This article was written by CAMERA Fellow Elliott Hamilton, from Pitzer College. This piece was originally published in the Times of Israel. Let me refer to a moment when the press displayed journalistic integrity: November 22, 1963. Three shots ring out in Dallas, Texas. The target: John Fitzgerald Kennedy, 35th President of...
“I Am Kidnapped”
For eighteen days an entire nation waited with bated breath, eyes and ears transfixed onto televisions and radios hoping to hear of any new developments. Security forces had been working non-stop for weeks in one of the most comprehensive searches the country had ever witnessed, in order to locate Gilad,...
CAMERA Leadership and Advocacy Mission to Israel: Day One
This past week, CAMERA students from around the United States, Canada and Uruguay gathered for CAMERA’s annual Student Leadership and Advocacy Training Mission in Israel. The trip’s goal is to teach students to accurately and affectively spread their messages about Israel. The students on the trip include CCAP activists, CAMERA Fellows, and Israel campus...
Borders, Danger, and Human Rights: Israel’s Dynamic Role in Tumultuous Times
This piece was written originally by Meytal Chernoff, a sophomore studying at the College of Arts and Sciences and published in the Washington University Political Review. Meytal is a proud CAMERA Fellow and an Israel activist on her campus, Washington University at St. Louis. The past few years have seen large-scale...
#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...
Drexel Brings Jared Ben-Caro
CAMERA Fellow Josh Dienstman and Dragons for Israel (A CCAP/CAMERA supported group) recently organized an event at Drexel University, where Sgt. (Res.) Jared M. Ben-Caro, a former IDF paratrooper, discussed his experience as a combat soldier during Operation Cast Lead. In this operation, the IDF entered the Gaza Strip to dismantle...
The Place of Diversity, Israel’s 66th Year of Independence
This piece was originally written by Marta Slobodyanyuk, a proud CAMERA activist at the University of Minnesota and Vice President of the CCAP group Students Supporting Israel. Marta will be participating in the CAMERA Student Leadership and Advocacy Mission to Israel this year. Growing up in a world of diversity is something that we all...