My Israel Experience
My Israel Experience (Anonymous High School Intern) In the summer of 2019, I was fortunate to participate in NCSY’s TJJ Ambassadors Poland 4-week trip to Poland & Israel. After spending a week in Poland, visiting and learning about what daily life was like for Jews before the war, the old shuls, […]
The War That Beat All Odds
The War That Beat All Odds (Shirelle Maged, High School Intern) Immediately after the announcement of the independence of the state of Israel in May of 1948, five Arab nations invaded the newly formed country. It is no wonder why then-Prime Minister David Ben Gurion’s first order of business […]
Zaka: Israeli Based Volunteer Rescue Organization
Zaka: Israeli Based Volunteer Rescue Organization (Maya Bloom, High School Intern) There are numerous Israeli non-governmental organizations that work effortlessly to help Jews and non-Jews in Israel and to support people from all ethnicities internationally. One influential organization is called Zaka, founded by Yehuda Meshi-Zahav in 1995 and known as Israel’s main rescue volunteer organization. […]
Queen’s students call for release of convicted Palestinian terrorist
KINGSTON, Ont. (Feb. 2, 2021) – A student group in Ontario is calling for the release of a convicted Palestinian terrorist. Hasbara Fellowships Canada is demanding that the Alma Mater Society (AMS), the official student association of Queen’s University, defund the Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights (SPHR) student group after it raised funds for an […]
