There is no Reform, conservative, Orthodox or Reconstructionist.(What are you trying to reconsruct?)There is only the Jewish People with various levels of observance or non observance.

http://www.ngo-monitor.org/article/nif_funded_ngos_goldstone_s_building_blocks

Isaiah 1:18

http://israelbehindthenews.com/library/pdfs/NIFGoldstone.pdf

Try this: http://writingtw.blogspot.com/2010/02/your-federation-dollars-hard-at-work.html

Sour grapes has nothing to do with it. We didn’t expect to be funded but were amused at how the NIF imaginatively excused itself from having to live up to its own “democracy” goals.

Here’s that 1986 report: http://myrightword.blogspot.com/2010/02/counterpoints-1986-nif-report.html

And note this: http://israelbehindthenews.com/bin/content.cgi?ID=3879&q=1

This is getting kind of Orwellian. Two-minute hate, anyone?

Below are just a few grantees of NIF, whose funding you claim goes “exclusively to far left-wing causes.” (And these are just the orgs that begin with A-G. I encourage folks to go to the website for the full list).

With respect, do I sense a hint of sour grapes becacuse your group did not get NIF funding?

- African Refugees Development Center (Seeks to further the rights of all African refugees in Israel.)

- Al-Syndianah Association (Supports empowerment activities and leadership courses for Arab women in the Old City of Acre.)

- Association for Eternal Rest (Promotes alternatives to Orthodox burials in Israel.)

- Association of Rape Crisis Centers in Israel (Seeks to reduce the level of sexual violence; to increase the scope and state funding for victims of sexual assault; and to improve the legal and public status of the victims.)

- Bina – Center for Jewish Identity and Hebrew Culture
(Seeks to produce young leadership committed to promoting pluralistic Jewish identity with social activism.)

- Bizchut: The Israel Human Rights Center for People with Disabilities (Promotes the rights and welfare of people with disabilities and works to change societal attitudes toward people with disabilities.)

- Fidel (Raises awareness among educators about the educational needs of Ethiopian children in order to improve their academic performance.)

- Forum for Freedom of Choice in Marriage (Works to promote freedom of marriage and divorce in Israel, with special activities for university students and the Russian-speaking population.)

- Friends in Nature – Community Empowerment (Nurtures activism among Ethiopian immigrants in Gedera that emphasizes the role of parents and the preservation of Ethiopian traditions.)

- Green Environment Fund (Seeks to protect and preserve Israel’s scarce environmental resources, promote sustainable transportation and achieve environmental justice.)

I am deeply saddened, heartbroken, to say that I think Israel is unraveling, going from worse to worse to still worse.

At this point, I can’t imagine the State of Israel continuing in its present configuration. I think it is untenable, somewhat like the USSR before it broke up or old South Africa before the repeal of apartheid. I don’t know when — probably years — but things simply will not continue as they are. It has truly become ארץ אוכלת יושביה. I only hope that the transition to whatever is coming next can be accomplished with a minimum of pain and suffering.