I’m not going to lie: it’s pretty great to say that you’re the leader of an entire political movement on campus. Even if that movement has to do with a place 5,000 miles away. And even if it’s on a Catholic campus with no more than 500 Jewish undergraduates. I...
Op-Ed: We all want justice
Unfortunately, the feel of worldwide oppression is often very present. A Wednesday night event held in the Boston University Law Auditorium, titled “Imprisonment of a People: From the U.S. to Palestine,” hosted by the Students for Justice in Palestine and UMOJA: BU’s Black Student Union, addressed this very fact. The...
Arab-Israeli Diplomat Tours Campuses to Spread Message of Coexistence
Diplomat George Deek spent almost a week in the State of Florida visiting college campuses with CAMERA. Even with his busy schedule he was able to make appearances at the University of Miami, Florida International University and, finally, the University of Central Florida in Orlando. Deek grew up in...
What you need to know about Israel’s Christian minority
In the Gatestone Institute’s August report on Christian persecution, Raymond Ibrahim described the brutal, rampant and global Islamic persecution of Christians and other minorities, including violations of religious freedom, harassment, detention, torture, and executions. The accounts are too abundant and tragic to list in full, as many involve gruesome persecution,...
Israeli Students Fight Anti-Israel Campus Activity From Jerusalem
As Israelis, we take our reality for granted. It is full of paradoxes; an unattended bag can stop traffic, yet we are more preoccupied with the thought of being stuck in traffic than the fact that there might be a bomb in their vicinity. Getting a beer with friends among the ancient...
Campus activists silent in face of anti-Semitic author
An author accused of making anti-Semitic statements has been invited to speak at San Diego State. On Sept. 29, SDSU’s Students for Justice in Palestine will host a discussion, “Palestine 101,” with Israeli author Miko Peled. Peled, the son of an Israeli general, has made a speaking career promoting non-violent...
CAMERA Fellows in Focus: Noa Levin
The CAMERA Fellowship program supports student leaders in developing and strengthening their pro-Israel activism on campus. With the school year underway, InFocus is giving you an inside look into the lives of the 2016-17 CAMERA Fellows who are working hard to promote the facts about Israel on campus. Meet Noa Levin. A sophomore student at George Washington University,...
CAMERA Fellows in Focus: Emily Firestone
The CAMERA Fellowship supports student leaders in developing and strengthening their pro-Israel activism on campus. With the school year underway, we are introducing our 2016-17 Fellows, who are working hard to promote the facts about Israel on campus. Meet Emily Firestone. Emily Firestone is a rising freshman at Boston University. She grew up in Florida...