Online Shabbat service led by Rabbi Lauren and Cantor Lisa/ NIF Speaker on LGBTQ Rights in Israel

New Israel Fund in Action: LGBTQ Rights in Israel

During services, approximately 11:10am

Join us for a conversation with Vadim Blumin, a New Israel Fund Board member, Jewish educator, and activist within the LGBTQ and Russian-speaking community. From supporting the first Pride marches in Israel to surrogacy rights to LGBTQ organizations in religious communities, NIF has led the way in fighting for inclusion and equality. Come hear about the decades-long fight for LGBTQ rights, the issues facing Russian-speakers in Israel today, and what it means to promote progressive values in traditional communities. This is our second program out of three in our special series with The New Israel Fund. 

Vadim Blumin is an historian and LGBTQ activist in the fields of Jewish education and civil society in Israel. Vadim is a Board member of Be Free Israel (an NIF grantee that is active on issues relating to LGBTQ rights and religious freedom), a founder of Generation 1.5 – Russian Speaking Young Adults, and a member of the Limmud-FSU Content Committee. Currently the director of the Mandel Program for Excellence at the Jewish Agency for Israel, he was formerly a content and training specialist at Makom, the Strategic Content Lab of the Jewish Agency, and headed its education department in St. Petersburg, Russia. He formerly served as Executive Director of 1+1: Association of Immigrant Youth, a nonprofit that develops innovative frameworks for young Russian-speaking teens, including leadership and community development and helps youth at-risk throughout Israel’s periphery. He is an alumnus of the GVANIM Program for Pluralism and Leadership, as well as the JDC-ELKA Mashamaut training program for Directors-General of Voluntary Organizations. Vadim lives in Ramat Gan with his partner, Roman, and their daughter, Danielle.SAJ Judaism That Stands For All is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

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