Campus media outlets have become a new front in the fight against Jew-hatred in recent years, amid a global surge of antisemitism that has hit colleges and universities particularly hard. To raise awareness of this pressing issue, the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting and Analysis (CAMERA) and Combat...
Some universities are diverse and inclusive unless you’re Jewish
At the University of East Anglia in Norwich, Jewish students on campus have faced discrimination. In May 2021 alone, Norwich was marred by antisemitic graffiti and slurs during anti-Zionist demonstrations. Jewish students were targeted for somehow being responsible for the actions of the Israeli government, and the UEA Student’s Union...
CAMERA מכינה את הסטודנטים לקרב נגד מידע מוטעה
לפרסום מיידי ועדה לדיוק בדיווח וניתוח במזרח התיכון CAMERA מכינה את הסטודנטים לקרב נגד מידע מוטעה בוסטון, 4 באוגוסט, 2022 – לראשונה מזה שנתיים, סטודנטים מאוניברסיטאות ברחבי ארצות הברית, קנדה, בריטניה וישראל התכנסו בבוסטון, מסצ’וסטס, לכנס המנהיגות הבינלאומי ה-12 של CAMERA (ISLC). כנס אינטנסיבי בן ארבעה ימים עמוס בהדרכות, תדרוכים...
Press Release: CAMERA Prepares Students For The Fierce Battle Against Misinformation
BOSTON, August 4th, 2022 – For the first time in two years, students from universities across the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Israel gathered in Boston, Massachusetts, for CAMERA’s 12th Annual International Student Leadership Conference (ISLC). An intensive four-day conference packed with trainings, exclusive briefings, and team-building exercises,...
Abraham Accords: Time to Change the Conversation on Campus
In 2020, the world witnessed the signing of the Abraham Accords. This agreement normalized relations between Israel and four Arab states: Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, and later that year, Morocco and Sudan. In May 2022, I hosted Yoni Michanie, a researcher and lecturer at Northeastern University’s Department of Political Science,...
Why a Definition of Antisemitism Matters on College Campuses
With antisemitism on the rise, the need to adopt a universal definition of antisemitism is more crucial than ever. The IHRA definition of antisemitism has been adopted by 34 countries, various influential organisations such as the European Union’s Parliament, and numerous universities such as Cambridge University. In the United Kingdom...
Israeli Students Are Experiencing Increased Anti-Israel Sentiment
On May 15th, 2022, CAMERA on Campus hosted an event with speaker Maurice Hirsch, Head Legal Strategist for Palestinian Media Watch at Hebrew University. As part of the event, Maurice described the historical aspects of how Arab leaders created the Palestinian narrative after 1948 that holds the Jewish state solely...
Anti-Israel Academics Attack the IHRA Definition of Antisemitism in Hate-Filled Webinar
On May 8, 2022, the Institute for Holocaust Studies, Genocide and Remembrance at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, posted a discussion on their official YouTube channel that contained unfounded allegations about the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) working definition of antisemitism. Hosted and moderated by Alon Confino, chair of the Institute for Holocaust Studies...