On April 16, Abir Gitlin, the University of Miami CAMERA Fellow, hosted an event commemorating Yom HaZikaron- Israeli Memorial Day titled “Reflections from the Battlefield.” Abir noted, “For the first time in thousands of years, the people of Israel have an army that fights for the security of free Jews in their...
The Media Behind the Martyrs: Hamas, Hezbollah, The PA, and the al-Manar Television Scandal
On April 8th at NYU, about 50 students attended a talk by Middle East expert Avi Jorisch. The talk, “The Media Behind the Martyrs: Hamas, Hezbollah, The PA, and the al-Manar Television Scandal” was hosted by CAMERA Fellow Blair Newman. Avi Jorisch spoke about how terror organizations use the media to...
Israel: The Perpetual Homeland
Contributed by CAMERA Intern, Rebecca Pritzker: “A 21st Century Exodus: Dina’s Journey From Alexandria to Jerusalem” summarizes Dina Ovadia’s heartwarming life story – a story filled with harsh rejection, displacement, and eventually, homecoming. Dina Ovadia was born and raised in Alexandria, Egypt. She, like many other Egyptian children, went to...
Sun Devils for Israel Peace Week
Campuses across the US recently held Yom Haatzmaut and Israel Peace Week Celebrations to celebrate Israel’s 65th Birthday and Israel’s love for peace. Sun Devils for Israel, a CCAP group at Arizona State University, put on a full week’s worth of events (below), including this incredible giant chalk board. Read...
Middle East Analyst Asaf Romirowsy Speaks at Alabama State University
Dr. Romirowsky was also invited this semester by Abir Gitlin to speak at the University of Miami, and spoke at the CAMERA sponsored Florida Loves Israel conference. He touches on many issues such as Palestinian refugee myths and double standards in the UN.
This year’s David Bar-Illan Award winners
On Sunday, CAMERA held its annual dinner in New York City, in which hundreds of supporters attended from across the country, and honored Khaled Abu Toameh, a distinguished Israeli-Arab journalist, lecturer, and documentary filmmaker. Congratulations to Ellie Rudee on receiving the David Bar-Illan Award for Outstanding Student Leadership and Yoni Kaplan...
Florida Loves Israel Conference
The annual Florida Loves Israel Conference (FLI) that took place from April 12th to 14th, of which CAMERA was a sponsor, was a great success with a turnout of well over 100 students. Starting with the first annual FLI conference last year at Florida State University, pro-Israel students from all over the...
Berkeley student Senate passes divestment resolution
Last week the U.C. Berkeley student senate passed a resolution calling for Divestment from Israel. Debating lasted for 10 hours, with the resolution narrowly passing at 11-9. Read more about this incident and what you can do to help on unitedwithisrael.org. Why hasn’t there been a single resolution for divesting...
