On June 4th, 2023, Hali Spiegel, North American campus director for CAMERA, had the wonderful privilege to publicly recognize the achievements of a few, incredibly brave individuals at CAMERA’s annual gala in New York City. CAMERA’s student award, which carries the name of famed Jerusalem Post editor and pianist Bar-Illan...
Israel Gets Red-Carpet Treatment in New York City
“…CAMERA empowers readers, students, academics, politicians, business leaders and the general public to address these distortions in reporting about the Middle East, and to defend Israel against egregious accusations and harmful inaccuracies in the media.” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Some 500 supporters of Israel gathered in New York City...
Outstanding Students Awarded at CAMERA Gala 2019
Two outstanding CAMERA on Campus fellows were honored at our annual gala on June 2nd, 2019. Maynooth University Fellow Daniel O’Dowd received the David Bar-Illan Award for Outstanding Student Leadership, and Swarthmore College Fellow Matthew Stein received the David Bar-Illan Award for Outstanding Campus Activism. Both students faced especially grueling...
Israeli-American Professor Judea Pearl Given Award for Courage
Judea Pearl, chancellor’s professor of computer science at UCLA, Turing Award recipient and president of the Daniel Pearl Foundation, is being given CAMERA’s inaugural Ometz Award for courage in recognition of his public renunciation of his Distinguished Alumnus status at New York University. Pearl, who received his Ph.D. from NYU...
Outstanding Students Awarded at CAMERA Gala
This past April, supporters, advocates, and special guests gathered at the annual Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America (CAMERA) awards gala in New York City. Colonel Richard Kemp, a battle-tested veteran of the British Forces and a fearless defender of Israel, was honored at this year’s gala....