As CAMERA prepares to take students on the annual Student Leadership and Advocacy Mission to Israel, these future trip participants share their knowledge and experiences regarding Israel and bias in the media. Stay tuned for more pieces and scroll below to learn about the author! On Thursday, April 10, the...
BDS Failures Continuously Amassing
While we never hear it honestly from our daily news sources, and we hear about the Academic boycotts and the BDS (Boycott Divestment and Sanctions) campaign against Israel, the divestment strategy in particular has been failing in this past decade. Across college campuses, SJP (Students for Justice in Palestine) attempts to...
Huge Israel Independence Day Celebration Hosted by Great Danes for Israel
Great Danes for Israel at SUNY Albany recently held its annual Yom Ha’atzmaut festival, Israel fest, a celebration recognizing the creation of Israel. The student organization “Great Danes for Israel,” a CAMERA supported (CCAP) group, organized an event for students to see and celebrate Israel’s existence. A diverse range of students were drawn...
Israel Independence Day at Drexel University
Last week, Yom Ha’atzmaut, Israeli Independence Day, was celebrated at Drexel University! Yom Ha’atzmaut is a day of celebration, music, and especially Israeli food. Dragons for Israel at Drexel organized their annual event for students to come enjoy and celebrate Israel’s 66th birthday. Everyone enjoyed themselves as they listened to middle...
A Call for Academic Freedom
This piece was contributed by Meytal Chernoff, a CAMERA Fellow at Washington University in St. Louis. It was republished on May 25th in The Algemeiner. During the Modern Language Association’s meeting of the Delegate Assembly this past April, the MLA voted to approve Resolution 2014-1. This new resolution passed in a...
Former Slave and Human Rights Activist Simon Deng at Washington University
Human rights activist Simon Deng recently visited Washington University in St. Louis, where he spoke to a full auditorium of students about his life story, racial genocide, and his views of the important role Israel has as supporting the human rights of Sudanese refugees. The event was organized by CAMERA...
The Lesser of Two Terrorists
This article was written by Baruch College CAMERA Fellow Alisa Rudy. It was first published in “The Ticker” on November 12, 2013. Nov. 11 marks a significant loss in Palestinian history: the anniversary of the death of the late Fatah and Palestine Liberation Organization leader Yasser Arafat. Not coincidentally, it...
Anti-Semites: True Partners for Peace with the Jewish State?
This piece has been republished in The Times of Israel. According to a recent survey by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), across 100 nations, 1.09 billion people (of the 4.2 billion surveyed) hold anti-Semitic attitudes, and half have never heard of the Holocaust. Across the board, those holding the highest level of...