In a striking juxtaposition, Columbia University President Minouche Shafik’s recent testimony before the House Committee on Education and the Workforce collided with a disturbing display of antisemitism unfolding on her university’s campus. On April 17th, as President Shafik assured lawmakers of Columbia’s commitment to combating antisemitism, a group of anti-Israel students from...
Tuvia Grossman Redux: Reuters’ Miscoverage and the Attack on Yoseph Haddad at Columbia University
This past Thursday, violence in the name of the Palestinian cause reached the gates of Columbia University – and it came paired with its usual mate: the Western media tendency to whitewash anti-Israel belligerence and cast the perpetrators as victims. The story which played out last week in Morningside Heights...
Antisemitism at Michigan Colleges Has Reached Frightening Levels
In the past six months, violent antisemitic attacks have grown more common in higher education. Jewish students at Columbia were attacked by individuals “wielding sticks” outside of their library; students at UC Berkeley were berated for attending an on-campus speaker event; and at Tulane, a student’s nose was broken while...
Failure to Address Antisemitism at George Washington University is a Betrayal to Students
Calls to destroy Israel throbbed outside the George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs last Thursday. Members of GW Student Coalition for Palestine (GWSCP) protested an event with U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield, shouting militant chants such as “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free” and...
Fourth Annual “This is Zionism” Campaign Launches to Empower Students Worldwide
Boston, Massachusetts – CAMERA on Campus has just launched its “This Is Zionism” campaign, which equips Zionist students on campuses across the globe to speak out confidently for Israel. The campaign unites students in their fight to educate their peers on Israel and the meaning of Zionism. “Since Hamas’ massacre...
UNC has an antisemitism problem
2024 is a scary time to be a Jewish college student. Hillel International published that antisemitic incidents on university campuses have increased 700 percent following Oct. 7, while the Anti-Defamation League reported in November 2023 that 73 percent of the Jewish students surveyed had experienced or witnessed some form of antisemitism since the...
Binghamton students must categorically reject BDS
The campaign calling for the State University of New York system to adopt Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) must be categorically rejected. “SUNY BDS”, an insidious unauthorized campaign run by students, faculty, and staff members on State University of New York (SUNY) campuses seeks to defame the world’ s only Jewish...
Review Article on Israel-Gaza War Contains Numerous Misrepresentations
CAMERA’s Karen Bekker recently published the following two pieces in her alma mater’s campus publication, the Oberlin Review. Appearing under the headline, “Review Article on Israel-Gaza War Contains Numerous Misrepresentations,” Karen wrote on February 16, 2024: In his Feb. 9 article in the Review, Zane Badawi laments what he sees...