Contributed by CAMERA intern Emma Fruchtman. This semester, 23 Clark University students gathered to hear Kasim Hafeez describe how he became a proud Zionist. Having grown up surrounded by anti-Israel and anti-Semitic sentiments in his small Pakistani Muslim community, having been raised by his staunchly pro-Hitler father, and having participated...
Playing for Peace at the University of Michigan
Contributed by CAMERA intern Emma Fruchtman. To conclude the University of Michigan’s Second Annual Wolverines for Israel Conference, Professor Michael Leitner of California State University at Chico shed new light on the Arab-Israeli conflict. He presented the idea of “Playing for Peace,” programs which bring together children of different backgrounds...
Semester in Review: Brooklyn College
The Israel Club at Brooklyn College hosted Brooke Goldstein, a New York City-based human rights attorney, author, and award-winning filmmaker, for a discussion examining human rights issues in the Middle East with a focus on children in the West Bank and Gaza. The kickoff event, cosponsored by CAMERA and The Brooklyn College Chapter...
CCAP’s Anteaters For Israel Spreading the Word at UC Irvine
Anteaters For Israel (AFI), our CCAP group at UC Irvine, has been conducting successful events throughout the Fall 2014 semester. The group started the year off by tabling on campus to attract potential new AFI members while promoting a positive image of Israel after an extremely tumultuous summer. The group took...
CCAP Dragons For Israel Hosts International Photojournalist: Gil Cohen-Magen
In the beginning of November 2014, our CCAP group at Drexel University, Dragons for Israel, hosted the well-known Israeli Photojournalist Gil Cohen-Magen. The group hoped that Cohen-Magen would stir interest in the State of Israel as well as bring out a crowd of Drexel students. The event was quite a success! Over 20...
Palestinian Incitement 101
This following excerpt is from a piece by Aviva Slomich, CAMERA’s International Campus Director, was originally published in The Times of Israel. How do you explain to American college students that some of Israel’s neighbors pass out candy on the streets in celebration of murder of innocent people?This is unheard of...
CAMERA Fellow at Yeshiva University Spreads the Word!
CAMERA’s new class of Fellows is already making us proud! At Yeshiva University, Fellow Jonathan Razon tabled for CAMERA during the school’s club fair. Jonathan reported that “The event went very well. I ended up with over 30 sign-ups and a possible new partnership with two other clubs on campus.” Jonathan was even able...
The ‘Science’ of Israel on Campus: CAMERA Preps Students for Upcoming Challenges
By Sean Savage/JNS.org While Israel has been engaged in a seemingly endless summer war with the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas, which is indiscriminately firing rockets at Israeli cities, pro-Israel students are about to re-enter an increasingly hostile environment for the Jewish state on their college campuses. Just a couple of...