The National Union of Students (NUS) has long been enveloped in controversy over its failure to adequately represent Jewish students. Most recently, NUS president Shaima Dalali was removed from her position due to well-documented evidence of antisemitism. As a result, the government disaffiliated with NUS in May 2022. An independent...
Statement: CAMERA on Campus Weighs in on antisemitism at the University of Michigan
Students Allied for Freedom and Equality (SAFE), a student group and affiliate of Students for Justice in Palestine at the University of Michigan, has once again chosen to display its true colors. While the group purports to stand for “human rights, liberation, and equality,” it has a tendency to frequently...
The radical antisemitism of Jewish Voice for Peace
On November 3rd, the official Twitter account for Jewish Voice for Peace Action (JVPA), the lobbying wing of Jewish Voice for Peace, claimed that the shared values of the United States and Israel are “super racist.” Five days later, on November 8th, Beth Miller, Political Director for JVPA and JVP...
Anti-Jewish Hate Fills Rutgers University Event on Israel
On November 18th, 2022, the Rutgers New Brunswick chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) and the Endowment Justice Collective (EJC) hosted a panel entitled “Divestment From Israeli Apartheid At The University Level.” The event was moderated by Rutgers post-graduate student Abire Sabbagh, with a history of promoting BDS...
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...
‘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...
Some universities are diverse and inclusive unless you’re Jewish
At the University of East Anglia in Norwich, Jewish students on campus have faced discrimination. In May 2021 alone, Norwich was marred by antisemitic graffiti and slurs during anti-Zionist demonstrations. Jewish students were targeted for somehow being responsible for the actions of the Israeli government, and the UEA Student’s Union...