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 […]
Embedded Within Each Stone
Embedded Within Each Stone (Henriette Weitzen, Muhlenberg College, Hasbara Fellow) My time on Hasbara Fellowships allowed me to introspect and consider what it is about Israel that possessed me to spend my winter break participating in an immersive Israel advocacy program. Throughout the advocacy program, we were encouraged to think about what in particular draws […]
Looking Back, Moving Forward
Looking Back, Moving Forward (Leah Powell. High School Intern) What Jewish Communities Around the World Are Doing to Stay Connected It feels like just yesterday when they announced the Jewish school closures in Toronto on Friday, March 13. As the Torah teaches us, Jewish life is rooted in gathering, and community is essential to the […]
Hate is the Most Toxic Virus in the World Today
Hate is the Most Toxic Virus in the World Today (Sarah Eklove, High School Intern) March 2020 brought about new challenges in the world. Cities and countries began to shut down, schools and public buildings were closed, and travel was paused. The novel coronavirus, or COVID-19, turned the world on its head, and we are […]
Debunking Common Claims Against the IHRA Definition of Antisemitism
Debunking Common Claims Against the IHRA Definition of Antisemitism By Zach Halpern, High School Intern Since 2016, many universities, organizations and governments have adopted the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s (IHRA) Working Definition of Antisemitism to establish a clear, concise definition of antisemitism. The IHRA definition is currently the best way of defining antisemitism in its […]
Changing the World as a Teen
Changing the World as a Teen (Eliana Eisenberg, High School Intern) As a high school student who is eager to learn as much as I can about Israel and how to best support the country that I love so much, I am always looking for opportunities to expand my knowledge. In addition to participating in […]
Rebuking BDS
Rebuking BDS (Abegail Javidzad, Hasbara Fellow-University of Southern California) Pro-Israel students on college campuses are all too familiar with the three letters “BDS”. In short, the BDS (Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions) Movement aims to boycott Israel and Israeli businesses to end what they see as the Israeli oppression. While on the Hasbara Fellowships Israel Training […]
The Journey That Shaped My Jewish Identity
The Journey That Shaped My Jewish Identity (Leah Bogatie, Hasbara High School Intern) In my opinion, Jewish day schools are special. They provide a place for Jewish students to be surrounded by their culture, their heritage and their shared beliefs and values. Us Jews are unique, in the sense that we have all been commanded […]
My Semester in Israel
My Semester in Israel (Cira Orvitz, High School Intern) My name is Cira and I did a four-month program to Israel, called Tichon Ramah Yerushalayim (TRY). High school students from all around the US and Canada went on it to Israel to study for a semester and find their Jewish identity in their own ways. […]
