This is the Forward’s coverage of hasbara (which translates roughly to “explaining”), a key component of Israel’s public relations strategy.
Hasbara
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Film & TV Is this Apple TV thriller hasbara — or societal critique?
The Israeli show ‘Unconditional’ is more than meets the eye
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Fast Forward Israel just quadrupled its PR budget to $730M. Experts say it won’t work.
Spending on image should be "like investing in jets, bombs and missile interceptors," Israel's foreign minister says
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Fast Forward After MIT professor’s killing, Jewish influencers spread unverified antisemitism claim
Nuno Loureiro’s death seemed to prove Jews everywhere were under attack. There was just one problem.
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Opinion Israel’s reputation is in free fall. One radical change could help
Pro-Israel groups must abandon the idea that criticism of Israel is verboten, and speak out against settler violence
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Fast Forward Israel’s secret ‘Esther Project’: DOJ filings reveal paid US influencer campaign amid AI-powered PR blitz
As Netanyahu calls social media the “eighth front,” new documents reveal how Israel is paying to shape U.S. opinion
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News Why was Netanyahu wearing a QR code at the UN, and where did it lead?
The QR code leads to a website with graphic images from the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas attacks
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News In Charlie Kirk, Orthodox Jews found a champion — and a wedge
Kirk faced accusations of antisemitism, while some Jews mourned him like a rebbe
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Opinion In the campus protests, Jews got outorganized
Liberal Zionists in the U.S. must learn from student protesters in order to rebuild collective power
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Holy Ground A Jewish farmer broke ground on a synagogue in an Illinois cornfield. His neighbors showed up to help.
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Opinion I discovered anti-Zionism at the University of Michigan. I’m glad it lives on there
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Culture An Israeli genocide scholar looks to Israel’s history to understand ‘what went wrong’
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Opinion An alarming new battleground in campus fights over Israel
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News Hochul makes play for Orthodox voters with tuition relief and synagogue buffer zones
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News Middlebury College Hillel votes to rebrand, distancing from parent on Israel
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Yiddish „צײַטזאָנע“ — אַ ציקל לידער פֿון דזשייק שנײַדער‘Time Zone’ — poetry by Jake Schneider
דער מחבר איז אַן אַמעריקאַנער־געבוירענער ייִדיש־אַקטיוויסט, פּאָעט און איבערזעצער אין בערלין.
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Antisemitism Decoded Abe Foxman built the Jewish establishment. He died troubled by what it had become