On Monday, Israel marked Yom HaShoah, national Holocaust Memorial Day. It is a unique event in the national calendar, as the country pauses to remember and mourn for the six million Jews who were murdered in the Holocaust. On Sunday evening, shops and restaurants close early, and the streets are...
Israeli Students Association Hosts Screening of Igal Hecht’s “My Home”
The Israeli Students Association (ISA), a CAMERA-supported group, recently hosted Igal Hecht, an esteemed Canadian-Israeli filmmaker, at York University. Hecht screened his latest documentary titled “My Home”, which explores the views and experiences of Israel’s various minorities groups, which collectively comprise 20% of the population. The film features interviews with...
Academics Cannot Excuse Away Inability to Tackle Anti-Semitism
Last month, many members of the pro-Israel community celebrated what was perceived as a victory on UK college campuses, due to the cancellation of a number of Israel Apartheid Week events. While this was indeed a victory, in the sense that the planned events were not held, the message sent...
Openly Gay Israeli Defense Commander Visits UF While on Tour
At 12 years old, Hen Mazzig was almost blown up by a suicide bomber while on his way to an ice-cream shop. Amid the smoke and fire, the 27-year-old Israeli said he only remembers people crying. “I was seconds from not being here today,” Mazzig told a small crowd gathered...
Campus Activity Over Passover – The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly
Passover has just come to an end, and over the course of the Jewish holiday, a lot happened on campus. Over the past week, you may have missed the good, bad and ugly news. The Good – Harvard University At Harvard University, the planned Israel Apartheid Week was a major...
Hen Mazzig Delivers at Boston College
On March 20th, CAMERA-supported group Eagles for Israel, along with the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America (CAMERA), hosted Hen Mazzig at Boston College. As the CAMERA Fellow at BC, and as Co-President of the university’s only official pro-Israel advocacy group, I was ecstatic about the opportunity...
Creating a New Conversation about Israel at UWindsor
Too often, conversation about Israel ends up focusing exclusively on the Israeli – Palestinian conflict. While this is obviously a vital element of Israel’s story, the leaders of CAMERA-supported group UWindsor Jewish Students Association feel that this leaves people with a one-dimensional view of the country – so they decided to organize...
Hen Mazzig Brings his Story to Hundreds of Students
Over the past month, Hen Mazzig has been touring the country, speaking to hundreds of students on US campuses on his CAMERA on Campus tour, bringing his unique story to new audiences. Hen’s story combines many different aspects: He is of Iraqi/Mizrachi heritage, and his grandma fled Baghdad in the...
