Students from the Israeli Students Association (ISA), a CAMERA-supported group, recently discovered copies of the virulently anti-Semitic Your Ward News being distributed on official newsstands throughout York University. The publication was found in highly-frequented areas on campus such as Central Square. Your Ward News is a neo-Nazi publication that has been...
Why Safe Spaces Still Don’t Exist at OSU
In the interest of creating safe spaces, some are questioning if college campuses should be allowed to restrict free speech. The immediate answer is no; the right to say whatever we want is the very first item in our country’s Bill of Rights. One of the best parts of college...
No ‘safe spaces’ for Jews? First hand account of hatred at Hen Mazzig event in London
A guest post by Harvey Garfield Last Thursday in London, I attended a (CAMERA sponsored) UCL Jewish Society talk given by Hen Mazzig, an Israeli activist. I was well aware that with the Palestinian Facebook reminders of his status as an ex-officer of the IDF he stood no chance of speaking...
CAMERA Fellows in Focus: Orly Margulis
The CAMERA Fellowship supports student leaders in developing and strengthening their pro-Israel activism on campus. With the school year underway, InFocus is giving you an inside look into the lives of the 2016-17 CAMERA Fellows who are working hard to promote the facts about Israel on campus. Meet Orly Margulis. Orly Margulis was born and raised in...
Munich Massacre Commemorated As Anti-Semitism at Olympics Continues
44 years ago on September 5th, at the 1972 Olympic Games in Germany, the Palestinian terrorist group Black September took hostage and murdered 11 members of the Israeli Olympic Team. If the German government and their rescue team had worked succinctly and responsibly, the captured Israelis could have been saved, rather than murdered....
CAMERA Fellows in Focus: Ben Shachar
The CAMERA Fellowship supports student leaders in developing and strengthening their pro-Israel activism on campus. With the school year about the begin, we are giving introducing the students who will be working hard to promote the facts about Israel on campus. Meet Ben Shachar. A senior at York University, Ben Shachar is studying biology. He is a...
Journalism: The Bias is Breeding from Within Israel
The wonderful and terrible thing about journalism is that it frequently presents truth with a subtle hint of opinion. Regardless of how a journalist writes—through his choice of subject matter, his focus on details or lack thereof, and his ability or inability to truly and intrinsically understand the circumstances of...
“Dodgin’ Bullets” – Matisyahu, Kosha Dillz and the BDS Movement
When reggae star Matisyahu took the stage at the Rototom Sunsplash Festival in Spain in August 2015, he faced a much different audience than he had in previous performances. He was confronted by a sea of Palestinian flags and extended middle fingers. Angry protesters chanted “Naziyahu!” and hurled a storm...