL and the Hebrew language website, Hasviva (the Environment).

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New Israel Fund Wins Inaugural Presidential Award for Combating Trafficking

Veteran New Israel Fund grantee Hotline for Migrant Workers in Israel has been awarded the inaugural Presidential Prize for Combating Human Trafficking. At a ceremony at the presidential residence in Jerusalem on Sunday night, President Peres and outgoing Prime Minister Ehud Olmert made the presentation to Hotline for Migrant Workers, former MK Zahava Galon and the Tel Aviv Police Department for their work in combating trafficking and helping the victims.

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New Israel Fund Launches Two All-Star Breakfast Series

New Israel Fund recently launched two breakfast series at APAX and Bank Hapoalim with "All-Star" guests from Israel and the UK.

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New Israel Fund 2007 Human Rights Awards Winner Continues to Fight For Workers’ Rights.

Migrant workers in Israel are required by the Interior Ministry to obtain permission from their employers if they wish to travel to their countries of origin during their period of work in Israel. This permit is called “intervisa”.

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Message from Ellen Goldberg, NIF Executive Director

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