On February 23rd, CAMERA Fellow Kailee Jordan hosted Sderot-based journalist Noam Bedein to SFSU to discuss life under constant Hamas rocket fire. In hosting the event, Kailee said that she wanted people on campus to catch a glimpse of a tangible and realistic experience in Israel, as well as how strong the Israeli citizens...
GWU President on Swastika Incident
Earlier this month, students at George Washington University found and reported a swastika posted at the International House at George Washington University. This latest act of “swastika-tagging” at GW comes after several other such incidents were reported in February. GWU’s president, Steven Knapp, issued a public statement regarding the most recent of the...
Achy Breaky Heart at UCLA
This piece was contributed by Arielle Yael Mokhtardazeh, a student in the Emet for Israel group at UCLA, Bruins for Israel. On Thursday, February 19th, 2015, Bruins for Israel and GlobeMed at UCLA hosted our fourth annual fundraiser, Achy Breaky Heart. This Valentine’s Day themed event was organized to raise funds...
Campus Director Quoted in JPost
Last week, our International Campus Director, Aviva Slomich, was quoted in a Jerusalem Post article about Hillel President Eric Fingerhut’s announcement that he would not speak at the annual J Street Conference. Check out Aviva’s excerpt below, and read the full article here.
Divestment Loses at Northeastern University
On Monday, March 16, students piled into Northeastern University’s Hillel to meet and discuss the upcoming BDS vote in NU’s student government. The meeting opened with the director of Hillel, Arinne Braverman, offering words of encouragement for the outcome of the vote. Students, as well as community professionals from CAMERA, Combined Jewish...
Divest from the PA Campaign at UNO
Our Emet for Israel group at the University of New Orleans, Allies of Israel, has launched a petition and poster campaign to tell students about corruption in the Palestinian Authority. Chloe Valdary, the president of the organization and a consultant for CAMERA, posted on her Facebook about the campaign on the...
Our New Emet Group Publishes: The Apartheid Myth
This piece was contributed by our Emet for Israel Liaison at the University of Windsor, Trevor Sher. It was originally published in the Times of Israel, and is reproduced in full below. As Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW) sweeps university campuses across Canada, well-intentioned students who want to make a positive...
CAMERA Fellow Published in the Concordian
This piece was contributed by Concordia University CAMERA Fellow Bradley Martin. It was published in the Concordian and the Link. It is reproduced in full below. A number of students at Concordia University seek to accuse Israel of being an “apartheid state.” The aims of Israeli Apartheid Week are to bolster opposition towards...