Newsletter – December 2022 As we complete another successful calendar year, we invite our friends and allies to share that applications for next year’s Fellowship are now open! The CAMERA on Campus Fellowship is a prestigious program for students who are activists, have an in-depth knowledge of the history...
Mizrahi Jews: The Beauty of Jewish Diversity and the Lie of Israeli ‘Colonialism’
This November, CAMERA on Campus observed Mizrahi Heritage Month through the latest iteration of our Mizrahi Stories campaign, a collaborative effort with partners JIMENA, The American Sephardic Federation, Sephardic Community Alliance, SAMI (Sephardic American Mizrahi Initiative), and Harif. The campaign included participants from the United States, Canada, Israel, and the...
The latest iteration of CAMERA on Campus’s campaign expands efforts to bring visibility to the Jewish communities of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) on college campuses.
Boston, Massachusetts — On November 1st, 2022, CAMERA on Campus will launch the latest iteration of its widely acclaimed Mizrahi Stories campaign that will span the entirety of Mizrahi Heritage Month. “When CAMERA on Campus first launched the Mizrahi Stories campaign in November 2019, our efforts centered on creating spaces...
Some universities are diverse and inclusive unless you’re Jewish
At the University of East Anglia in Norwich, Jewish students on campus have faced discrimination. In May 2021 alone, Norwich was marred by antisemitic graffiti and slurs during anti-Zionist demonstrations. Jewish students were targeted for somehow being responsible for the actions of the Israeli government, and the UEA Student’s Union...
Standing Up for TICP
Earlier this week, The Israeli Cartoon Project (TICP) posted a Buzzfeed listicle of “Ten Extremely Accurate Cartoons that Depict the Hypocrisy of BDS.” The article was posted to give readers an accurate perspective of Israel’s situation, as well as publicizing TICP’s display at YNet’s Anti-BDS Conference in Jerusalem that took place on Monday. However, the post was immediately taken...
Thank You for Condemning Anti-Semitism, UC
After numerous instances of anti-Semitism on University of California campuses, the UC Board of Regents formally adopted a statement condemning such behavior. This is the first public statement of its kind, which resulted in large part due to numerous instances of students committing acts of antisemitism on campus, often under the guise...
Indiana Representatives Say No to Discrimination
On January 26th, Indiana’s House of Representatives unanimously passed a bill banning state transactions with entities that boycott Israel. The bill asserts that the effort to boycott, divest from, and sanction Israel is “antithetical and deeply damaging to the cause of peace, justice, equality, democracy and human rights for all people in the...