On Wednesday, November 15, the Binghamton University Zionist Organization (BUZO) hosted an educational event in the university’s lecture hall with a pro-Israel speaker from StandWithUs. As members of the BUZO executive board arrived to prepare the space for the event, they were met with a shocking sight: The room was...
My Middle-Eastern heritage is ignored in campus discourse
Witnessing the horrors committed in southern Israel invoked in me the worst memories from the pages of Jewish history. Hamas’ heinous torture and slaughter of men, women and children in unimaginably cruel fashions could only be compared with the pogroms once endemic to Europe, which ultimately culminated in the Holocaust, thus destroying...
CAMERA on Campus UK campaign expands visibility of Middle Eastern and North African Jews
London, United Kingdom In honour of Mizrahi Heritage Month, CAMERA on Campus UK is thrilled to announce the start of the fourth instalment of “Mizrahi Stories,” a human rights campaign dedicated to amplifying the voices of the Jews hailing from North Africa and the Middle East. These communities faced extraordinary...
Perspective: Now is not a time to project hate on campus
Jewish college students are dealing with attacks on Israel and harassment on their campuses. When will it stop? It feels odd — wrong, even — that my family and friends scattered across Israel are asking me if I’m okay and safe. But I’m not, and nor are many of my...
Pro-Israel students, stand tall!
Last week, CAMERA—for which I am campus director—reported that Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) chapters at colleges and universities expressed their support on social media for the monstrous actions of Hamas following the terrorists’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel. In this hideous crime against humanity, 1,400 were killed, over...
Resisting IHRA Hurts Jewish Students: Here’s Why
In recent decades, universities across the UK have made tremendous strides towards inclusion and anti-discrimination policies which aim to protect minority group students from being alienated or subject to abuse. Yet, in a tale as old as time, the needs of Jewish students have been overlooked and ignored by university...
CAMERA on Campus UK Launches SJP Exposed Campaign & Condemns Pal Soc Demonstrations and Incitement of Violence
CAMERA on Campus UK pledges to give students the resources to stand against Jew-hatred. Today, we are launching SJP Exposed, a campaign that gives students the educational materials necessary to support their grassroots efforts and to empower them to proudly stand with Israel in the face of adversity on campus....
New York ‘Jewish’ Student Group Condemns Israel, Stands With Palestinian ‘Resistance’
In the wake of Hamas’ unprovoked attack on Israel and the subsequent mass atrocities committed against Israel’s civilians, including many women and children, there has been an outpouring of support for the Jewish State from many countries, organizations, and the Jewish community in the Diaspora. Amidst all this, anti-Israel groups...