This piece was written by Andy Wallin and originally published in “The Eagle Online,” American University’s campus news paper, on March 27th 2014. Andy is a junior in the School of International Service at American and writes a bi-weekly column which is published every other Tuesday. Andy is a proud CAMERA Fellow and is...
Tikkun Olam, Hummus, and Ahava
Contributed by Tatiana Becker, the president of Noles for Israel, a CCAP group at FSU: Something strikes me as rather interesting concerning the topic of Israel. Living here for a couple of weeks now, taking all types of public transportation, walking, buying groceries at the shuk, and asking directions so I don’t get...
Anti-Israel Group Found Targeting Jewish Students
Students for Justice in Palestine, or SJP for short, are famous for using false information to empathetically pull students in to fight for the Palestinian cause. With a narrative such as theirs, who wouldn’t want justice for all? Who wouldn’t want everyone to be treated equally and humanely? Unfortunately, the...
SJP v. Mercado, a ‘Fair’ Fight?
This piece was written by Seth Greenwald and published in the Times of Israel. Seth Greenwald is a sophomore at Clark University and a strong pro-Israel advocate. The Students for Justice in Palestine, an anti-Israel, allegedly pro-Palestinian student organization, have picked the wrong fight against Florida Atlantic University student Abraham Mercado. Mercado, a strong pro-Israel...
BDS Failures Continuously Amassing
While we never hear it honestly from our daily news sources, and we hear about the Academic boycotts and the BDS (Boycott Divestment and Sanctions) campaign against Israel, the divestment strategy in particular has been failing in this past decade. Across college campuses, SJP (Students for Justice in Palestine) attempts to...
Students Supporting Israel at the University of Minnesota Honored at CAMERA’s Annual Gala
Ilan Sinelnikov helped start the pro-Israel CCAP group at the University of Minnesota, Students Supporting Israel (SSI). For the accomplishments of his group in the 2012-2013 academic year, his group won the David Bar-Illan Award. We flew Ilan to our annual gala dinner this past April to accept the award on...
Israel, a Hub for Diversity
The following piece was written by our Fellow at the University of Massachusetts, Brett Hausler. It was originally published on April 22nd in The Daily Collegian, and was republished in The Algemeiner on April 30th, 2014. One of the most misunderstood facts about Israel is that it fosters diversity and works diligently...
Laurentian University hosts Israel Jeopardy
On February 27, Laurentian University Jewish Students Association hosted the Israel Jeopardy Challenge. The event consisted of over $500 worth of prizes, including a laptop. With over twenty attendees, students were able to successfully learn about Israel while having fun at the same time. Putting students in an environment of...