Ilan Sinelnikov helped start the pro-Israel CCAP group at the University of Minnesota, Students Supporting Israel (SSI). For the accomplishments of his group in the 2012-2013 academic year, his group won the David Bar-Illan Award. We flew Ilan to our annual gala dinner this past April to accept the award on...
Robin Cohen’s Speech at CAMERA’s Annual Gala
Robin Cohen was our Fellow at CUNY Brooklyn during the 2012-2013 academic year. She was a recipient of our David Bar-Illan award this past April. Below is her speech: I’d like to thank CAMERA for honoring me with the David Bar-Illan Award for Outstanding Student Leadership. With CAMERA’s help, my...
The Libel That Targeted the Zionist Community
Contributed by Elliott Hamilton, the President of our CCAP group Claremont Students for Israel. This piece has been republished in The Algemeiner. Early on a Shabbat morning, Daniel Mael was walking back with a friend to his dorm room at Brandeis University. Upon seeing a group of his peers passing by, he kindly...
2014 Future Leaders of Israel Conference a Great Success
CAMERA recently returned from the annual Future Leaders of Israel conference, this year in Boca Raton! Hundreds of students arrived from all over the state, and even some from other states such as Massachusetts and Kentucky, converging for a three day conference all about Israel and how best to educate...
Laurentian CCAP Participate in Model UN
For CANIMUN, Canada’s countrywide University-level Model United Nations competition, students from Laurentian University Jewish Student Association (LUJSA) represented the delegation from Israel. Many students simply interested in the Model UN event participated and were educated about Israel, its history, and its politics. Participants across the event experienced in the first...
A Win Against The BDS Movement at Cornell
Last Thursday, April 10th, the Student Assembly of Cornell University, with a 15-8-1 majority, voted to table Resolution 72 indefinitely thanks in part to members of the pro-Israel and CAMERA supported CCAP group on campus, CIPAC, who made a strong case. R. 72 is a resolution that was drawn up...
Israel, a Hub for Diversity
The following piece was written by our Fellow at the University of Massachusetts, Brett Hausler. It was originally published on April 22nd in The Daily Collegian, and was republished in The Algemeiner on April 30th, 2014. One of the most misunderstood facts about Israel is that it fosters diversity and works diligently...
Laurentian University hosts Israel Jeopardy
On February 27, Laurentian University Jewish Students Association hosted the Israel Jeopardy Challenge. The event consisted of over $500 worth of prizes, including a laptop. With over twenty attendees, students were able to successfully learn about Israel while having fun at the same time. Putting students in an environment of...