International Board and Council

We work with the New Israel Fund, which has been empowering civil society in Israel for more than 40 years. Since its inception, the New Israel Fund has used donations from Jewish communities in the US, England, Canada, Australia and elsewhere to provide over $200 million to more than 800 social justice and human rights organisations.

The New Israel Fund is supported by some of the most prominent Israeli and Diaspora activists, thinkers, authors, artists and former politicians and senior security officials.

The New Israel Fund (US/Israel) has a board of directors which includes:

The New Israel Fund Australia Foundation is a leading organisation committed to social justice, human rights and democracy in Israel. We work with Israelis experiencing poverty, discrimination and injustice to create a more inclusive,Sunday, September 30, 2012

Once, a woman who saw Queen Noor and King Hussein in Moscow in the Bol'shoy Ballet Theater, told me that she never laid her eyes on someone so breathtakingly regal and beautiful. My own husband, who is Jordanian and remembers Queen Noor from his childhood, still believes that she is one of the most stunning women on the planet.

Barre me, of course.

Lisa Halaby was born into a prominent American family - her dad was a CEO of PanAm and head of FAA.

He hobnobbed with Prez Truman, JFK, LBJ and Saudi King Ibn Saud so Lisa was not a stranger to a world of politics from the very young age.

Interestingly enough, her granddad moved to Dallas (Go Mavs!) from Syria in 19 century and knew fabulous