Israeli Elections 101
By: Eze Diamant – Tanenbaum Community Hebrew Academy of Toronto (CHAT). Shimon Peres, former President of Israel, once said: “When you have two alternatives, the first thing you have to do is to look for the third that you didn’t think about, that doesn’t exist.” This may not be true for everything, but when looking […]
Anti-Israel Disruptors Highlight Continued Need for Israel Education
This week, a viral video has spread on social media, showing a group of Birthright Israel participants leaving their trip early to join an anti-Israel organization’s tour, in purported protest of Birthright Israel’s pro-Israel stance. Hasbara Fellowships, as a leading provider of pro-Israel education in Israel, wish to add our voice in support of Birthright […]
Hasbara – The Heart of the Matter
As goes the college campus, so goes the world, for Jews and the state of Israel alike. It should come as no surprise that once again, a University is embroiled in a controversy about the rights of Jewish students to express their support for Israel, without fear or prejudice. While Hasbara Fellowships has been successful […]
Students at the University of Ottawa Defeat BDS Motion
On Tuesday, March 13, students at the University of Ottawa defeated a divisive and hateful BDS motion proposed at the university’s Annual General Meeting (AGM), which was proposed by a number of anti-Israel clubs on campus. Nearly 500 students packed two overflow rooms for the vote, which, despite major campaigning by the anti-Israel sponsors, failed […]
As A New Year Begins
By: Robyn Frum, Northeast Regional Advisor Across North America, Hasbara Fellows are returning to their campuses empowered and ready engage their campus communities with Israel. Senior Hasbara Fellows, who received their training within the last three years are now overseeing the new generation of pro-Israel leaders to ensure continuity at their universities. New Hasbara Fellows […]
MAJOR achievement for Jewish & pro-Israel students in Canada
In a significant victory for Jewish and pro-Israel students across Canada, Hasbara Fellowships Canada, the country’s largest pro-Israel campus advocacy organization, is proud to announce that the Student Association of Durham College and the University of Ontario Institute of Technology (SADCUOIT) has settled a legal case that Hasbara Fellowships Canada had filed with the Human Rights […]
University of Toronto Event Whitewashes Terrorism
Anti-Israel events aren’t rare but a recent event at the University of Toronto’s education school, OISE, veered from misinformation into the repeated and purposeful whitewashing of terrorism against innocent Israelis and glorifying Palestinian prisoners, many of whom have committed murder. Hasbara Fellowships Canada worked with one of our students, who recorded and documented the proceedings. […]
UBC Students Reject Israel Boycott Vote
University of British Columbia (UBC) Students Defeat BDS Motion Hasbara Fellowships Canada congratulates students at the University of British Columbia for rejecting another attempt by anti-Israel activists to pass a Boycott Divestment Sanctions (BDS) vote on their campus. In a growing pattern of failure on Canadian university campuses, anti-Israel activists have found a diminished appetite […]
Taking Back Campus: Combatting Hatred With Israel Peace Week
By: Yael Steinberg, Associate Director of Education, Hasbara Fellowships It is no secret that college campuses are hostile places for young Zionists. New stories come out weekly about anti-Semitic student government members, physical altercations at pro-Israel events, and BDS. To make matters more difficult, the anti-Israel movement has done a great job of co-opting other […]
