Contributed by CAMERA Fellow Kailee Jordan Recently, anti-Semitism has been on the rise. The prejudice against, discrimination of, or hostility towards Jews as a nationality, religious, or ethnic group, anti-Semitism is prevalent on bus advertisements, social media, newspapers, and any mode of communication that reaches a large audience in a...
Anti-Semitism is Everywhere but Belongs Nowhere
Contributed by CAMERA Fellow Ali Jabick. Ali is the Fellow at the University of Connecticut. This piece was originally published in The Daily Campus on April 6th, 2015. I recently spoke to my friend who is currently studying abroad in London about her experiences. Due to anti-Semitic sentiment and violent attacks in Europe, she...
Israel Advocacy and BDS at the University of Arizona
Contributed by Alexis Sherman I am a Jew. Both of my parents grew up in Mexico City and life in the United States of America held the allure of freedom of religion, incredible opportunities, and the land of promise of what the future could be. Never in their wildest dreams...
Divestment at UCSB: Round Three
Contributed by CAMERA Fellow Jeremy Ginsberg For the third year in a row, BDS came during spring quarter at UC Santa Barbara, and I am glad to say that it was defeated in only one meeting instead of in the multiple senate meetings my fellow students have seen for the...
BUZO Student Strongly Condemns Bigotry on Campus
On March 20th, the Binghamton University newspaper, the Pipe Dream, published a tremendous letter-to-the-editor by Kara Dinowitz, a student from BUZO (the CAMERA-supported Emet for Israel group at Binghamton). The letter is reproduced in full below. We’re so proud of Kara and BUZO for taking a strong stance against bigotry on campus! With the...
GWU President on Swastika Incident
Earlier this month, students at George Washington University found and reported a swastika posted at the International House at George Washington University. This latest act of “swastika-tagging” at GW comes after several other such incidents were reported in February. GWU’s president, Steven Knapp, issued a public statement regarding the most recent of the...
Teaching Protest at the 92 St Y
By Chloe Valdary This past Thursday, the groundbreaking documentary Crossing the Line 2 premiered at the 92st Y in New York. The film, produced by Jerusalem U, provided an in-depth look at the spread of the rise of anti-Semitism on college campuses, the vitriol of organizations like Students for Justice...
Anti-Semitism and Anti-Zionism: Harmony Outside NYU
Yesterday, a student at New York University captured an image of someone who has found a rather special way of expressing his constitutional rights to free speech. The campus library stoop has apparently been graced with the presence of this man for quite a while, always parroting some variation of his...
