This May, I graduated from the College of Charleston. Two weeks later, my apartment was in boxes, I was saying goodbye to all my friends, and to the South. The next thing I knew, I was on a plane with my mom with a boarding pass that said Boston, Massachusetts....
Looking Forward to Advocate for Israel; 2013-2014 Academic Year
Attending CAMERA’s annual Student Leadership and Advocacy Training in August was one of the most enriching and beneficial experiences of my college career. As a rising junior at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, FL, I was honored to be to chosen to attend this past conference. As soon as...
Jeff Jacoby Speaks at CAMERA Conference
During CAMERA’s Student Leadership and Advocacy Training Conference last week, students had the opportunity to hear Jeff Jacoby, an op-ed columnist at the Boston Globe since 1994, speak. In addition, in 1999, Mr. Jacoby was the first recipient of the Breindel Prize, awarded for excellence in opinion journalism. Jacoby engaged...
The Little Activist that Could
I’ve always wanted to advocate for Israel. In the spring of 2011, after my experience on The March of the Living, I knew I needed to stand up for Israel, but it wasn’t until this week when I knew I could do it. All throughout my first year at Concordia,...
Setting the Pace to Finish a Marathon
If there was anything that I learned from attending the CAMERA conference a few days back, then it was that sprinting towards an unmarked finish line is impossible. Seven years have passed since I started running toward a goal that is simultaneously rewarding and destructive. Rewarding, because every stretch of...
My Life Has Taken an Interesting Turn
Hello, my name is Tatiana Rose Becker and I am a Zionist. That is not one of the first things people learn about me, but it is definitely the most important. It was not always this way. I grew up in a household that valued the Jewish culture over the...
Meet our 23 CAMERA Fellows
Currently underway is the annual CAMERA Student Leadership and Advocacy Training Conference, in which student leaders from throughout the Americas, 23 of them CAMERA Fellows, come together to learn about Israel. The 23 Fellows selected this year hail from places such as Uruguay, Canada, and from across the United States....
The Tripod: CAMERA Links in Three Languages
BBC coverage of building tenders reaches hysterical highs With three reports on the subject in one day, the BBC is doing its level best to persuade audiences that Israeli building plans are sabotaging peace talks. (BBC Watch) BBC finally gets around to (briefly) reporting crimes of Palestinian prisoners A...