BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:3613@tbzbrookline.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230415T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230415T133000 DTSTAMP:20230330T145058Z URL:https://www.tbzbrookline.org/events/mickey-gitzin-talk-and-kiddush-lun ch/ SUMMARY:Mickey Gitzin Talk and Kiddush Lunch (in person) DESCRIPTION:Join NIF and Temple Beth Zion to hear from our Director in Isra el\n\nSaturday\, April 15th\n\n10:00 am: Services Begin\n\n12:00 pm (appro x.): Remarks\n\n1:00 pm (approx.): In conversation with Senior Rabbi Claud ia Kreiman over Kiddush\n\nWith Netanyahu’s extremist government intent on implementing their anti-democratic\, autocratic\, ethnonationalist visi on\, (the pre-Passover “delay” on the judicial overhaul notwithstandin g)\, Israel’s pro-democracy civil society is fighting for equality\, jus tice\, and democracy for all. Join us for a Shabbat morning with Mickey Gi tzin\, the New Israel Fund’s Israel Director\, to learn more about this crisis moment and how NIF is empowering activists and organizations to res pond. Now more than ever\, it is vital to support the people working on th e ground to defend democracy and protect human rights.\n\nNIF is proud to be collaborating with Temple Beth Zion to allow our community to hear from Mickey during this critical time in Israel's history. Services begin at 1 0:00am Saturday morning and Mickey will speak before musaf at around noon\ , and anyone who would like to is welcome to continue the conversation ove r Kiddush lunch. TBZ is happy to welcome anyone from our community of supp orters who would like to join. Please \; reach out to boston@nif.org i f you have any questions.Mickey Gitzin \;is the Director of the New Is rael Fund in Israel. Prior to joining NIF\, Mickey was the founding direct or of “Israel Hofsheet” (Be Free Israel)\, a leading grassroots organi zation fighting for separation of religion and state in Israel. Previously \, Mickey was the spokesperson for MK Ilan Gilon (Meretz) and the Associat e Director of “Festival BeShekel\,” an organization advancing arts and culture in Israel’s geographic and socioeconomic periphery. After compl eting his military service as an intelligence officer\, he served as a&nbs p\;shaliach \;(emissary) in South Bend\, Indiana for the Jewish Agency for Israel. Mickey holds a Master’s in Public Policy from University Co llege-London\, for which he received a Chevening Scholarship from the Brit ish Foreign Office and the British Council. In 2013\, Mickey received NIF UK’s Human Rights Award\, and in 2015\, NIF’s \;Gallanter Prize fo r Emerging Israeli Social Justice Leaders.\nSIGN UP HERE ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.tbzbrookline.org/wp-content/uploads/ 2023/03/Mickey-Gitzin-headshot.jpg CATEGORIES:Featured END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20230312T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR