Sunday, October 24, 2021
4pm Pacific / 6pm Central / 7pm Eastern

Join the New Israel Fund for our virtual Guardian of Democracy Gala. This event will be a wonderful opportunity to gather with our NIF community across the globe in support of our work to build a more just and inclusive Israeli society.

This year we are delighted to be honoring NIF’s board president, Professor David N. Myers. We look forward to an extraordinary event, featuring Israeli political leaders, transformational NIF grantees, award winning musicians, and most importantly you, our NIF community.

100% of all contributions will support NIF’s critical work to strengthen Israel’s democracy and advance civil liberties, human rights and equality for all.

We look forward to sharing the experience with you!

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Featured Speakers

MERAV MICHAELI
MERAV MICHAELIIsrael’s Minister of Transportation and Road Safety and Leader of Labor Party
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ESAWI FREJ
ESAWI FREJIsrael's Minister of Regional Cooperation and member of Meretz Party
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ATTY. SHARON ABRAHAM-WEISS
ATTY. SHARON ABRAHAM-WEISSOutgoing Executive Director of ACRI
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DAVID N. MYERS
DAVID N. MYERSGuardian of Democracy Honoree & NIF Board President
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DANIEL J. SOKATCH
DANIEL J. SOKATCHNIF CEO
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Gallanter Prize Winners

The Gallanter Prize for Emerging Israeli Social Justice Leaders is awarded annually to an outstanding Israeli activist who has made significant contributions to the field of social justice in Israel. Read more about the Gallanter Prize as well as past winners. »

FIDA SHEHADA
FIDA SHEHADACity Council Member in Lod, Urban Planner and Shutafut Fellow
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MIKHAEL MANEKIN
MIKHAEL MANEKINFounding Director of the Alliance for Israel’s Future and Shutafut Fellowship Program Director
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Special Appearances

MICKEY GITZIN
MICKEY GITZINNIF Director in Israel
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RABBI SHARON BROUS
RABBI SHARON BROUSFounding Rabbi of IKAR
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Musical Performances By:

MIRA AWAD
MIRA AWAD
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URIYA ROSENMAN
URIYA ROSENMAN
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SAMEH 'SAZ' ZAKOUT
SAMEH 'SAZ' ZAKOUT
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Special Thanks

To NIF Grantees, New Gen Leaders, and Our Videographers for This Year’s Program

Shared Society Video Participants:
Fida Nara Tabony, Shatil’s Director in Haifa
Alon Lee Green, Co-Director, Standing Together
Rula Daood, Co-Director, Standing Together
Michal Sela, Executive Director, Givat Haviva
Imran Kinana, Director of the Jewish-Arab Center for Peace, Givat Haviva
Amjad Shbita, Co-Executive Director, Sikkuy
Edan Ring, Co-Director, Shared Society Department, Sikkuy
Ruth Lewin-Chen, Director of Shared Cities, The Abraham Initiatives
Rania Laham-Grayeb, Shared Learning Pedagogical Advisor, The Abraham Initiatives

New Gen Leaders:
Morgan Buras Finlay
Philip Hall
Elie Lauter
Hannah Levine

Videographers:
Shared Society + Gallanter Prize videos:
Film by Louiz Green – GLV productions
Director and edit by – Louiz Green
Script and concept: Nili Fink
Video: AZ – Avishay Zigman
Make-up: Irit Gil

Sameh & Uriah Music Video:
Music Production: Patrick Sebag
Video Production: Anan Ksym

Mira Awad Music Video:
Production: Ayal Yishay at PAPA Studios, Tel-Aviv

Join us in strengthening equality, democracy, and a shared society
in Israel at the Guardian of Democracy Gala

SPONSORSHIPS AND ADMISSIONS

National Gala Host Committee

Liz Bar El
Abigail Fisher
Janine Frier
Candice Gold
Ted Greenwood
Jan Kallish
Leslie Kane
Eliana Lauter
Judy Nadel
Orlee Rabin
Rick Robbins
Daniel Segal
Sheila Segal
Susan Snider

Honorary Committee

Joanne Abel
Jesse and Amy Abraham
James H. Abrams
Tamara Abrams
Martha Ackelsberg and Judith Plaskow
Bernyce (Bunny) and Samuel I. Adler Family Foundation
Morris Allen and Phyllis Gorin
Anita Altman and Gil Kulick
Marc A. Cohen and Ilana Amrani-Cohen
Eric Antebi and Marla Kolman Antebi
John Antignas and Rabbi Susan Laemmle
Laura Appleby and Noam Wiener
Deena Aranoff and Adam Berman
Rabbi Melanie Aron and Dr. Michael Dine
Eileen Auerbach and Larry Burgheimer
Lawrence Bailis and Susan Shevitz
Judy Bain
Arnold Band
JoAnne Bander
Barry and Elizabeth Bar-El
Gail Bates Yessne and Peter Yessne
Wendy Bear
Dr. Joan Beerman
Oz Benamram and Gali Freedman
Sarah and Mark Benor
Michael Berenbaum
Paul Berger
Rabbi Donald and Norma Berlin
Aviva Berman and Ezra Billinkoff
Mindy Berman and Andrew Sumberg
Judy and Ed Berne
Nancy Bernstein and Rocky Schoen
Rachel and David Biale
Michael Bien
Judy Bloom
Ellen Bob and David Waksberg
Jeffrey Bornstein
Mikhal Bouganim
Professor Benjamin Braude and Professor Lois Dubin
Jessica R. Brown
Rabbi Gustav and Sheila Buchdahl
Pamela Burdman
Becky and Daniel Buckwald
Rachel Canar
Bob and Sara Cannon
Alan Cohen and Robert Bank
Rabbi Dr. Aryeh Cohen
Elaine R. S. Cohen
Hadar Cohen
Pam David
Hadas and Doron Davidov
Ilana DeBare and Sam Schuchat
Carole Debeer
Phyllis Denbo
Rabbi Lavey Y. Derby
Gabriela D’Jaen and Joseph Gravante
Barbara and Eric Dobkin
Ruth Donig-White and Robert White
Rivka and Reuben Dori
Isabel P. Dunst
Rabbi Judith Edelstein and Jim Meier
Sandy Edwards
Joanne and Paul Egerman
Rabbis Jacqueline Koch Ellenson and David Ellenson
Roberta Elliott
Lisa Erdberg and Dennis Gibbons
David Fankushen MD
Michael Felsen
Morgan Buras-Finlay and James Finlay
Abigail and Stephen Fisher
Bruce Fisher and Marlene Litvak
Ellen Paradise Fisher
Yudie and Jane Fishman
Samuel Fleischacker and Amy Reichert
Fohs Foundation
Zachary Foster
Henry and Helen Freedman
Ziva Freiman Katz
Peter Frey and Carrie Shapiro
David A. Friedman and Paulette J. Meyer
Eleanor Friedman and Jonathan Cohen
Rabbi Stacy and Frank Friedman
Liz Minkin-Friedman
Janine Frier
Dodi Fromson
Rabbi Pam Frydman
Barbara Gaffin and Doug Cahn
Linda and Sandy Gallanter
Elkan and Zelda Gamzu
Elliot and Lily Gardner Feldman
Rabbi Laura Geller
Jerilyn Gelt
Anne and Nick Germanacos
Rochelle and Dr. Eli Ginsburg
Rabbi Miriyam Glazer
Candice Gold
Nancy Goldberg
Doug and Lisa Goldman
Fran Goldman
Irle Goldman and Janet Yassen
Marcia and John Goldman
Susan Sachs Goldman
Rabbi Debra Goldstein
Abner and Roslyn Goldstine
Dr. Caryl Goodman and Dr. Austin Wertheimer
Drs. Jack and Lauren Gorman
Mark and Janet Gottesman
Rabbi Mel Gottlieb, Ph.D and Dr. Annette Gottlieb
Harvey Gould
Rabbi Jessica Zimmerman Graf and Jonathan Graf
Barbara Green
Thomas and Pam Green
Sheldon L Greene
Liz Greenstein
Ted and Dru Greenwood
Lisa and Joshua Greer
Rabbi Arthur and Laurie Gross-Schaefer
Carl and Gay Grunfeld
Lois and Richard Gunther
Stephen Gunther and Linda Essakow
Ronald Guttman
Janet R Halbert
Daniel Handler and Lisa Brown
Martha Hausman and Rabbi Andrew Vogel
Rabbi Abraham Havivi and Chaplain Deborah Schmidt
Roslyn Gill Heafitz
Janet Heettner and Peter Silverman
Ronni Hendel and Rabbi Pinchas Giller
Frederick Hertz
Robert Holgate
Minnesota State Representative Frank Hornstein
Grace A. Hughes
Dr. Sherry Israel
Valerie and Thierry Jahan
Rosalind and Jacob Joffe
Linda and Thomas Kalinowski
Jan Kallish
Debra Kalmuss and Richard Katz
Leslie Kane and Manuel Fishman
Morton and Merle Kane
Sydney Kapchan and Steven Tulkin
Rita J. and Stanley H. Kaplan Family Foundation
Steven J. Kaplan
Robert Karasov and Hanna Bloomfield
Emily Kates
Judith and William Kates
Lynne Diamond and Gary Kates
Max and Rena Kates
Rebecca Katz and Darian Heyman
Deborah Kaufman and Alan Snitow
Jonathan Kaufman and Jill Horowitz
Nancy K Kaufman
Carol Kellermann
Leon T. Kenworthy
Idit Klein and Jordan Namerow
Jonathan Klein and Amy Schottenfels
Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum and Randi Weingarten
Rabbi David and Rabbi Jacqueline Koch Ellenson
Janet Kolodner
Cathy and Jim Koshland
Hannah Kranzberg
Rabbi Claudia Kreiman
Charles and Naomie Kremer
George and Doris Krevsky
Karen and Mel Kronick
Josh Kun
Arnold and Victoria Kupetz
Linda and Frank Kurtz
Rabbis Noa Kushner and Michael Lezak
Pnina Lahav
Ruth Laibson
Lee and Luis Lainer
Jesse and Dan Lainer-Vos
Steven and Susan Lax
David Leichman and Rabbi Miri Gold
Rabbi Susan and Jeff Leider
Hollis G. Lenderking
Mark Leno
Rabbi David Lerner and Sharon Levin
Suzanne Lerner
Jill and Aaron Levin
Hannah Levine
Hon. Mel Levine
Zahavah Levine and Jeff Meyer
Alex Levinson and Kim Muth
Geoffrey Lewis and Amy Caplan
Ron Lezell
Paula and Barry Litt
Debbie and Jeremy Lizt
Bonnie Lovitt
Rabbi Brian and Caroline Lurie
Orlee Maimon
The Honorable Rafael Mandelman
Michael and Maxine Mantell
Daniel and Lenore Mass
Rabbi Roly Matalon
Susan and Willy Mautner
Thomas McGovern
David Mehlman and Arlene Alpert
Barbara Meislin and Stuart Kaplan – Purple Lady Fund
Ilse Melamid
Ronald and Anne Mellor
Aviva Meyer
Jessica Kate Meyer
Jonathan Meyer and Lauren Strauss
Rabbi Michael and Israela Meyerstein
Frank Michelman
Joy Midman
Joseph Miller and Susan Wise Miller
Wendy Mills and Mark Habeeb
Martha Minow and Joseph Singer
Rabbi Rachel Mikva and Mr. Mark Rosenberg
Rabbi Michelle Missaghieh
Jo-Ann Mort
Jamie and Mark Myers
Morey and Sondra Myers
Sam Myers
Judy W. and Jay A. Nadel
Louis Newman and Rabbi Amy Eilberg
Myra and Bruce Newman
Fred & Gilda Nobel Foundation
Debby and Manny Nosowsky
Michael Nutkiewicz and Joan Weissman
Rabbi Suzanne and Andy Offit
Jill and Rick Olswanger
Bonnie Orlin
Eric and Kathleen Orlin
Shari and Don Ornstein
Dr. Richard and Martha Pastcan
Sarah and Tom Pattison
Karen Paul
Wendy Peikes
Derek and Robin Penslar
Kathleen Peratis
Lorre Polinger and Donald Wertlieb
Robin and Bruce Polishook
Justin Pollack and Suzanne Reisman
Lee Pollak
Deborah Pollak Levy
Lisa S. Portnoy
Norman Postone and Lisa Fruchtman
Judy and Lou Premselaar
Harriet Prensky and Bill Pomeranz
Orlee Rabin and David Shlachter
Daniel and Maryann Rabovsky
Jaime and Tim Rapaport Barry
Nancy and Alan Raznick
Rabbi Fred Reiner and Susan Liss
Elaine Reuben
David Richman and Janet Perry
Lilly Rivlin
Rachel and Richard Robbins
June and Marvin Rogul
Nathan Rome and Bonnie Alpert
Samuel ‘Sandy’ Rosenberg
Jennie Rothschild and Jonathan Lederer
Phyllis and David Rothman
Dan Rothstein and Ana Karchmer
Toby and Robert Rubin
Christine Russell and Mark Schlesinger
Rebecca and Rabbi David Russo
Danielle Ruymaker and Eric Berzon
Sylvia Sabel and Joel Rubinstein
David Salem and Laurie Aloisio
Myrna G. Sameth
Rabbi David N. Saperstein
Guy Sapirstein and Sarah Leonard
Karen Sarachik
Lela Sarnat
Laura Saunders
Sheree Savar
Rick Schaffer and Barbara Schatz
Suzanne Schecter and Todd Ruback
Gene Schneyer and Debra Appel
Debra R. Schoenberg
Amy Schulman and David Nachman
Rabbi Sid Schwartz
Dveera Segal and Bradley Bridge
Daniel and Sheila Segal
Patricia and Stephen Segal
The Segal Family Foundation
Dr. Doreen and Rabbi Chaim Seidler-Feller
Rita R. Semel
Elisabeth Semel and James Thomson
Rabbi Judy Shanks and James Gracer
Ben and Norma Shapiro
Julie Shapiro and Shelly F. Cohen
Clive Sheldon QC
Abby Sher
Rabbi David Shneyer
Alan and Heidi Shonkoff
Rabbi Alexandria Shuval-Weiner
Brian Silver
Howard Simon and Dr. Vivien Igra
Sandra Simon
Rabbi Beth Singer and Rabbi Jonathan Singer
Nancy Sinkoff and Gary Dreiblatt
Susan and James Snider
Robert Snyder and Carol Green
Eugene Sofer and Judith Bartnoff
Gary B. Sokol and Paul Blanc
Rabbi Felicia Sol
Deb Sparrow
Varda Spiegel and Bradley Burston
Jennifer Spitzer
Rabbi Toba Spitzer
Jason Steckler
Joelle Steefel
Mary Ann Stein
Vera and Harold Stein
Henry Steiner
Michael Steinman and Dorothy Richman
Claude and Andrea Stern
Susan and Eitan Stern
Rabbi Keith Stern
Heidi Stewart and John Weinstein
Noa Stolzenberg-Myers
Sara Stolzenberg-Myers
Tali Stolzenberg-Myers and Ben Castanon
Thomas H. and Donna M. Stone Foundation
Rabbi Andrew Straus
Lee Strieb and Shari Golan
Carol and Steven Targum
Ty Stiklorius
Ingrid Tauber and Frank Taforo
Betsy and Rabbi David Teutsch
Judith Tuller
Kenneth Turan and Patricia Williams
Jeanie Ungerleider
Marion and Michael Usher
Frank and Emily Vogl
Paul and Dorothy Wachter
Alexandra Wall
Jeff Waller
Jenna Weinberg and Jacob Prosnit
Rabbi Ellen Weinberg Dreyfus
Sheila Weinberg and Maynard Seider
Sanford Weiner
Carol Weingold Zenilman and Jonathan M Zenilman
Philip M. Weinstein
Estare and David Weiser
David and Kathryn Werdegar
Diane Wexler and Bruce Beron
Louise W. Wiener
Carol and Terry Winograd
Rabbi Peretz and Rebecca Wolf-Prusan
Susan and Robert Wolfe
Ruth Wolman
Hon. Zev Yaroslavsky
Tamar Zaken
Rabbi Daniel and Louise Zemel
Michael and Diane Ziering
Gail Zucker

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