Guest Darshan: Lev Aran, Housing Rights in Israel with New Israel Fund Speaker Lev Aran*

Title: Housing Rights in Israel with New Israel Fund Speaker Lev Aran* 

Description: Join us for a conversation with Lev Aran, coordinator of New Israel Fund's public housing efforts in Israel. NIF's Public Housing Forum is an umbrella group of social change organizations working to revitalize and increase public housing in Israel. Come hear about these front-line efforts to ensure that everyone has the right to the housing they need, a universal human right whether it's in New York City or in Israel.

 Lev Aran is the NIF/Shatil Northern Social Change Organizer for Housing and Health. Lev has worked in this position for the past six years, organizing activists, and establishing NGO partnerships with local councils, committees, and community centers, while coordinating the Public Housing Forum. He has worked with Shatil since 2006 as the coordinator in several fields, including immigrant organizations, social justice, and housing and planning. In the past, Lev served as Director of the Institute for Community Enrichment for Preschool Education and as a Knesset aid drafting bills.

*This is the first in a series of speakers this year about social justices issues in Israeli society.