Written by CAMERA trip participant Rachel Wolf On the seventh full day of the Israel trip, students met with Hadar Sela, the managing editor of the BBC Watch. The students also went to Majdal Shams and met with one of the prominent leaders there, watched an Oz 77 film about the...
Day 6 Of The Israel Trip: Hezekiah’s Tunnel and Ishmael Khaldi
The sixth full day of the Israel trip started with the students packing the bus and preparing to go to the north of Israel. Before going to the north, the students spent their day exploring Jerusalem’s Ir David (City of David), walking through Hezekiah’s Tunnel, touring HaOphel—the Eastern wall of the...
Days 4 and 5 Of The Israel Trip: Mount of Olives and Machane Yehuda
The fourth full day of the Israel trip was short and lots of fun! Day 4 was a Friday, so the students were let out early in order to prepare for Shabbat, the Jewish holy day of the week. The day started with a lecture by Professor Efraim Inbar, Director...
Day 3 Of The Israel Trip: Speakers and Spokespeople
The third full day of the Israel trip started with a meeting with Professor Gil Troy, a Shalom Hartman Research Fellow and author of Why I am a Zionist, who discussed how to portray Israel on campuses and how to tell the difference between legitimate criticism of Israel and anti-Semitism....
Day 2 Of The Israel Trip: Mark Regev, Israel Kimhi and Michael Leitner
The second day of the Israel trip included speakers such as Mark Regev, the International Spokesperson for the Prime Minister, Israel Kimhi, a senior researcher at the Jerusalem Institute for Israeli Studies, and Professor Michael Leitner. Additionally, students had a chance to take a tour of Neve Daniel in Gush...
Day 1 Of The Israel Trip: CAMERA Office and Knesset
CAMERAonCampus students just finished CAMERA’s annual Student Leadership Training Mission to Israel. This is an annual 10 day trip that takes CAMERA students to Israel to experience all that Israel has to offer, meet with incredibly knowledgeable and talented speakers, and visit places in Israel to discuss the challenges facing...
Israel Trip Recounted: Bassem Eid’s Gripping Narrative
Written by CAMERA intern and Israel trip participant Lilia Gaufberg “The Palestinians are not ripe right now for a state, and they are certainly not in a position to start building a state.” Bassem Eid let the power of these words hang in the air. He cleared his throat, adjusting...
Celebrating Yom Ha’Atzmaut at Baruch College!
On April 23rd, the EMET for Israel group at CUNY Baruch College, Youth Organization for Israel (YOFI), in New York City hosted a celebration for Israel’s 67th birthday. The event, which drew well over 1000 students, was intended to show students the beauty and importance of the state of Israel . One of...
