Over 300 students attended Queens College Israelfest, a celebration for Israel and her independence hosted by our CAMERA supported group: Israel Student Association (ISA). The event also featured delicious food, volleyball, a rock wall, a Kotel/Western Wall where people could leave notes with their prayers and wishes, and other great activities....
Over 100 attend Israel Peace Week at Drexel
Dragon’s for Israel (DFI), Drexel’s amazing pro-Israel campus group, recently held their annual Israel Peace Week event. DFI, a CAMERA supported group, was founded by Shoshana Weiss, a former CAMERA Israel trip participant, CAMERA Fellow, and current president of DFI. The group now has almost 300 members on their list serve,...
Israel: A Global Innovator – Technologically and Civilly
Contributed by CAMERA Intern Rebecca Pritzker: Acclaimed physicist Stephen Hawking is in the news again, and this time, it is not because of a new discovery. The 71-year-old Lou Gehrig’s disease patient recently decided to boycott the Israeli Presidential Conference in order to protest against the “policy of the present...
A ‘Jew of color’ speaks out against Berkeley’s racist BDS movement
CiF Watch, a CAMERA affiliated blog, recently ran a great story about an op-ed published in Berkeley. Read about it here or below: One of the more insidious elements of the BDS movement is the supremely dishonest racial narrative which suggests, in varying degrees of explicitness, that Zionism is a...
Israelpalooza at USC a great success
Students at USC held their annual Israelpalooza event, which CAMERA helped sponsor. The event brought together Israel’s supporters from all over the university to celebrate Israel’s 65th year of Independence. The students enjoyed cotton candy, popcorn, snow cones, a moon bounce, Israeli food, culture, learned Krav-Maga, and most importantly felt...
Zion Uness, an Ethiopian Israeli, speaks at the University of Miami
Despite final exams, about 30 students attended a talk by Zion Uness, hosted by our CAMERA Fellow Abir Gitlin at the University of Miami. Zion Uness spoke about how as a Jewish Ethiopian refugee who crossed Sudan on foot, he lived in a refugee camp, and then was airlifted to Israel. After serving...
Smith Israel Alliance hosts Israel Peace Week
All over the county, our CCAP groups have been putting on impressive events celebrating Israel in honor of Yom Haatzmaut/Israel Independence Day. The Smith Israel Alliance recently hosted their wonderful annual Israel Peace Week, which includes covering the campus quad with a banner about Israel’s positive achievements. Read in The...
Sderot, Israel: Spread the Word
Contributed by CAMERA Intern Rebecca Pritzker: 15: The siren sounds. 14: Paralyzing panic. Frozen fingertips and suspended motion. 13: Mayhem. 12: Chaos. 11: Pandemonium. 10: Running. Everyone is running. 9: Children scurrying. Parents herding and carrying them. 8: Where is the nearest shelter? 7: Will I make it? 6: Will...
