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FELLOWSHIPnaomi chazan
Learn more at www.nif.org.au/fellowship
We’re providing our community’s finest young adult leaders with the experience and knowledge needed to become passionate advocates for a fairer and more just Israel.Launched in 2015, the Naomi Chazan Fellowship upskills selected young adults to become ambassadors for the social justice and human rights movement in Israel.
The Fellowship includes a ten-day study tour in Israel and the Palestinian territories, meeting with individuals and organisations at the cutting edge of social change — including journalists, lawyers, senior politicians and grassroots activists.
Throughout the rest of the Fellowship, participants will engage in leadership training, and create inspiring and innovative conversations in the Australian Jewish community. The impact of the Naomi Chazan Fellowship will be far-reaching, creating a lasting impact as cohorts of graduates infuse Israeli issues into the Jewish community’s tikkun olam conversation.
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Israel Hofshit (Be Free Israel) A nationwide grassroots movement, with a large and successful social media footprint and a presence on most major university campuses, building popular support and action on freedom of religion, civil marriage, and a separation between religion and state
Since 1979, the New Israel Fund has distributed more than $400 million to Israeli civil society organisations, supporting social change programs to ensure Israel upholds the values of the Declaration of Independence. Here are seven of NIF’s focus areas, as well as examples of 11 organisations NIF supports. Together, these form just a portion of the work NIF is doing to promote social justice, human rights and religious pluralism in Israel. See more at www.nif.org.au/israel
Our Work in Israel
“Zazim” (We’re Moving) A new, multi-issue online organising platform, built on the same principles as GetUp. A dual Hebrew and Arabic website, “Zazim” will create its own campaings, as well as promoting initiatives created by its grassroots movement, tapping in to Israelis’ thirst for social change
“Tag Meir” Coalition (Light Tag) A grassroots initiative that includes more than 40 Jewish organisations working to “spread the light” with a message of non-violence, tolerance and anti-racism. The organisation transcends religious divides, enlisting support from across the Israeli spectrum to organise condolence visits and public education
The Association for Civil Rights in Israel
(ACRI) Israel’s oldest and largest human rights organisation that deals with the entire spectrum of rights and civil liberties issues in Israel and the West Bank. ACRI focuses on using strategic litigation to correct injustices, as well as public advocacy and community education
Shatil - NIF’s Initiative for Social Change Has been building civil society and actively promoting democracy, tolerance, and social justice in Israel for 30 years. Creates change by upskilling and training activists and organisations, facilitating networks and coalitions, and building grassroots groups into large social movements in Israel
Coalition Against Racism Facilitated by NIF and Shatil, the Coalition includes 43 organisations representing minority groups that are subject to institutional and civilian racism and discrimination. They educate about the effects of racism and facilitate cross community interaction
B’Tselem
One of Israel’s oldest and largest human rights organisations, B’Tselem: The Israeli
Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories, documents and
educates the Israeli public and policymakers about human rights violations in the West
Bank, and supports a human rights culture in Israel
Council for Peace and Security & Mitvim Both these organisations are offering an
alternative security paradigm. By bringing together reputable thinkers on foreign policy,
as well as respected former senior security and military officials, moderate policies
can become a stronger part of the national security discourse in Israel
Shaharit Offering an alternative to the current
dichotomies defining Israeli society, Shaharit aims to ‘expand the camp’, by bringing
communities and organisations together through their shared interests and values
to create a more harmonious, inclusive and cooperative country
Mossawa - The Advocacy Center for
Palestinian Citizens of Israel Promotes the economic, social, cultural
and political rights of Palestinian citizens in Israel. Works to enhance the social, legal
and economic status of Palestinian citizens, advocates for policy changes, as well as
protecting human rights and opposing extremism
Israeli Association for
Distributive Justice Represents the public interest and promotes
the equitable distribution of natural resources in Israel; they closely monitor
the activities of the Israeli Lands Authority, pursue legal action, lobby decision makers,
and rally activists in local communities
By providing support and capacity building, NIF is helping to form
coalitions, assist grassroots activists to campaign for change on the local level,
and creating links between the local arena and national decision makers
Building up from the grassroots
NIF is building a stronger society by creating space for dialogue and engagement between Jewish and
Palestinian-Israelis; bringing the sectors together to oppose extremism and
widening the range of voices against racism; developing shared projects at a local level to promote tolerance; and supporting education in schools about
inclusion and tolerance
Strengthening shared society and
combating racism
NIF is focused on launching a number of new programs aimed at strengthening infrastructure,
including a new GetUp-style online organising platform, and a media
monitoring organisation
Creating new and impactful
programs to effect change
NIF is working to fulfil the vision of Israel’s Declaration of Independence by
supporting freedom of speech; opposing the Occupation; promoting the rights
of minority groups, such as Palestinian citizens of Israel, refugees and asylum
seekers; and ensuring government transparency and accountability, using
such tools as public education and strategic litigation
Safeguarding human rights &
democratic infrastructure
Promoting religious freedom in Israel by fostering a more inclusive society that embraces the rich diversity of Jewish identity. Priorities include: creating a
sphere of non-religious, civil law for all Israeli citizens; working for marriage
equality; eroding the Rabbinate’s monopoly over Jewish life; strengthening moderate Orthodoxy; and opposing the
exlusion of women
Promoting religious pluralism
and tolerance
Supporting groups that campaign for social and economic justice for all Israelis
— religious and secular, Ashkenazi and Mizrahi, Jewish and Palestinian — and
advocating for equitable access to education, employment, affordable
housing, public services and health care. In particular, NIF focuses on ‘distributive
justice’, which works for better access and outcomes in Israel’s periphery
Advancing social and
economic justice
By advancing the representation of women and young adults in Palestinian
society, and promoting increased funding on the municipal level, NIF is playing a role in achieving full social
equality for Israel’s Palestinian minority. Other focus areas include: land planning
and distribution; education; and using the court system to overcome structural
inequality and discrimination
Empowering Palestinian-Israeli society