The following interview with International Campus Director Aviva Slomich was originally published in Hebrew in Israeli media outlets Israel Hayom, NRG, and Makor Rishon. CAMERA is featured in the story “Israel’s Defense Network” which showcases nine organizations working hard to counter the BDS campaign. Aviva Slomich, International Campus Director for...
What Does the Balfour Declaration Mean for Students Today?
This November 2nd marks 100 years since the issuing of the Balfour Declaration. However, 100 years on, what relevance does this Declaration have for students on campus? The Balfour Declaration was a letter sent to Lord Walter Rothschild by British Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour declaring support for the establishment of a...
UK Students Vow to Fight Campus Anti-Semitism
Students Spoke at Official CAMERA on Campus UK Launch Reception More than 50 students and professionals from around the United Kingdom gathered at the Centre for Jewish Life in London on Tuesday, meeting for the official launch of CAMERA on Campus UK, an international student organisation that counters misinformation about...
A Palestinian Flag Gave This Zionist Hope
That’s not a headline I had ever anticipated writing. And at a time when progressives seem increasingly dominated by an anti-Israel air, I expect every run-in with that crowd to produce the same pattern of animosity and mistrust. Initially, during my coverage of the recent Sister March for Racial Justice...
Statement on Rutgers Professor Michael Chikindas’s Anti-Semitic Posts
CAMERA on Campus is horrified by Rutgers Department of Food Science Professor Michael Chikindas’s anti-Semitic Facebook posts, discovered this week. The university is “reviewing this matter to determine if actions taken in the context of his role as a faculty member at Rutgers may have violated that policy.” In response, International...
Statement on Anti-Semitic Cartoon in Berkeley Campus Paper
In a horrifying editorial cartoon published online and in print in The Daily Californian, UC Berkeley’s student-run campus paper, Alan Dershowitz, a Jewish American supporter of Israel, was vilified using classic anti-Semitic tropes and imagery. The cartoon was published in the paper just days after Alan Dershowitz spoke to...
At March for Racial Justice, I Stood Taller and Raised my Zionist Hands Higher
On Sunday, October 1st, the March for Racial Justice held a sister march in Brooklyn, New York, with the mission to stand in solidarity against racial injustices while commemorating the Elaine Massacre. The massacre occurred 98 years ago when White mobs murdered an estimated 100 to 240 Black-Americans who advocated...
Young Israeli Man and Irish Local Come Together to Bring Israel Education
18-year-old Tal Hagin never imagined that gaming online from his home in Haifa, Israel would bring him to Ireland to speak about his country. From October 23rd to October 27th, Hagin will travel to Ireland with the hopes of reaching the hearts and minds of students across the country. Alan...
