New Israel Fund

Do you want to join a team of people building towards a more just, equitable, and safe Israel for all? The New Israel Fund is hiring! NIF is searching for a New York-based Development Associate to support the region’s fundraising and local programs. They will provide administrative support to the fundraising, programmatic, and communication work of the New York / Tri-State region. The right person for this job will be organized, reliable, and have strong communication skills. Experience required is Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience, and compensation will be between $51,500-$57,500, depending on experience. If this role sounds right for someone you know, have them apply!

Congrats to our very own Libby Lenkinski, NIF's VP for public engagement and founder of Albi (a new institute, lab, and fund supporting cultural projects to promote social change in Israel). Libby is being honored by Lab/Shul tonight with the Shift/Maker Award. She's a masterful storyteller who uses these skills to bring equality and justice to everyone in Israel. Mazal Tov!

“This year, let our Passover Sedarim be transformative, not performative. When we say ‘let all who are hungry come and eat,’ let’s mean it. As we sit at seder, with our hearts broken, maybe even with empty chairs at the table to symbolically remember our captives and their dear, shattered families, we must not ignore that Gaza is on the verge of famine. The people of Gaza today are scavenging for grass and animal feed, and that is a moral catastrophe.” Rabbi Sharon Brous; NIF International Council, Founding Member & Senior Rabbi of IKAR NIF is working through World Central Kitchen and International Rescue Committee—two organizations which have spent the last six months working at tremendous risk to bring aid into Gaza and feed the starving population. Give today at nif.org/gazaaid to help get food aid to the hundreds of thousands of civilians facing famine in Gaza. 

Dr. Yasmeen Abu Fraiha is a Bedouin, a Palestinian citizen of Israel, and on October 7, she was in an emergency room in Be'er Sheva, treating victims of Hamas' attack. She shared with us at our Guardian of Democracy event this past Sunday, that working side-by-side with other medical professionals who span the gamut of Israeli identities—secular and religious Jews, Bedouins and settlers, medical students and retired doctors—she came to a profound realization:

Food is a fundamental right. That’s why NIF is raising urgent funds to provide humanitarian aid through World Central Kitchen and International Rescue Committee for people in Gaza who are suffering and starving. Although humaniatrian aid is not our primary strategy for change, we stepped in to help Israeli families who were displaced, grieving, and who had family members taken hostage in the brutal attack. We provided support for basic needs, needs that the government should have met; but in those terrible days, far too often, the government was nowhere to be found. Now we know that in this moment, we simply cannot ignore the ignore the desperation and suffering of civilians in Gaza today. Give today at nif.org/gazaaid and we will direct 100% of funds raised to organizations doing humanitarian aid work in Gaza.

Do you care about human rights and democracy in Israel? Now is the time to join the New Israel Fund team! We’re hiring a Bay Area-based Coordinator of the Executive Office. This unique role works directly with our CEO, board, and senior leadership. Full job description, salary, and application details here: https://lnkd.in/gk_rU2mD #hiring #sanfranciscojobs #bayareajobs

Did you see our Young Leadership & Education Coordinator, Zak Witus's piece in The Guardian? During his time in Masafer Yatta, Zak had numerous run-ins with two of the Israeli Settlers that Biden has sanctioned. He watched as they attacked Palestinians - unprovoked. He watched as Palestinian shepherds and activists pleaded for help, and the authorities either stood down or guarded the marauding settlers – to keep the settlers safe. And while the sanctions are a good first step, he argues that targeting individuals leaves in place the structures that allow Jewish Israelis to dominate Palestinians in the West Bank. For the sake of both nations who live in the land between the river and the sea, our goal should be to uproot that system of Jewish supremacy in order to sow the seeds of a shared future for all Palestinians and Israelis.

What a spectacular profile of New Israel Fund's critical work as the backbone of Israeli progressive civil society in eJewishPhilanthropy by Jay Deitcher! NIF CEO Daniel Sokatch is spot-on: “Many American Jews have no interest in supporting the policies, vision and agenda of this Israeli government, which they see, quite correctly, as antithetical to their own values and vision, but who are desperately connected to and deeply concerned with the well-being of Israel and Israelis." In addition to Daniel Sokatch, I have deep respect for Jennifer Spitzer, Orli Bein, Becky Buckwald, Ephraim Pelcovits, Alex Willick, Mickey Gitzin, and so many of their colleagues. My husband and I are proud NIF supporters - we even include it in our planned giving - and I hope others join us! #israel #palestine #gaza #democracy #israelhamaswar #israelis #palestinians https://lnkd.in/gW2wm_AU

Yesterday was among the most shocking and terrifying days in Israel’s history—and for all of us at NIF. We are shocked. We are grieving. But we are organizing. This episode is still not over, and there is still a great deal that we don’t understand about what has happened and what will happen next. But we know that we need to act in a few key areas right away, and we want to invite you to join these efforts. Learn more about the four critical areas we are looking to help with right now and donate here: https://lnkd.in/eVwi89JU