The 8th Annual Shira Herzog Symposium
Saturday, October 20th
Doors open 7:30 PM
Program starts 8:30 PM
Bram and Bluma Appel Salon, Toronto Reference Library
789 Yonge Street

Recent events are worrying for liberal supporters of Israel: the passing of the Nation-State Law, violence in Gaza, corrosion of LGBTQ rights, asylum seekers in limbo, and more. Israel’s democratic character is being called into question there and in Canada. What’s happening to Israel’s democracy?

On October 20th, one of Israel’s most prominent celebrities visits Toronto to share a message of hope. Along with thousands of others in Israel, Noa relentlessly stands up for human rights, shared society, and peace. She does so despite bullying from illiberal forces there and here — and naysayers who believe there’s nothing we can do.

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Tour confirmed we can criticize Israel because we care about it

Thursday, July 19, 2018

For immediate release:

Late last night in Jerusalem, the Israeli Knesset passed the Jewish Nation-State Bill into law. Lawmakers voted 62 to 55 to legally cement Israel as the sole national homeland of the Jewish people and national self-determination as a right exclusive to Jews.

The New Israel Fund of Canada (NIFC) joins a chorus of progressive and moderate voices – in Israel and the Diaspora – emphatically condemning the Nation-State Law. We believe it’s a frightening affront to Israel’s democracy, and to any prospect of peaceful co-existence between Arabs and Jews.

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