Written by Ruby Ong

Endangered and Encouraged As I write these words, the headlines on Israeli news websites are about the American Jewish consensus against the Boycott Law passed by the Knesset on Monday. With help from NIF, within a day of the law passing, hundreds of protest emails were sent to the Israeli Ambassador to the US. And, of course, we stand solidly behind the organizations who have already petitioned Israel's Supreme Court to overturn the law. Read more   Tzipi Livni Expresses Support for Israel's Human Rights Organizations One of the highlights of NIF's Board of Directors meeting in Jerusalem earlier this month was a special meeting in the Knesset with opposition leader MK Tzipi Livni of the Kadima party. Read more   Prof. Alice Shalvi Receives NIF Award for Social Leadership Prof. Alice Shalvi was awarded NIF and Dafna's Fund Prize for social and feminist leadership during the NIF Board meeting in Jerusalem earlier this month. In a highly moving ceremony, she was commended for her inspiring leadership and significant contribution to feminism, religious pluralism, separation of synagogue and state, social justice and equality and human rights. Read more   ACRI Wins Prestigious US Human Rights Award Flagship NIF grantee Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) is among five recipients of the prestigious Gruber International Justice Prize for 2011. In making the award, the Gruber Foundation noted "ACRI’s role in protecting and promoting freedom of expression, the right to privacy, freedom of movement, the right to health, the right to adequate housing, and the right to education, and in protecting the rights of discriminated minorities, including Arab citizens of Israel, women, the LGBT community, migrant workers, and Palestinians in the Occupied Territories." Read more   SHATIL Leads campaign to Keep Women's Retirement Age at 62 It is impossible to turn on the radio or open a newspaper in Israel and not come across an article on the proposed and controversial law to gradually raise the retirement age for women from 62 to 67. A wide range of politicians, women's and social change organizations and the public opposes the legislation, and SHATIL is working to unite these forces in a targeted campaign to stop the proposed change. Read more   Share