A student newspaper at Amherst College in Massachusetts is under fire for publishing a piece titled “In Defense of Hamas” in its second Fall 2022 issue. The Amherst Contra piece, which does not appear to be online yet although a print version of it has gone viral on social media,...
More than 90% of slanted articles in top U.S campus papers were biased against Israel—report
Between 2017 and 2022, 92.82% of the articles in leading U.S. college newspapers that strayed from journalistic objectivity were anti-Israel, according to a report from Alums for Campus Fairness. ACF surveyed 75 leading college and university newspapers. Of all the articles about Israel exhibiting a bias, 181 were biased against...
Statement: A Response to Berkeley School of Law Dean Chemerinsky
Berkeley Law Dean Chemerinsky claims that there are no “Jewish-free zones” at the university because the majority of student groups have not changed their bylaws to exclude Zionist speakers. If the Berkeley Law administration considers the fact that “only” some student organizations currently have a policy of excluding Jews as...
An Open Letter to President Pollack: Cornell Must Tackle Rising Antisemitism
On September 14th, 2022, a banner was hung across from Cornell’s Center for Jewish Life with the message “Burn Prisons. Free Them All. From Attica to Palestine.” This attempt to conflate prison reform in the US with the detainment and imprisonment of terrorists by Israel is the latest ploy by...
Online Webinar Teaches Students How to Tackle Threat of Rising Antisemitism in Campus Media
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Combat Antisemitism Movement (CAM) and CAMERA on Campus host student panel discussion and interactive workshop, announce launch of new campus media contest to counter proliferation of antisemitic and anti-Zionist narratives in student newspapers. BOSTON/NEW YORK September 20th, 2022 –The Combat Antisemitism Movement (CAM) and CAMERA on Campus...
Jewish Studies Zionist Network Issues Statement About UVM Antisemitism Allegations
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: JEWISH STUDIES ZIONIST NETWORK ISSUES STATEMENT ABOUT UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT ANTISEMITISM ALLEGATIONS A global alliance of pro-Israel college educators and scholars called the Jewish Studies Zionist Network (JSZN) has issued a public statement about the federal investigation into allegations of antisemitism at the University of Vermont. Recent...
Statement: A Response to UVM President Garimella
University of Vermont President Suresh Garimella’s response to the opening of a Department of Education investigation shows a refusal to take seriously the concerns of Jewish students. The statement gaslights the Jewish community by claiming that the university, not the Jewish community, is the victim in this situation. While it...
‘It’s Become Difficult on Some Campuses to Get a Pro-Israel Opinion Published’
Campus media outlets have become a new front in the fight against Jew-hatred in recent years, amid a global surge of antisemitism that has hit colleges and universities particularly hard. To raise awareness of this pressing issue, the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting and Analysis (CAMERA) and Combat...
