On January 5, 2017, The Modern Languages Association (MLA) has voted down a resolution calling for a boycott of Israeli academic institutions. The vote was 113 against the resolution and 79 in favor (59-41 percent margin). Moreover an anti-boycott resolution passed, with 101 voting in favor to 93 opposed. This...
Why Baroness Deech is right about antisemitism
Last year was full of upheaval of the most unpredictable kind. For Jewish students in particular, it was enormously unpleasant due to the shocking intensification of visible campus antisemitism. More than any other year in recent memory, 2016 tragically reaffirmed the long-recognised reality that Britain faces a particularly difficult problem...
Erez’s Story
On Sunday, four Israeli soldiers were murdered in a terrorist attack in Jerusalem. Behind memorial photos of their smiling faces, each one of them had a story, and this is the story of one of the soldiers, Erez. Erez Orbach was the son of Uri and Keren, two immigrants to...
US Campuses Learn About IDF Ethics
In recent months, CAMERA has hosted numerous events featuring senior Israel Defense Forces (IDF) personnel, who shared their experiences of the ethical challenges they face during their service. Yeshiva University’s Israel Club, a CAMERA-supported group, hosted Colonel Benzi Gruber (res.), a vice commander of an IDF division. He is involved in the...
Supporting Israel from the other side of the world
The state of Alaska is thousands of miles away from Israel – but that didn`t stop more than 300 people gathering in the Wendy Williamson Auditorium at the University of Alaska to express their solidarity with Israel. One of the event partners was Students United, a CAMERA sponsored group, but...
The Green Prince at Haverford
Bi-Co Friends of Israel at Haverford College, a CAMERA-supported group, recently hosted a screening of “The Green Prince,” which tells the story of Mosab Hassan Yousef. His story is one of bravery and daring; the son of one the founders of Hamas, he became an Israeli spy, and was critical...
Sudanese Human Rights Activist Denounces BDS
Last week, Mohamed Abubakr, a Sudanese human rights activist, came to speak at Case Western Reserve University as sponsored by Cleveland Hillel, Hillel International, the Office of Multicultural Affairs, CAMERA and several other organizations. Despite growing up under the rigid autocracy of Islamic Sudan, Abubakr has been fighting for women’s...
Israel’s Water Solution for the Middle East
We are undeniably blessed to live in a first-world nation like the United States and it’s not because of the copious amounts of WiFi hotspots and unlimited breadsticks at Olive Garden. Nor is it because of our incomparable military and massive economy. We are the most fortunate population of people...