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On November 18th at 6:00 PM, Noam Bedein was hosted at the University of Florida. Noam is a photojournalist and the founder and director of the Sderot Media Center. This event served as a debriefing for Israel’s Operation Protective Edge in Gaza, with the goal of educating students about the realities faced...

This past Sunday Tatiana-Rose Becker, CAMERA’s Southern Region Campus Coordinator, and I, CAMERA’s Midwest and West Coast Campus Coordinator, volunteered at the CJP “Amazing Israel Race” based at Boston University’s Hillel, and drawing students from surrounding schools. The race consisted of 40 teams who were all competing for an amazing prize, money...

Tonight the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur starts. For the Jews it is a time for introspection, reflection and repentance. However, during the Yom Kippur of 1973 the soldiers in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) were not afforded the luxury of observing the holiday. They were fighting to prevent the...

  As the Canadian federal election approaches, Canadian Jews are faced with a serious dilemma. While Prime Minister Stephen Harper and the Conservative party have consistently voiced strong support for Israel and have backed up this rhetoric in their voting pattern at the UN, the Liberals and NDP have taken more...

Students for Accuracy about Israeli and Palestinian Affairs (SAIPA), the Brandeis University Emet for Israel group hosted, Wheel of Misconceptions: A Game Show Style Discussion about Israeli and Palestinian Affairs. The event was very successful and was attended by nearly 50 students! The idea of the game was to bring...

Tonight the Jewish holiday of Rosh Hashana begins and Jews all over the world will be celebrating the new year and wishing each other a “shana tova u’mituka” (a sweet and good year). There are many customs associated with Rosh Hashana such as prayer, greeting cards, and even dipping apples...

Today, after 14 years, people across America take time to mourn the thousands of people who lost their lives in the September 11th terror attacks on the Pentagon, Twin Towers and Flight 93. While most would see the killing of innocent civilians as something to mourn, some on the day...

Opening events are key to any successful Israel group. Before bringing speakers, hosting film screenings and creating other events, it is important to find students who can help organize and plan these things. General interest meetings, sometimes called GIMs, are a great way to get to know the pro-Israel students on...