Contributed by Lindsay Hurwitz, our CAMERA Fellow at the University of Michigan. This piece was republished in the Algemeiner. In honor of the recent Jewish holiday of Passover, I found myself reminiscing about the oppression of the Jewish people in Egypt thousands of years ago. I then considered a more modern representation...
University of Houston hosts a ‘Lunch and Learn’ with Neil Lazarus!
Contributed by CAMERA intern Lilia Gaufberg On November 3rd, CAMERA fellow David Enav brought Neil Lazarus to come and speak with University of Houston students as well as with Jewish professionals about running a pro-Israel group on campus. Neil also discussed strategies to promote growth and success in the long run with...
Words I Never Said: Thoughts from a Recent Graduate
Contributed by Chloé Valdary, a consultant at CAMERA. This piece has been republished in the Algemeiner. To the keffiyeh-wearing, American-born university student who insists on lamenting a piece of property lost over sixty years ago: While you are excellent at competing in the apparently never-ending Oppression Olympics, (and while yours truly...
CAMERA Brings Kasim Hafeez to Clark University
Contributed by CAMERA intern Emma Fruchtman. This semester, 23 Clark University students gathered to hear Kasim Hafeez describe how he became a proud Zionist. Having grown up surrounded by anti-Israel and anti-Semitic sentiments in his small Pakistani Muslim community, having been raised by his staunchly pro-Hitler father, and having participated...
Assi Azar Speaks to Students at UC Santa Barbara
Assi Azar, an openly gay Israeli television personality, spent much of April on tour with CAMERA, visiting college campuses around the US to speak to students about LGBTQ rights in Israel. His most recent visit was to the University of California at Santa Barbara, where he gave an insightful presentation...
Playing for Peace at the University of Michigan
Contributed by CAMERA intern Emma Fruchtman. To conclude the University of Michigan’s Second Annual Wolverines for Israel Conference, Professor Michael Leitner of California State University at Chico shed new light on the Arab-Israeli conflict. He presented the idea of “Playing for Peace,” programs which bring together children of different backgrounds...
Our 2015 David Bar Illan Award winners
On Sunday a record 600-plus guests attended the annual Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America (CAMERA) awards gala in New York City. CAMERA honored activists including student leaders, a retired professor, and an internationally known journalist for their work in supporting Israel and upholding news media integrity...
Tikkun Olam in Nepal: IDF sends crew of 260
Contributed by CAMERA intern Sarah Salinger On Saturday, April 25th, a devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck 39 regions of Nepal—the most destructive natural disaster in over 80 years for the Himalayan country. Nepal’s capital, Kathmandu, which had once been filled with rich culture and historical and religious sites, has now...