If Not for Hasbara Fellowships…
By: Andrew Valentine, Hasbara Fellow, Kent State University I’m not sure where to begin, but I suppose near the beginning will work just fine. Last summer, from late July, to mid-August, I was granted the opportunity of a lifetime! Hasbara Fellowships welcomed me into their phenomenal program to tour and learn about the state of […]
Life as a Puzzle
By: Miriam Schwarz, Ryerson University, Hasbara Fellow I was working one of my regular long shifts at the cash register, finishing up an order when a respectful older customer pointed at my name tag, and asked “Are you a Canadian? What’s your background?” “Well, I have a Canadian citizenship, yes.” “What does that mean? …” […]
The ‘Why’ That I Will Carry Forever. My Israel Journey.
By: Austin Pellizzer, Carleton University, Hasbara Fellow Anyone who has had the privilege of being able to visit Israel has faced a complicated and complex reality that has shaped their own understanding of how this state works as a whole. Not just internally but also on the world stage that has created an Israel narrative […]
Finding My Why
By: Sophie Jacobs, Tulane University, Hasbara Fellow I was recently in Washington DC for my first AIPAC Policy Conference. Aside from being surprised by the physical size of the convention center and my inability to acquire any sense of direction of the said convention center even after three days, what truly shocked me was the […]
Memoirs of a Hasbara Advisor
By: Itai Weiss, Midwest Regional Advisor What’s so extraordinary about Hasbara Fellowships is also what’s so extraordinary about Israel. It’s not so easy to explain, so let’s go back a few years to the summer of 2014 when I was a Junior at the University of California Santa Cruz. I had just been accepted to […]
What Are The Odds?!
By: Danny Kim, Northeastern University, Hasbara Fellow I couldn’t believe my odds that night. How on earth was this possible? A couple nights before leaving Israel, Nissim (another Fellow on the trip) and I went on a late night stroll to the Kotel. I was curious to learn more about Judaism and its roots, and […]
Why I Ugly Cried in Israel
By: Julia Gauze, McGill University, Hasbara Fellow Let me tell you a story- the story of my Ugly Crying in Israel. I know what you’re thinking: why does this person want to draw attention to her ugly crying face? The answer is because of what caused it. I visited Hevron towards the end of my […]
