BOMAH, the Brand of Milk and Honey organization visited UC Irvine to help the Jewish students learn how to better advocate for Israel through social media. Students from various Jewish organizations on campus including the Jewish fraternities came to the event, some with low expectations, but left with new skills and...
Hamas is to Blame, Not Israel
The following was written by Josh Dienstman, a 2013-2014 CAMERA Fellow. Published originally on August 6th in the Triangle – The Independent Student Newspaper at Drexel University. Josh is a member of Drexel’s CCAP group (CAMERA supported pro-Israel student group), Dragons for Israel. The Israel Defense Forces launched Operation Protective Edge against Hamas...
Israel, More Than Just Politics
On Tuesday, May 6th, the CCAP group at Chico State University, Emet, held an event with professor Michael Leitner. It boasted 150 students and the University president, and was dedicated to a Yom Ha’Atzmaut celebration. Through a brief discussion on Israeli Life and Leisure in the 21st Century, followed by Israeli...
Why Are We Bullying Birthright?
This piece has been republished by The Algemeiner. Birthright is a 10-day free trip to Israel that is offered to all Jews between the ages of 18 and 26 who have not previously been on a peer trip to Israel. While these 10 days are filled with fun and many...
Knotted Narratives
Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) is not pro-Palestine, they are anti-Israel. This may seem like the same thing (pro-Palestine and anti-Israel), but they are not. SJP seems to only rally around Palestinians who are being killed by Israelis. They don’t talk about the abuse of Palestinians in other countries,...
Standing Strong
Operation Protective Edge has been in full swing for 17 days and Israel has sent troops into Gaza. Just a bit over two weeks after initially entering Gaza, over 30 Israelis have been killed. In the last 17 days, over 2000 rockets have been shot into Israel. At the same...
Israeli Reality Check
This is the third draft of “Israeli Reality Check” that I have written and I’m sure that it will still not be current enough when it is posted due to the ever-changing situation in Israel. When I embarked on my journey to Israel in mid-June, I never imagined that I...
Avi Jorisch at San Francisco State University
San Francisco State University’s Kayla Wold helped to organize an event on May 15, 2014 with the goal of highlighting the Israel narrative to a particularly anti-Israel community. The event “Less Hamas, More Hummus” brought in around 30 students from a vast variety of backgrounds together to hear from Avi...