{{Short description|Pro-Israeli foreign lobbying organization}} {{pp-extended|small=yes}} {{Infobox organization | name = Hasbara Fellowships Inc | formation = Tax-exempt since {{Start date and age|2011|8}} | headquarters = [[New York City]] | leader_title = Executive Director | leader_name = Alan Levine | website = {{URL|hasbarafellowships.org}} | image = Israelactivismlogo.jpg | type = [[501(c)(3)]] | tax_id = {{Employer Identification Number|201651102}} | revenue = 1,662,265 [[USD]] | revenue_year = 2025 | expenses = 1,392,917 [[USD]] | expenses_year = 2025 | footnotes = <ref>{{ProPublicaNonprofitExplorer|201651102}}</ref> | purpose = [[Israel lobby in the United States]] }}
'''Hasbara Fellowships''' is an organization that brings students to Israel and trains them to be effective pro-Israel activists on college campuses.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/26/movies/26docu.html|title=Film's View of Islam Stirs Anger on Campuses|first=Karen W.|last=Arenson|newspaper=The New York Times|date=26 February 2007|access-date=16 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170417155240/http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/26/movies/26docu.html|archive-date=2017-04-17|url-status=live}}</ref> Based in New York, it was started in 2001 by [[Aish HaTorah]] in conjunction with the Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The organization claims to have trained nearly 2,000 students on over 220 North American campuses.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.israelactivism.com/index.php?mode=israelprograms|title=Hasbara Fellowships - Homepage|access-date=16 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170417070920/http://www.israelactivism.com/index.php?mode=israelprograms|archive-date=2017-04-17|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Activities== Activists trained by Hasbara Fellowships<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=[[The Jewish Press]] |url=https://www.jewishpress.com/news/us-news/advocacy-training-trips-groom-next-pro-israel-voices/2018/12/11 |title=Advocacy Training Trips Groom Next Pro-Israel Voices |author=David Israel |date=December 11, 2018}}</ref> have been involved in several campus rallies.<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=[[The Jewish Press]] |url=https://www.jewishpress.com/indepth/columns/all-is-not-well-on-the-eastern-front/2010/12/15 |title=All Is Not Well On The Eastern Front |author=Julie Cohen |date=December 15, 2010}}</ref> In 2002, Hasbara Fellowships organized a rally at the National Student Palestinian Conference at the University of Michigan.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aish.com/jewishissues/jewishsociety/The_Michigan_Rally_A_Report.asp|title=Redirecting...|access-date=16 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170417072959/http://www.aish.com/jewishissues/jewishsociety/The_Michigan_Rally_A_Report.asp|archive-date=2017-04-17|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2007, Hasbara Fellowships members at [[Brandeis University]] protested against former US President [[Jimmy Carter]]'s book, ''[[Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailynewstribune.com/homepage/8998982704573710335|title=Dailynewstribune.com|access-date=16 April 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070126232218/http://www.dailynewstribune.com/homepage/8998982704573710335|archive-date=26 January 2007}}</ref>
In May 2007, Hasbara Fellowships (co-sponsored by the [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Israel)|Israeli Foreign Ministry]]) called for volunteers to counter a "dangerous trend" of [[Wikipedia]] entries portraying Israel in a "negative light". Interested readers were encouraged to consider "joining a team of Wikipedians to make sure Israel is presented fairly and accurately".<ref>''[https://web.archive.org/web/20070705211000/http://www.israelactivism.com/index.php?mode=newsletter Archive.org]'', Hasbara Fellowships ''Newsletter'', 31 May 2007, accessed 24 May 2010.</ref><ref name="JPS">{{cite journal|last=Allan|first=Diana|author2=Curtis Brown|date=Autumn 2010|title=The Mavi Marmara at the Frontlines of Web 2.0|journal=Journal of Palestine Studies|series=1|volume=40|page=63|doi=10.1525/jps.2010.xl.1.063}}<!--|accessdate=2012-05-05--></ref>
In 2008, Hasbara Fellowships helped to organize "Islamic State Apartheid Week" at York University to counter the rival "[[Israeli Apartheid Week]]".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.excal.on.ca/cms2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5724|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110525040118/http://www.excal.on.ca/cms2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5724|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 25, 2011|title=Excal.on.ca|publisher=|access-date=16 April 2017}}</ref>
In 2010, Hasbara Fellows created Israel Peace Week as a response to Israel Apartheid Week. In its first year, the program reached 28 campuses in the US and three in Australia.<ref>{{cite web|title=peace|url=http://www.jewishexponent.com/article/20751/Pinpointing_Israel_on_Campus/|access-date=2012-05-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314014036/http://www.jewishexponent.com/article/20751/Pinpointing_Israel_on_Campus/|archive-date=2012-03-14|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=ynet|newspaper=Ynetnews|date=4 March 2011|url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4037673,00.html|access-date=2012-05-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120301230155/http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4037673,00.html|archive-date=2012-03-01|url-status=live}}</ref>
==See also== * [[Hasbara]] * [[Internet Haganah]] * [[Aish HaTorah]] * [[Adam and Gila Milstein Family Foundation]] * [[Israel On Campus Coalition]] "Hasbara Fellowships" is a founding member.
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==External links== *{{official website|http://www.hasbarafellowships.org}}
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