Last week, Yom Ha’atzmaut, Israeli Independence Day, was celebrated at Drexel University! Yom Ha’atzmaut is a day of celebration, music, and especially Israeli food. Dragons for Israel at Drexel organized their annual event for students to come enjoy and celebrate Israel’s 66th birthday. Everyone enjoyed themselves as they listened to middle...
A Call for Academic Freedom
This piece was contributed by Meytal Chernoff, a CAMERA Fellow at Washington University in St. Louis. It was republished on May 25th in The Algemeiner. During the Modern Language Association’s meeting of the Delegate Assembly this past April, the MLA voted to approve Resolution 2014-1. This new resolution passed in a...
From a Muslim Shepherd to an Israeli Diplomat
On Monday, April 28th, Ishmael Khaldi visited UMass Amherst in an event organized by CAMERA Fellow Brett Hausler. Khaldi spoke to the audience about his journey from a Muslim shepherd to an Israeli Diplomat. He shared the story of his childhood life in a Bedouin tent in a village near Haifa,...
A Night to Honor Israel at Mississippi College
On April 8, the CUFI Chapter at Mississippi College presented A Night to Honor Israel, co-sponsored by CAMERA. The keynote speaker at the event was Pastor Lyndon Allen, the CUFI Central Regional Coordinator, who oversees CUFI in twenty states. Pastor Allen has worked since 2003 as a minister and teacher,...
American Born One-Armed Israeli Soldier Inspires USF Hillel Students
On April 8th, CAMERA Fellow Danielle Haberer organized an event at the USF Hillel hosting Izzy Ezagui, an American Jew who joined the IDF at age 18. The focus of the event was on Ezagui’s experience in the Israeli army, and his inspirational and unusual story. Originally from New York,...
The Israel Journey at FAU and The Forgotten Refugees
At Florida Atlantic University on April 3, students, many of whom knew little or nothing about Israel, were about to learn more about it from a map of Israel and the screening of The Forgotten Refugees. The Forgotten Refugees is a film which features the plight of the Jewish refugees...
Elad Seker speaks at Florida Atlantic University
On April 7, CAMERA Fellow Abraham Mercado at Florida Atlantic University organized an event featuring Elad Seker. The event attracted over 25 people, including a few professors. People were able to learn from Elad, who volunteers to travel to other countries in order to help with disaster relief, about the...
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...
