CAMERA Fellow Madelyn Grant of Ohio State University recently organized a screening of The Forgotten Refugees with a dinner and discussion. Over 35 students attended from various sectors of campus life, such as LGBTQ, Israel groups, and Greek life. The students enjoyed the film and engaged in a thought-provoking discussion...
CAMERA Intern Honored with “Love of Israel” Award at High School
Eli Cohn, a recent graduate of Maimonides School and an intern at CAMERA, has been honored with the Ahavat Yisrael award by the Maimonides faculty. The award is given for Israel advocacy and activism on behalf of Israel. Eli not only interned at CAMERA for the past summer and for...
New Social Media Sites
In response to Operation Protective Edge, Israel’s defensive operation against Hamas in Gaza which has fired hundreds of rockets in the past week into Israeli civilian areas, several new social media campaigns and pages have been created. Among them are #KidsAreNotTargets, Israel Under Fire, and Israel Facing Terror. All three...
#ChildrenAreNOTWeapons
This piece has been republished in The Algemeiner. Just two months ago, Nigerian girls were kidnapped by Muslim extremists in Nigeria. Just last week, three Israeli boys were kidnapped by Muslim extremists in Israel. The world responded with tremendous support for the girls in Nigeria, especially on social media, with...
Benjamin Anthony Visits UC Berkeley
On May 8, 2014, Sgt. Benjamin Anthony was brought to speak at the UC Berkeley by Tikvah and our CAMERA Fellow. Many of the participants were part of Tikvah, but other students from Christians United for Israel also attended. There were many who, at first, thought they did not have enough...
Happy Shavuot (Feast of Weeks)!
Tomorrow and Thursday, June 4-5, is the Jewish holiday of Shavuot. This holiday dates to biblical times and celebrates both the bringing of the first fruits to the Temple and the giving of the Torah to the Children of Israel. This holiday is also an official holiday in Israel, where...
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,...
Jeff Jacoby comes to the University of Pittsburgh
On April 6, CAMERA Fellow Lauren Barney brought Boston Globe columnist Jeff Jacoby to speak at a breakfast event at the University of Pittsburgh. Mr. Jacoby spoke about what Zionism really means. He also stressed that people should view the term “Zionism” as a positive term, one to be proud...