Day 1 What is better than a bunch of passionate Israel activists? A bunch of passionate Israel activists at the CAMERA Student Leadership and Advocacy Training Conference! After registration, the students gathered at the Boston University Hillel to kick off the day with lunch and introductions. CAMERA’s International Campus Director, Aviva Slomich...
Our 2015 David Bar Illan Award winners
On Sunday a record 600-plus guests attended the annual Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America (CAMERA) awards gala in New York City. CAMERA honored activists including student leaders, a retired professor, and an internationally known journalist for their work in supporting Israel and upholding news media integrity...
This Pro-Israel Student Leader lets Alan Dershowitz ‘sleep at night’
Conrtibuted by Maayan Jaffe/JNS.org Justin Hayet (second from left) with famed attorney Alan Dershowitz (third from left). Credit: Courtesy Justin Hayet. Jewish organizations and leaders have been racking their brains trying to address the issue of skyrocketing anti-Semitism on college campuses. But at least one prominent pro-Israel activist is reassured...
Teaching Protest at the 92 St Y
By Chloe Valdary This past Thursday, the groundbreaking documentary Crossing the Line 2 premiered at the 92st Y in New York. The film, produced by Jerusalem U, provided an in-depth look at the spread of the rise of anti-Semitism on college campuses, the vitriol of organizations like Students for Justice...
CCAP Group Binghamton University Zionist Organization Hosts 2nd Annual ZED Talk
We are so proud of the CAMERA- supported Binghamton University Zionist Organization (BUZO) for hosting its second annual ZED (Zionist Education Development) Talks. Check out the article below, written by BUZO member and CCAP Liaison Haley Silverstein: On November 24, Binghamton University Zionist Organization hosted its second annual ZED (Zionist Education Development) Talks. The...
CAMERA Israel Office Welcomes ICC Student Trip
This week, CAMERA was glad to welcome the Israel on Campus Coalition Leadership Mission to Israel at our Jerusalem office! CAMERA’s Director of the Israel Office, Tamar Sternthal, spoke with the 20 students who were recommended by partner ICC organizations to attend the mission on the importance of CAMERA’s work in challenging media...
Eretz Yisrael: Hineni!
This piece was contributed by our 2013-2014 CAMERA Fellow at SUNY Binghamton, Justin Hayet. Justin continues to be active in our SUNY Binghamton CCAP group, BUZO. Justin’s piece was republished in the Algemeiner. Standing to the sound of the final blow of the shofar; I hold my prayer book wide open and...
Israeli Soldier Advocates for Palestinian Compromise
CAMERA’s Fellow at SUNY Binghamton, Justin Hayet, organized a highly successful event at which CAMERA’s Yishai Goldflam spoke on his campus. Read the piece in the BU Pipe Dream or below. No topic was off-limits when an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldier visited Binghamton University Monday evening to share the...