The FedEx package that arrived from the Israeli Consulate in NYC, returning my American passport with a six-month visa for my planned Aliyah, lay at the foot of my bed for seven months before I broke its seal. The original plan was to move to Israel in 2012, live in...
Campus Director Quoted in JPost
Last week, our International Campus Director, Aviva Slomich, was quoted in a Jerusalem Post article about Hillel President Eric Fingerhut’s announcement that he would not speak at the annual J Street Conference. Check out Aviva’s excerpt below, and read the full article here.
CAMERA Israel Office Welcomes ICC Student Trip
This week, CAMERA was glad to welcome the Israel on Campus Coalition Leadership Mission to Israel at our Jerusalem office! CAMERA’s Director of the Israel Office, Tamar Sternthal, spoke with the 20 students who were recommended by partner ICC organizations to attend the mission on the importance of CAMERA’s work in challenging media...
Palestinian Incitement 101
This following excerpt is from a piece by Aviva Slomich, CAMERA’s International Campus Director, was originally published in The Times of Israel. How do you explain to American college students that some of Israel’s neighbors pass out candy on the streets in celebration of murder of innocent people?This is unheard of...
CAMERA’s Campus Staff Returns From Florida
This past September, CAMERA on campus staffers Aviva Slomich and Samantha Mandeles journeyed across Florida for a whirlwind visit with some of CAMERA’s students! Sam and Aviva started out in the lovely Orlando to visit the University of Central Florida and meet with our CCAP-supported group, Knights for Israel! CAMERA...
Why Public Events Work!
CAMERA and our CCAP-Supported Organization, CIPAC, hosted Ishmael Khaldi last night at Cornell University. Khaldi, the first Bedouin to represent Israel as Consul General in America, spoke to a diverse audience of over 50 students about his experience growing up as a minority in Israel. According to the Cornell Daily...
We Heart Our Students!
As the end of June approaches, CAMERA wraps up another successful Student Leadership and Advocacy Training trip to Israel! This year marks the 7th year that CAMERA has taken approximately 25 college students on a 10-day, completely subsidized geopolitical tour of Israel. The experience focuses on exploring media portrayal of...
CAMERA Graduates Updates
One of the most amazing things about CAMERA students is their boundless drive and passion for promoting accuracy coverage of Israel and the Middle East. Even after graduating college, many of our students exercise that passion by working toward employment in the same field. Three recently graduated CAMERA students have done...