Contributed by CAMERA intern Lilia Gaufberg On January 22nd, CAMERA Fellow Naor Amir brought Izzy Ezagui to the Chabad at the University of Florida to speak about his experience serving in the Israel Defense Forces. The goal of this event was to increase student involvement with Israel on campus by providing...
Krav Maga Crash Course at Rockland Community College
Contributed by CAMERA intern Lilia Gaufberg On February 24th, 2015, Friends of Israel hosted a Krav Maga event at Rockland Community College. The goal of this event was to teach Krav Maga to students in an effort to spark interest in learning more about the Israeli army and culture. 50...
SJP Speaker Josh Reubner
Contibuted by CAMERA Fellow David Enav. On October 16th, Students for Justice in Palestine at the University of Houston brought in a speaker, Josh Ruebner, who spoke about why he thinks Israel and the United States have failed to establish peace and a Palestinian state. Although Ruebner spoke of his...
Why ISIS Lacks Nuclear Weapons
Contributed by CAMERA intern Shoshana Kranish There are two huge names in the Middle East that stand at the end of any and all scales and spectrums: ISIS and Israel. if you’ve rarely seen these two in the same sentence, you’re not alone. ISIS has yet to attempt to invade Israel,...
Kay Wilson on Coexistence at Claremont Colleges
Contributed by CAMERA intern Shoshana Kranish Claremont Students for Israel, an EMET for Israel group, with support from CAMERA on Campus and StandWithUs, presented a powerful speech by Kay Wilson on November 6th. Wilson, a British-Israeli survivor of a December 2010 terror attack, spoke about her life before and after the...
Zion Stand Up: A New Perspective at Northwestern University
Contributed by CAMERA intern Shoshana Kranish On November 6th, the Wildcats for Israel EMET for Israel group at Northwestern University hosted two notable African-American pastors for a talk on relations between Jews and the African-American community. Pastors Dumisani Washington and Chris Harris were able to shed light on this lesser-known...
Congressman Jim Bridenstine at Oral Roberts University
Contributed by CAMERA intern Shoshana Kranish On October 28th, the Campus Israel Alliance at Oral Roberts University invited their local congressman, Jim Bridenstine, to speak at a campus event. CAMERA EMET for Israel group Liaison Connie Hammond hoped the voice of a local politician would add meaningful opinions to the...
Why We Have an Obligation to Fight Anti-Semitism on College Campuses
Contributed by CAMERA Fellow Kailee Jordan Recently, anti-Semitism has been on the rise. The prejudice against, discrimination of, or hostility towards Jews as a nationality, religious, or ethnic group, anti-Semitism is prevalent on bus advertisements, social media, newspapers, and any mode of communication that reaches a large audience in a...