'Jonathan Mackenzie\'s Campaign for Hasbara Fellowships'

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'Jonathan Mackenzie\'s Campaign for Hasbara Fellowships'

' Happy Tenth Anniversary to Hasbara Fellowships! Dear Friends & Fellow Hasbara Alums, I was a participant on the May 2007 Hasbara Fellowships Canadian trip. The participants on my trip came from campuses across Canada, and I was privileged to work with some very talented Israel activists. Hasbara fellowships has been taking students from across North America to Israel for ten years. Hasbara alumni have returned to their respective university and college campuses and have taken the lead in advocating for Israel\'s right to exist as a safe and secure liberal democracy. Hasbara alumni have made a significant impact on campuses across North America for a decade. In an age when Israel has been demonized by various student groups, professors and labour unions, Hasbara alumni have provided a formidable resistance to the anti-Israel propaganda that permeates many North American campuses. As a student at York University from 2005 until 2010, I regularly encountered anti-Israel groups protesting on campus and holding large rallies. In September 2007, I worked with my fellow Hasbara alumni at York to establish Hasbara at York, which quickly became a well-known Israel advocacy group on campus. By late 2007, Hasbara at York was already being mentioned in editorials in Canada\'s largest newspapers. Whenever an anti-Israel group wanted to spread propaganda on York\'s campus, we were there to provide the truth about Israel to York\'s student population. The impact of Hasbara alumni on York\'s campus has been remarkable. I must add that the advocacy skills that I learned on my Hasbara trip have served me well since I became a lawyer in 2011. I am respectfully asking you to donate to Hasbara Fellowships to ensure that the next generation of Jewish students will be able to receive the same opportunities that I did on my Hasbara trip. In an age when anti-Israel groups on campus receive funds from labour unions, student unions, and even from certain foreign governments, it is imperative that pro-Israel students across North America have access to a highly subsidized Hasbara Fellowships program. Yours Truly, Jonathan Mackenzie Hasbara Fellowships, May 2007'