As a Jewish woman living in the United States, I hold democratic values to be the utmost of liberties. I am privileged to have the freedom to vote, to have my voice heard and to make a difference in the future of our society — all things that my grandparents...
Israel and the UN: Hypocrisy of the Assembly
On October 7 Brandeis’ Emet for Israel supported group, Students for Accuracy about Israeli and Palestinian Affairs (SAIPA), along with co-sponsors, Israel Campus Coalition and StandWithUs, recently brought Anne Herzberg of NGO-Monitor to campus. SAIPA wanted to bring Herzberg as a follow up to their event “Wheel of Misconceptions,” during which...
Palestinian Human Rights Leader Condemns Hamas, BDS at Cornell Lecture
CAMERA brought Bassem Eid on tour to over a dozen campuses in the U.S. Please read below a review by a student reporter on the impact Eid made on her campus. Founder of the Palestinian Human Rights Monitoring Group (PHRMG) and outspoken critic of the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement Bassem...
University of Windsor Jewish Students Association’s Meet and Greet
On October 7th, the University of Windsor Jewish Students Association (JSA), an Emet for Israel supported organization, hosted a “Meet & Greet” event for students on campus. The event was open to everyone, and was designed to give new and existing Jewish students a chance to meet. Additionally, the event gave non-Jewish students...
The Iranian Threat to Israel and the World
Over the summer, a lot of you probably heard about Iran and Israel. Tensions were rising between the two nations over Iran’s goal to gain nuclear weapons. Iran is an existential threat to Israel, the Middle East, the United States and many other countries for so many reasons. If Iran...
The Greatest Threat to Israel
One of the greatest threats to Israel today doesn’t come in the form of rockets, bombs, or bullets. Though Israel is attacked frequently in horrific terror attacks, so too she is attacked in the worldwide media. In the modern age of easily disseminated news, Israel is vilified in all different...
Letter to the Editor: Using Salatia to foster conversation
More than one year ago, the University’s then-Chancellor Wise notified Steven Salaita that his offer of employment was not being forwarded to the Board of Trustees. Debates regarding this matter include the line between free speech and hate speech, the limits of academic freedom, flaws in the university’s hiring process, Salaita’s...
CAMERA counters mistruth
Sidney Shapiro had finished his Israel Defense Forces service just weeks before he arrived on campus at Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ont. “I walked into the door of the school and there is a huge poster of a kid, a Palestinian kid, in the shadow of a field box and...
