Last semester in February, CAMERA-supported group ORU United for Israel hosted its first day-long intensive Team-Building and Leadership Training day. The event was held on campus in one of the group’s favorite meeting places. Catered food was provided by CAMERA for lunch. The purpose of the training session was to...
Israel – A Flower in the Desert
Today, the idea of sustainability, renewable energy, and environmental awareness is impeccable in terms of how humans will the shape the future of the earth in their lifetime and their children’s. Israel, the birthplace of drip irrigation, is leading the way in its fight against water loss and human contributions...
Ryerson Contract Lecturer Promotes Anti-Semitism Through Social Media
In December 2016, the Israeli Students Association at York University received numerous complaints from Israeli students at Ryerson concerning the social media use of a Contract Lecturer within Ryerson’s Department of Geography & Environmental Studies. After a thorough investigation, it was concluded that the lecturer is in fact using her...
120th Anniversary of the First Zionist Congress
Today marks the 120th anniversary of the First Zionist Congress. The First Zionist Congress was the first congress of the Zionist Organization, which became known as the World Zionist Organization. The conference was held in Basel, Switzerland, and was chaired by non-other than Theodor Herzl, the founder of modern Zionism....
Resurfaced Tweets Reveal Bigotry and Disturbing Levels of Anti-Semitism Too Close to Home
The United States is unrecognizable. America’s reality is now that of a nation afflicted with violent protests and rabid discrimination. Charlottesville, Virginia exposed itself as a cesspool for neo-Nazis and the Klu Klux Klan. Graphic images of white men and women carrying lit tiki torches and swastika flags flooded across...
The Hebron Massacre: 88 Years On
Eighty-eight years ago, one of the darkest events in the history of the Jewish community in pre-state Israel occurred. In Hebron, the second holiest city in Judaism, local Arabs massacred the Jewish community, murdering 67 and injuring over 50. Arabs, hearing false rumors that Jews were planning on seizing control...
PBS Stands by “Dying to Be a Martyr” Curriculum (Part 1)
Early in April, the conservative news website the Blaze reported on a lesson plan about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict geared towards high school students on PBS’ website. The lesson plan, titled, “Dying to be a Martyr,” includes video clips of interviews with three young Arab men who either committed terror bombings against Israelis or planned...
PBS Stands by “Dying to Be a Martyr” Curriculum (Part 2)
The Lesson Plan’s Written Materials The written materials present an extremely one-sided view of the conflict. The discussion of the UN’s proposed partition plan, for example, highlights the mass of land allocated to Jews and Arabs, but omits the fact that approximately 60 percentof the land allotted to the Jews was...
