Robin Cohen was our Fellow at CUNY Brooklyn during the 2012-2013 academic year. She was a recipient of our David Bar-Illan award this past April. Below is her speech: I’d like to thank CAMERA for honoring me with the David Bar-Illan Award for Outstanding Student Leadership. With CAMERA’s help, my...
2014 Future Leaders of Israel Conference a Great Success
CAMERA recently returned from the annual Future Leaders of Israel conference, this year in Boca Raton! Hundreds of students arrived from all over the state, and even some from other states such as Massachusetts and Kentucky, converging for a three day conference all about Israel and how best to educate...
Laurentian University hosts Israel Jeopardy
On February 27, Laurentian University Jewish Students Association hosted the Israel Jeopardy Challenge. The event consisted of over $500 worth of prizes, including a laptop. With over twenty attendees, students were able to successfully learn about Israel while having fun at the same time. Putting students in an environment of...
Declare Your Freedom in Florida!
Following the success of the Declare Your Freedom event held last year in New Orleans, organized by our CCAP groups at the University of New Orleans and Tulane University, our CCAP students at UCF started planning their own Declare Your Freedom festival. This coming Sunday, Knights for Israel will be...
Yishai Goldflam Speaks at CUNY Baruch
On March 18, Yishai Goldflam, Presspectiva director, visited CUNY Baruch College in New York. He spoke to 25 engaged students about CAMERA’s Israel division, Presspectiva, as well as CAMERA and Presspectiva’s mission—to change the negative portrayal of Israel in the media. Mr. Goldflam also spoke about the two state solution....
Gilead Ini speaks at UDelaware
On March 18, CAMERA Fellow Philip Chinitz hosted an event at the University of Delaware where CAMERA Senior Research Analyst Gilead Ini was featured. Mr. Ini talked about the six-month CAMERA study on bias in the New York Times. Mr. Ini explained graphs and the study overall to an audience which...
Letter to the Editor: A Response to the Gavel’s Reflection on AIPAC
This piece was originally published in the March 12th 2014 edition of The Gavel. It was written by Michael Woodbury, a member of the CCAP (CAMERA supported) group Eagles for Israel. Author’s note: I too spent the first weekend of spring break in Washington DC for the American-Israel Public Affairs Committee...
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...