University of Albany’s Emet for Israel group, Great Danes for Israel, held a General Interest Meeting for a new and old students last year, to inform students all that they had planned so far for the academic year, and teach them the mission of Great Danes for Israel. The prospective members...
Campuses Have Become Breeding Ground for Hate
As a new school year begins, the familiar chill of malicious, unbridled anti-Semitism is being felt by Jewish university students across the country. Today, a university student’s intellectualism and tolerance are gauged by the ferocity of his or her Israel hatred. To be a humanitarian, you must deny the humanity...
CAMERA Presents: Noam Bedein at University of Florida
On November 18th at 6:00 PM, Noam Bedein was hosted at the University of Florida. Noam is a photojournalist and the founder and director of the Sderot Media Center. This event served as a debriefing for Israel’s Operation Protective Edge in Gaza, with the goal of educating students about the realities faced...
CAMERA Participates in Amazing Israel Race
This past Sunday Tatiana-Rose Becker, CAMERA’s Southern Region Campus Coordinator, and I, CAMERA’s Midwest and West Coast Campus Coordinator, volunteered at the CJP “Amazing Israel Race” based at Boston University’s Hillel, and drawing students from surrounding schools. The race consisted of 40 teams who were all competing for an amazing prize, money...
Yom Kippur: Reflecting, Repenting and Mourning
Tonight the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur starts. For the Jews it is a time for introspection, reflection and repentance. However, during the Yom Kippur of 1973 the soldiers in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) were not afforded the luxury of observing the holiday. They were fighting to prevent the...
Canadian Jews: Make Your Pro-Israel Voice Heard in Every Political Party
As the Canadian federal election approaches, Canadian Jews are faced with a serious dilemma. While Prime Minister Stephen Harper and the Conservative party have consistently voiced strong support for Israel and have backed up this rhetoric in their voting pattern at the UN, the Liberals and NDP have taken more...
SAIPA Spins the Wheel at Brandeis
Students for Accuracy about Israeli and Palestinian Affairs (SAIPA), the Brandeis University Emet for Israel group hosted, Wheel of Misconceptions: A Game Show Style Discussion about Israeli and Palestinian Affairs. The event was very successful and was attended by nearly 50 students! The idea of the game was to bring...
Happy Rosh Hashana!
Tonight the Jewish holiday of Rosh Hashana begins and Jews all over the world will be celebrating the new year and wishing each other a “shana tova u’mituka” (a sweet and good year). There are many customs associated with Rosh Hashana such as prayer, greeting cards, and even dipping apples...