This piece was contributed by Meytal Chernoff, a CAMERA Fellow at Washington University in St. Louis. It was republished on May 25th in The Algemeiner. During the Modern Language Association’s meeting of the Delegate Assembly this past April, the MLA voted to approve Resolution 2014-1. This new resolution passed in a...
Providing Dreams in an Age of Electronic Journalism
This piece is by Beata Samel. Beata is the CCAP Liaison for the Israel Club (The New York State Israel Public Affairs Committee) at Brooklyn College. This piece was originally published in The Excelsior. Ali Abunimah views his creation—the Electronic Intifada, a non-mainstream news website established in 2001, aimed at providing a...
BDS Fails at UCLA Thanks to Help from CAMERA Supported Bruins for Israel
On Tuesday February 25th, in the UCLA Ackerman Grand Ballroom, CAMERA supported CCAP group Bruins for Israel fought against a Boycott, Divest and Sanction (BDS) resolution against Israel brought by Students for Justice in Palestine. From 7 PM until 6 AM the next day, students for and against the bill gave...
Letter to the Editor: In Response to a Petition to Boycott Israeli Companies
This piece was written by CAMERA Fellow Danielle Haberer of the University of South Florida, and was originally published in The Oracle on February 18th. You may have been approached in the Marshall Student Center, enticed by the offer of a free slice of pizza. Or maybe it was in the Library, as you...
American Studies Association Israel Boycott is Unjust
This piece was contributed by Justin Hayet, a CAMERA Fellow, and was originally published in the Pipe Dream. Just as finals began to take full swing this past December, the American Studies Association (ASA) passed a resolution that degraded its existing integrity as well as the values embedded within American...
A Stand Against Boycotts
The New York Times ran an article on a store that was created by Kenneth and Elisheva Blum, American-Born Israelis living in the Samarian town of Eli (what the international community terms the West Bank). The Blums launched Boutique Katom in 2009 in response to calls to boycott Jewish businesses in Judea...
UMass Amherst Chancellor Condemns Academic Boycotts of Israel
AMHERST, Mass. – The following is a statement from University of Massachusetts Amherst Chancellor Kumble Subbaswamy regarding the call for an academic boycott of Israel: “The University of Massachusetts Amherst is opposed to academic boycotts of any kind. The current boycott of academic institutions in Israel by several academic associations...
Senior Campus Coordinator at CAMERA Writes to Hampshire College President, Calling on Him to Condemn the ASA Boycott
In light of the ASA boycott of Israel, Senior Campus Coordinator at CAMERA Samantha Mandeles wrote a letter asking the president of her alma mater, Hampshire College, to condemn the ASA resolution. The text of her letter is below: Dear President Lash, I hope this letter finds you well....
