An Evening with New Israel Fund’s Daniel Sokatch

The New Israel Fund in partnership with Congregation Emanu-El and Congregation Sherith Israel invite you to join us for a community gathering in shared grief and yearning for a peaceful future. The event will feature a conversation between Rabbi Jessica Zimmerman Graf, Rabbi Jonathan Singer, and Daniel Sokatch about Israel and the war in Gaza. There will be a special focus on the incredible work civil society is engaging in, with support from NIF, to help provide humanitarian aid to Israel’s most vulnerable, work to decrease inter-communal tensions, and provide mental health and trauma counseling. Hear about the kind of work that helps us see the holy in each other.

Daniel Sokatch has served as the CEO of the New Israel Fund since 2009. Before joining NIF, Daniel served as the Executive Director of the Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin and Sonoma Counties. Prior to his tenure at the Federation, he was the founding Executive Director of the Progressive Jewish Alliance (now Bend the Arc). In recognition of his leadership, Daniel has been named four times to the Forward newspaper’s “Forward 50,” an annual list of the 50 leading Jewish decision-makers and opinion-shapers. He has contributed articles to leading newspapers and magazines, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, the Forward and Haaretz, and is the author of Can We Talk About Israel: A Guide for the Curious, Confused, and Conflicted (Bloomsbury, Fall 2021). Daniel holds an MA from the Fletcher School at Tufts University, a JD from Boston College Law School, and a BA from Brandeis University.

The New Israel Fund is the leading organization advancing and defending human rights and democracy in Israel. Widely credited with building Israeli progressive civil society, NIF has provided over $300 million to more than 900 organizations since its inception in 1979.

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