Contributed by CAMERA Intern Rachel Wolf: On August 6, 2013 students from various Greek organizations will come together to discuss the importance of Israel activism on their respective campuses. They will meet at the Waldorf Astoria hotel in New York City for Alpha Epsilon Pi’s annual Israel Amplified conference (co-sponsored by CAMERA)....
Israelfest at Queens College draws over 300 students
Over 300 students attended Queens College Israelfest, a celebration for Israel and her independence hosted by our CAMERA supported group: Israel Student Association (ISA). The event also featured delicious food, volleyball, a rock wall, a Kotel/Western Wall where people could leave notes with their prayers and wishes, and other great activities....
Over 100 attend Israel Peace Week at Drexel
Dragon’s for Israel (DFI), Drexel’s amazing pro-Israel campus group, recently held their annual Israel Peace Week event. DFI, a CAMERA supported group, was founded by Shoshana Weiss, a former CAMERA Israel trip participant, CAMERA Fellow, and current president of DFI. The group now has almost 300 members on their list serve,...
A ‘Jew of color’ speaks out against Berkeley’s racist BDS movement
CiF Watch, a CAMERA affiliated blog, recently ran a great story about an op-ed published in Berkeley. Read about it here or below: One of the more insidious elements of the BDS movement is the supremely dishonest racial narrative which suggests, in varying degrees of explicitness, that Zionism is a...
Smith Israel Alliance hosts Israel Peace Week
All over the county, our CCAP groups have been putting on impressive events celebrating Israel in honor of Yom Haatzmaut/Israel Independence Day. The Smith Israel Alliance recently hosted their wonderful annual Israel Peace Week, which includes covering the campus quad with a banner about Israel’s positive achievements. Read in The...
Reflections from the Battlefield at the University of Miami
On April 16, Abir Gitlin, the University of Miami CAMERA Fellow, hosted an event commemorating Yom HaZikaron- Israeli Memorial Day titled “Reflections from the Battlefield.” Abir noted, “For the first time in thousands of years, the people of Israel have an army that fights for the security of free Jews in their...
Scenes from our workshop @ Brooklyn College
On April 4th CAMERA was invited to Brooklyn College to work with students on how to recognize bias in the media, compose strong letters to the editor, and on how to go about responding to inaccurate op-eds and articles about Israel. About 20 enthusiastic students attended this event. Ask us...
CCAP Liaison Chloé Valdary on Yom Hatzmaut
“Oh brave new world, That has such people in’t.” -Miranda, From Shakespeare’s The Tempest. Act 1, scene 1 Enter the shackled. Enter the despondent, wretched souls. Enter the man and woman, boy and girl, deemed “menace to society,” destined to roam endlessly about. Number the stars upon their lapels...
