Israel

Contributed by CAMERA intern Lilia Gaufberg On November 17th, 2014, the Israel Student Association at Queens College hosted ‘Aroma Cafe’. The goal of this event was to reach out to the broader college community at to show them something Israeli that they could relate to (i.e., coffee!) Many people who...

Contributed by CAMERA intern Lilia Gaufberg On February 17th, 2015, Eagles for Israel, an EMET for Israel group at Boston college, hosted Kasim Hafeez on their campus. Kasim’s story about how he went from being an anti-Israel radical Muslim to a staunch Israel supporter was intended to bring awareness to...

To celebrate Israel’s 67th birthday, Friends of Israel, an EMET for Israel group at SUNY Rockland Community College, hosted a festival with a BBQ and various Israel-related activities. Though the weather wasn’t as nice as it was in Israel and the event had to be moved indoors due to the...

By CAMERA intern Shoshana Kranish  Back in June, Tel Aviv celebrated its 18th Pride Parade, the end to a week-long celebration filled with parties and beautiful people—Israeli and foreign, gay and straight. While the numbers are not exact, it is estimated that upwards of 200,000 people attended this year’s event,...

Contributed by CAMERA fellow Elana Zelden The black civil rights movement has a very similar origin to that of the Zionist movement. They both stem from discrimination that began due to race or ethnicity. These movements were responses to oppression in what should have been a free society, in the...

Contributed by CAMERA intern Lilia Gaufberg On February 18th, Gauchos for Israel (GUFI), the EMET for Israel group at the University of California, Santa Barbara, hosted Noam Bedein at the UCSB Hillel. Noam is a photojournalist and the founder and director of the Sderot Media Center. At this event, Noam...

Contributed by CAMERA fellow Avital Zenilman Pick a random student crossing North Charles Street or roaming around campus, and ask them a question about Israel. The common answer will most likely be related to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and probably verbatim from the media. But no one seems to know about...

Contributed by CAMERA intern Lilia Gaufberg On February 24th, 2015, Friends of Israel hosted a Krav Maga event at Rockland Community College. The goal of this event was to teach Krav Maga to students in an effort to spark interest in learning more about the Israeli army and culture. 50...