“For me, dreaming is simply being pragmatic” “Optimists and pessimists die the same way. They just live differently. I prefer to live as an optimist.” On September 28, the international community came together in suffering the tremendous loss of Shimon Peres, the former President and two-time Prime Minister...
Neo Nazi Publication “Your Ward News” appears at York University; Administration Promises Action
Students from the Israeli Students Association (ISA), a CAMERA-supported group, recently discovered copies of the virulently anti-Semitic Your Ward News being distributed on official newsstands throughout York University. The publication was found in highly-frequented areas on campus such as Central Square. Your Ward News is a neo-Nazi publication that has been...
Why Did Oberlin Professors Go to Bat for an Anti-Semitic Colleague?
After a long investigation held largely behind locked doors, Oberlin College has finally fired Joy Karega, an Assistant Professor of Rhetoric and Composition who moonlighted on social media as a hardcore anti-Semite. The Board of Trustees accused Karega inter aliaof “failing to meet the academic standards that Oberlin requires of its...
LGBT Rights in Israel and Jonathan Elkhoury
On November 2, 2016, Jonathan Elkhoury, a Gay, Christian, Lebanese man with a powerful story, came to Clark University. Jonathan’s visit was sponsored by the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America (CAMERA) and it was co-sponsored by Clark University Hillel’s Israel and Zionism Committee and Clark University’s...
40 years ago this week, the UN perpetuated Palestinian suffering
Over the past few years, the resettlement of refugees has been one of the key issues in international politics. The horrendous conflict in Syria has forced more than half the country to flee from their homes, with 4.8 million refugees rushing to neighbouring countries, and one million having applied for asylum in Europe. The...
CAMERA Fellows In Focus: Eliav Terk
The CAMERA Fellowship program supports student leaders in developing and strengthening their pro-Israel activism on campus. With the school year underway, InFocus is giving you an inside look into the lives of the 2016-17 CAMERA Fellows who are working hard to promote the facts about Israel on campus. Meet Eliav...
#UnityTour
On Monday night in the Jacob Sleeper Auditorium, there was a launch party for the film Mekonen: Journey of an African Jew and a concert from the famous Ethiopian-Israeli hip-hop band, Cafe Shachor Chazak. The turn out was amazing: music was blasting and the crowd was going wild. Hundreds...
CAMERA Fellows in Focus: Jonathan Manevitch
The CAMERA Fellowship program supports student leaders in developing and strengthening their pro-Israel activism on campus. With the school year underway, InFocus is giving you an inside look into the lives of the 2016-17 CAMERA Fellows who are working hard to promote the facts about Israel on campus. Meet Jonathan Manevitch. Many of the CAMERA Fellows advocate...