In the realm of academia, there’s almost always room for interpretation. History is written with some form of bias, and students and educators alike are expected to recognize this and respond accurately. But when one person’s opinion becomes fact and there is no one to challenge it, everyone suffers — without...
Why is anti-Semitism being excluded from anti-Oppression events at York University?
When the York University student union organized its anti-oppression programming this past October, one group was noticeably omitted from the list of oppressed groups. Events were held to raise awareness about Islamophobia, anti-black racism, consent, queerness, and disability, but not even one workshop or panel was organized to educate students...
LUJSA’s 2015 Hanukkah Donut Give-Away
Laurentain University’s Emet for Israel supported group, LUJSA: Laurentain University Jewish Student Association held their Annual Hanukkah Donut Give-Away on Monday, December 7th, giving out over 1000 donuts and over 250 cups of coffee to the Laurentian University student body. This event always serves as a great way for new students to...
Anti-Semitic Conspiracy Theories on Campus
The anti-Semitic conspiracy theories of the past – Jews are plotting to rule the world, Jews control the banks, Jews are agents of calamity and catastrophe –have found new life in the North American university campus. At the City University of New York, the “Students for Justice in Palestine” club blamed the “Zionist...
SUNY Rockland’s Less Hamas More Hummus Event
SUNY Rockland’s Emet for Israel supported group, RCC Friends of Israel, recently held a “Less Hamas More Hummus” event like no other featuring their CAMERA on Campus funded (and Israeli made thanks to the NU Campaign) t-shirts. They successfully made an educational event fun and interesting for other students. Less Hamas More Hummus...
Visiting the Sunshine State
Campus Coordinator Tatiana-Rose Becker recently returned from a campus tour of Florida, visiting all six of the CAMERA supported groups in the state: ShalomFIU at Florida International University, EMET Israel at University of Miami, Owls for Israel at Florida Atlantic University, Bulls for Israel at University of South Florida, Knights...
Leaders of Jewish and Palestinian students show their vote in polemic assembly
“… On Wednesday, October 28,… the Ambassador of Israel [in Chile], Rafael Edad, arrived at the [Faculty of law of the University of Chile] to give/deliver a talk. While on the first floor a group of students were manifesting their repudiation, the diplomat talkded on the fifth floor. The next day,… students linked...
Local Jewish college student refuses to be intimidated
As a Jewish student, I feel unsafe on my campus. I feel unsafe on my campus when there is an open forum about race, with a huge portion of the student body and faculty in attendance, and the sole comment made by a Jewish girl, submitted anonymously, is booed by...