In a Jan. 27 op-ed published in New York University’s student newspaper, Washington Square News, deputy opinion editor Asha Ramachandran makes the argument that U.S. President Donald Trump’s “Executive Order on Combating Antisemitism” does nothing to inhibit antisemitism on campus. Rather, she suggests that it only continues to silence Palestinian activists on campus....
Statement on the “Harvard out of Occupied Palestine Launch” Event
CAMERA on Campus is appalled at the shameless display of ignorant hatred at the “Harvard out of Occupied Palestine Launch Event” on February 20th, 2020. On multiple occasions throughout the night, students and panelists uttered patently absurd slurs, ranting about the “Israeli settler-colonial state,” Harvard’s supposed “nursing” of the “Israeli-Zionist...
The Defense of Zionism in an Age of Antisemitism
“No day is promised to us. You don’t know what’s going to happen,” said DeLuca. “There’s no reason to hide who you are.” Last semester, Shai DeLuca, an expert on CityLine and Canada’s number one interior design expert, came to speak at Clark University at an event sponsored and hosted...
When is Anti-Zionism Antisemitic?
Antisemitism has hopped to the forefront of the political conversation in recent years. It seemed like every interviewer of a Labour Party representative brings up antisemitism. However, these claims of antisemitism within the Labour party have been deflected and delegitimised as simply anti-Zionist arguments and criticisms of Israel. What is...
Antisemitism on the College Campus is Evolving
True to its chameleonic nature, antisemitism on campus is constantly changing colors. Some of the earliest documented campus antisemitism occurred during the early to mid-20th century, when American universities were faced with a large influx of Jewish students who emigrated from Europe. Back then, campus antisemitism manifested itself in the...
Exposing the Antisemitism Fueled by BDS
Photo: Sonia Ionescu/Flickr “The university campus scene has become a horror movie for Jewish students in North America, who are being harassed verbally and physically on a daily basis,” explained Dan Diker, former Secretary General of the World Jewish Congress, who currently works as Director of the Political Warfare Project...
Antisemitism is Alive and Well at York University in Canada
I found myself locked in a room listening to Israel Defense Forces’ veterans tell their stories while people outside chanted for my blood. For several hours, the protesters chanted, pounded on the walls and doors of the lecture hall, and intimidated participants trying to enter. While the event pressed on despite this...
Dexter Van Zile’s Remarks at the UMass Board of Trustees Meeting
On December 18th, 2019, CAMERA’s Christian Media Analyst Dexter Van Zile spoke about Professor Sut Jhally’s abuse of the classroom in front of the UMass Board of Trustees. Below are his prepared remarks: My name is Dexter Van Zile. I work for the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting...