[Elder Of Ziyon - Israel News] Hasby Award: Best Article

The nominees for Best Article are:

Will we ever be forgiven the Holocaust? (Howard Jacobson) 

There is nothing remotely progressive in today's left wing loathing of Israel (Brendan O'Neill) 

An Israeli Soldier to American Jews: Wake up! (Hen Mazzig)

And the winner is...

AN ISRAELI SOLDIER TO AMERICAN JEWS: WAKE UP!

Hen Mazzig

There were only three nominees for this category, but that didn't make the decision any easier. The Jaconson article is destined to be a classic and the Brendan O'Neill article is a must read.

In the end, I went with Hen Mazzig's article because it is the best example of hasbara in the classic sense: explaining things to  readers they might not know about, heightened by the first person account of his experiences.

Congratulations!

By the way, I wish I had thought of nominating this article, which is also about a peacenik getting slapped with reality. It probably wouldn't have won but it would have been a very good addition to the nominee list.

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Posted By Elder of Ziyon to Elder Of Ziyon - Israel News at 1/30/2014 01:30:00 PM