Earlier this month, Ramsey Alsheikh, the President of the Palestine Solidarity Coalition of Dartmouth Students published an article in the student newspaper The Dartmouth titled Alsheikh: Hillel, End Birthright. Alsheikh’s article is an unscrupulous diatribe riddled with falsehoods about Birthright Israel, a nonprofit organization that offers young Jews a once-in-a-lifetime...
J Street’s New Trip to Israel Pushes a Political Agenda
After a year of protesting Jewish and pro-Israel institutions for their refusal to demand that Birthright Israel incorporate Palestinian voices during trips to Israel, J Street is now launching its inaugural “Let Our People Know Trip.” The trip’s itinerary is formulated according to the notion that: “omission and erasure of Palestinian perspectives...
An open letter to the participants who left their Birthright trip
These young adults affiliated with IfNotNow chose to feign ignorance. I’m conflicted. On the one hand, I am hesitant to engage with you because a response would give your rhetoric a degree of legitimacy. On the other hand, your rhetoric is so presumptive and your intentions for participating on this...
Gilad Skolnick Goes to George Mason
On October 19th Gilad Skolnick, CAMERA’s Director of Campus Programming, visited George Mason University (GMU) where he met with leaders of the Israel Student Association, our EMET for Israel supported group on the campus. During his visit there was an Israeli triva event organized with Hillel, in a nearby restaurant. About 25 birthright alumni...
Why Are We Bullying Birthright?
This piece has been republished by The Algemeiner. Birthright is a 10-day free trip to Israel that is offered to all Jews between the ages of 18 and 26 who have not previously been on a peer trip to Israel. While these 10 days are filled with fun and many...
American Born One-Armed Israeli Soldier Inspires USF Hillel Students
On April 8th, CAMERA Fellow Danielle Haberer organized an event at the USF Hillel hosting Izzy Ezagui, an American Jew who joined the IDF at age 18. The focus of the event was on Ezagui’s experience in the Israeli army, and his inspirational and unusual story. Originally from New York,...
CAMERA Partners with Drexel Hillel on Birthright Trip
CAMERA’s Gilad Skolnick just returned from a wonderful Birthright Reunion at Drexel University. This is our second year in a row of working with Drexel’s Hillel in sending students on Birthright. Unique aspects of this partnership include having Israeli soldiers stay for the full 10 days of the Birthright trip...
CAMERA Speaks at Indiana University
CAMERA’s campus team just returned from leading media workshops at Indiana University. This is our second year in a row of working with select Hillels in sending students on Birthright, and we’re very excited that, this past summer, Indiana University Hillel was added to the partnership. Read Aarika Washington’s great...
