Libby Lenkinski

Libby Lenkinski is the Vice President for Public Engagement at the New Israel Fund.

Recent Articles
Israeli activist Jonathan Pollak seen in the Magistrate's Court in Jerusalem, arrested as part of unprecedented legal campaign by Ad Kan, January 15, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
Want to fight for real equality? Look to Jonathan Pollak
For Israeli and U.S. activists, demanding equality tends to mean raising others to our level of privilege. But how many are willing to relinquish that privilege?
By Libby Lenkinski October 5, 2023
Barak Heymann. (Lorenzo Ferroni)
Why the Polish gov’t has this left-wing Israeli filmmaker in its crosshairs
What happens when a film challenges one of Poland's nationalist myths? Barak Heymann found out the hard way when his latest documentary questioned the number of Poles who saved Jews during the Holocaust.
By Libby Lenkinski July 27, 2022
U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during the prime minister's visit to the White House, Washington DC, February 15, 2017. (Avi Ohayon/GPO)
How Trump and Netanyahu made American antisemitism come alive
For four years, Netanyahu has equated Jews with the Israeli government, while Trump has made common cause with white nationalists. I wish more Israelis understood why this was so terrifying.
By Libby Lenkinski November 18, 2020
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  4. How Kahanism found its way into the Israeli political mainstream
  5. ‘She’s dying in front of my eyes’: The Gazan children starving under Israeli siege
  1. ‘Render it unusable’: Israel’s mission of total urban destruction
  2. ‘She’s dying in front of my eyes’: The Gazan children starving under Israeli siege
  3. Why Israel's demand for Hamas to disarm is a red herring
  4. What a ‘peace summit’ reveals about the state of the Israeli left
  5. ‘Lavender’: The AI machine directing Israel’s bombing spree in Gaza
  1. ‘Lavender’: The AI machine directing Israel’s bombing spree in Gaza
  2. The Israeli army is facing its biggest refusal crisis in decades
  3. 'We've killed so many children — it's hard to argue with that'
  4. ‘She’s dying in front of my eyes’: The Gazan children starving under Israeli siege
  5. Where’s the outrage over ‘systematic’ sexual violence against Palestinians?