U of T student union directed to stop promoting BDS
TORONTO (Feb. 5, 2021) – The University of Toronto Graduate Students Union (UTGSU) has been ordered to end its support for the antisemitic boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) movement. On Thursday, in a historical decision, the Complaint and Resolution Council for Student Societies (CRCSS) found that the UTGSU’s BDS Caucus had engaged in discrimination based on nationality, in violation of […]
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 […]
University of Windsor must take stronger stand against antisemitism, adopt IHRA
WINDSOR, Ont. (Dec. 1, 2020) – In response to the culture of antisemitism that clearly exists on campus, Hasbara Fellowships Canada is calling on the University of Windsor to immediately adopt the IHRA (International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance) definition of antisemitism. Last week, U of W students were shocked to discover that students in the Delta […]
U of T Scarborough students reaffirm support for BDS
TORONTO (Nov. 29, 2020) – After several failed attempts, the University of Toronto Scarborough Campus Students Union (SCSU) officially voted to reaffirm its support for the antisemitic BDS movement at its Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Thursday. Hasbara Fellowships Canada is calling on both the university and student leaders of conscience to immediately denounce the antisemitic motion. The […]
Anti-Israel student video still being shown to Ontario high school students
OTTAWA – Hasbara Fellowships Canada is demanding that the Province of Ontario immediately remove a biased student video that has resurfaced at an Ottawa high school. The video sparked an outcry earlier this year when parents complained it was “propaganda,” prompting Ontario Minister of Education Stephen Lecce to remove it from the Ontario e-Learning course. […]
Toronto restaurant: Zionists are “Nazis,” “racists,” “greedy & entitled”
Toronto restaurant: Zionists are “Nazis,” “racists,” “greedy & entitled” TORONTO (July 2, 2020) – Hasbara Fellowships Canada is calling on members of our community to boycott a downtown Toronto restaurant after its owner continued to make hateful and offensive remarks about Israel and Zionism on Thursday. For weeks, Bloordale restaurant Foodbenders and its owner Kimberly Hawkins have […]
Path to Israel Advocacy
Path to Israel Advocacy (Atara Kahn, University of Maryland, Hasbara Fellow) For me, my connection and love for Israel was never a question of why, instead, it was a question of how. How could I truly love a land I never walked on, connect to a language I never spoke, or call a country 6,000 […]
