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October 2009

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Programmes and News in this Month’s Newsletter:       


                                Programmes


   

NIF in Leeds:

Human Rights Stories

from Israel

Sinai Synagogue, Leeds

Sunday 1st November 2009, 8pm

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NIF BENEFIT SCREENING

of 'City of Borders' @

UK Jewish Film Festival

BOOK NOW TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT

On Thu 12/11/2009 - 18:30  at the ICA, The Mall, London SW1Y 5AH

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Human Rights Awards Dinner

Monday 30 November 2009

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http://www.newisraelfund.org.uk/subPages/04_events/TheAgeOfStupid.html

Conversation with Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Ed Miliband

NIF is a partner of the Jewish Social Action Forum, which is doing this with the JCC

The Tricycle Theatre, 269 Kilburn High Road, London NW6 7JR

Wednesday 11th November, 8pm, £10

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NEWS



http://www.newisraelfund.org.uk/_newsletter/015_1009/Oct09.2.htm#Ellen

Message from Ellen Goldberg, NIF UK Executive Director


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Court Orders Government to Reallocate $65 Million to Rehabilitating the Environment

Israel’s High Court of Justice has ordered the government to return $65 million to a fund, which was originally set up to rehabilitate landscapes scarred by quarries. The order followed a petition by NIF grantee Israel Union for Environmental Defense

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Government Agrees to Pave Roads to Bedouin Schools

The Israeli government has agreed to allocate $18.7 million to pave roads to nine schools in the Negev, serving eight recognized and five unrecognized Bedouin villages. Three children have been killed on these roads on their way to school in recent years.

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Nabila Espanioly Named Among 50 Most Influential People in Israel's Education System

NIF International Board Member Nabila Espanioly has been chosen by Tel Aviv newspaper Ha'Ir as one of the 50 most influential people in Israel's education system.

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http://www.newisraelfund.org.uk/_newsletter/015_1009/Oct09.2.htm#NIF

NIF Launches Pan-European Action Week Against Racism

“I am proud that our squad has five Muslim players, six players and an assistant coach who are Christians and the rest of us are Jews. We all feel like one family both on and off the field,” said Maccabi Haifa veteran defender Alon Harazi as he kicked off Action Week against racism in Israel on Saturday night.

 

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Tel Aviv Municipality Pledges Employment Rights to Cleaners

A senior Tel Aviv Municipality official has promised that all future tenders will contain clauses, which will ensure contractors are committed to pay employees and employees of subcontractors their full salary and entitlements. 

 

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NIF Family Tour to Israel- Dec09

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