Update: Following contact from CAMERA, Teen Vogue editors have amended the article. Read more about the correction here. In an April 24 piece in Teen Vogue, Rawan Eewshah argues, “Fighting for Palestine Is Never Easy — Even With Privilege Like Mine.” CAMERA has written about Teen Vogue‘s anti-Israel bias several times already, and unfortunately, although...
Everyone’s Talking, Nobody’s Listening.
When something goes wrong in the world, Swarthmore students are often amongst the quickest to respond. It is that implicit call to social action that so many of us feel that initially attracted me to Swat, but now has forced me into an exile that I did not foresee. Tensions...
The Case Against Anonymous Commentary
President Trump has many betes noires — his enemies, some of his friends, germs and sharks, to name a few — but none is more despised than the “FAKE NEWS media.” And nothing the FAKE NEWS media does winds him up more than when it quotes “phony unnamed sources” on dysfunction in his White House. Yet...
A Deficit in Leadership Against Anti-Zionism
When it comes to combating BDS and anti-Zionism, strong leadership is integral. King’s College London has revealed itself to have a deficit in leadership in both the student union and the university administration. Part of their failure includes the reversal of the roles of victim and aggressor due to fear...
United Hatzalah: A Microcosm of the Innovative Israeli Mind
Israel wears many different hats: Jewish homeland, tech hub, and democracy, just to name a few. However, to understand Israeli culture, you must account for its relative infancy as a state and what impact this has throughout society. As with any new country, Israel has faced its fair share of...
Statement on Racism at California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo
Following a racist incident on campus which targeted the black student community, CAMERA-supported group Mustangs United for Israel condemned the bigoted action and pulled out of a cultural fair in solidarity with the Black Students Union at Cal Poly SLO. During a time where minority student groups were banding together...
What Israel Means to Me
President of Aggies for Israel celebrates 70th anniversary of Israel’s establishment This year marks the 70th anniversary of the establishment of Israel. On April 18, Aggies of different cultures, religions and sexual orientations will come together to celebrate this historic occasion as part of a campaign on more than 160...
Oberlin After Joy Karega
In February of 2016, Oberlin professor Joy Karega made headlines for the antisemitic conspiracy theories she posted on Facebook. Nearly nine months later, after much hand-wringing about free speech, she was fired. But Oberlin’s problem with antisemitism neither started nor ended with Joy Karega. Karega was only a symptom of...