When you think of business, high-tech, and medicine within Israel, you think of Tel Aviv, and when you think of Jerusalem you think of culture, tourism and religion. Well the Jerusalem Municipality is trying to change all that, and the wheels are most certainly already in motion. High-tech and start-ups...
Israel’s First Olympic Gold Medal
This month marks the 12th anniversary of Gal Fridman becoming the first Israeli ever to win a gold medal at the Olympic Games. Gal Fridman, an Israeli Olympic sailor, competed in the Mistral sailing event at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens. The event includes 11 races. Gal won the...
Miss Israel Visits University of Florida
In March, the University of Florida’s CAMERA-supported group This Is Israel hosted Titi Aynaw, the first Ethiopian Miss Israel. Aynaw talked about her life journey from Ethiopia to Israel. She discussed her life struggles and how from young age she had to learn how to get what she wanted and...
A Taste of Israel at Ithaca College
Ithaca College students at CAMERA-supported group Student Alliance for Israel (SAFI) literally gave the college a taste of Israel in April, hosting an event about Israeli food. All the usual suspects were discussed including, Bamba, Bissli, Pita. All the students loved the event, with several of the foods available for...
The Story of Mustangs Israel Public Affairs Committee (MIPAC)
Samantha Dorenfeld, Tal Edelstein, Matthew Malsin, Leor Rozen and I didn’t know each other well in September of 2016, but we all had one thing in common; we love Israel. The five us formed Mustangs Israel Public Affairs Committee, or MIPAC as it became known to the pro-Israel community and...
The Importance of Wonder Woman
I am not a comic-book kind of a girl and the number of superhero movies I’ve watched can easily be counted on one hand. However, I’ve been anticipating the Wonder Woman movie for months. For me the ideas of feminism, the belief in and promotion of gender equality across all...
Venezuelan Jews Flee Crisis, Making Aliyah
Fleeing the crisis in Venezuela, 26 Jews immigrated to Israel this week, a continuation of a mass exodus of Jews from the South American country. Venezuela has been dominated by protests, some violent, against the current president Nicolas Maduro, and the former long-time leader of the country, Hugo Chavez, who...
Emet Israel Transform ‘The Rock’ for Israelfest
Last semester, CAMERA-supported group Emet Israel hosted their annual Israelfest at the University of Miami. The event was widely publicized beforehand and was highly anticipated. Israelfest was held on ‘The Rock’, a central campus location where all students walk by on their way to class. Israelfest consisted of free t-shirts...
