Last month, many members of the pro-Israel community celebrated what was perceived as a victory on UK college campuses, due to the cancellation of a number of Israel Apartheid Week events. While this was indeed a victory, in the sense that the planned events were not held, the message sent...
Openly Gay Israeli Defense Commander Visits UF While on Tour
At 12 years old, Hen Mazzig was almost blown up by a suicide bomber while on his way to an ice-cream shop. Amid the smoke and fire, the 27-year-old Israeli said he only remembers people crying. “I was seconds from not being here today,” Mazzig told a small crowd gathered...
Campus Activity Over Passover – The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly
Passover has just come to an end, and over the course of the Jewish holiday, a lot happened on campus. Over the past week, you may have missed the good, bad and ugly news. The Good – Harvard University At Harvard University, the planned Israel Apartheid Week was a major...
Hen Mazzig Delivers at Boston College
On March 20th, CAMERA-supported group Eagles for Israel, along with the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America (CAMERA), hosted Hen Mazzig at Boston College. As the CAMERA Fellow at BC, and as Co-President of the university’s only official pro-Israel advocacy group, I was ecstatic about the opportunity...
Creating a New Conversation about Israel at UWindsor
Too often, conversation about Israel ends up focusing exclusively on the Israeli – Palestinian conflict. While this is obviously a vital element of Israel’s story, the leaders of CAMERA-supported group UWindsor Jewish Students Association feel that this leaves people with a one-dimensional view of the country – so they decided to organize...
Hen Mazzig Brings his Story to Hundreds of Students
Over the past month, Hen Mazzig has been touring the country, speaking to hundreds of students on US campuses on his CAMERA on Campus tour, bringing his unique story to new audiences. Hen’s story combines many different aspects: He is of Iraqi/Mizrachi heritage, and his grandma fled Baghdad in the...
To be a Druze Commander in a Jewish Army
The actions of the IDF are frequently in the news, but nothing compares to being able to actually hear firsthand from IDF soldiers themselves. CAMERA on Campus brought Major Abdallah (whose full name cannot be revealed for security reasons) to speak to American audiences – and he brought a unique...
Jewish and Muslim Students Unite For Syrians
The war in Syria is now in it’s sixth year, and it is one of the great crises of our times – half a million people have been killed, and half the country have been forced from their homes. Many people around the world feel helpless, with no way of...
