Students at USC held their annual Israelpalooza event, which CAMERA helped sponsor. The event brought together Israel’s supporters from all over the university to celebrate Israel’s 65th year of Independence. The students enjoyed cotton candy, popcorn, snow cones, a moon bounce, Israeli food, culture, learned Krav-Maga, and most importantly felt...
Sderot, Israel: Spread the Word
Contributed by CAMERA Intern Rebecca Pritzker: 15: The siren sounds. 14: Paralyzing panic. Frozen fingertips and suspended motion. 13: Mayhem. 12: Chaos. 11: Pandemonium. 10: Running. Everyone is running. 9: Children scurrying. Parents herding and carrying them. 8: Where is the nearest shelter? 7: Will I make it? 6: Will...
The Media Behind the Martyrs: Hamas, Hezbollah, The PA, and the al-Manar Television Scandal
On April 8th at NYU, about 50 students attended a talk by Middle East expert Avi Jorisch. The talk, “The Media Behind the Martyrs: Hamas, Hezbollah, The PA, and the al-Manar Television Scandal” was hosted by CAMERA Fellow Blair Newman. Avi Jorisch spoke about how terror organizations use the media to...
Israel: The Perpetual Homeland
Contributed by CAMERA Intern, Rebecca Pritzker: “A 21st Century Exodus: Dina’s Journey From Alexandria to Jerusalem” summarizes Dina Ovadia’s heartwarming life story – a story filled with harsh rejection, displacement, and eventually, homecoming. Dina Ovadia was born and raised in Alexandria, Egypt. She, like many other Egyptian children, went to...
Sun Devils for Israel Peace Week
Campuses across the US recently held Yom Haatzmaut and Israel Peace Week Celebrations to celebrate Israel’s 65th Birthday and Israel’s love for peace. Sun Devils for Israel, a CCAP group at Arizona State University, put on a full week’s worth of events (below), including this incredible giant chalk board. Read...
Florida Loves Israel Conference
The annual Florida Loves Israel Conference (FLI) that took place from April 12th to 14th, of which CAMERA was a sponsor, was a great success with a turnout of well over 100 students. Starting with the first annual FLI conference last year at Florida State University, pro-Israel students from all over the...
Berkeley student Senate passes divestment resolution
Last week the U.C. Berkeley student senate passed a resolution calling for Divestment from Israel. Debating lasted for 10 hours, with the resolution narrowly passing at 11-9. Read more about this incident and what you can do to help on unitedwithisrael.org. Why hasn’t there been a single resolution for divesting...
Victories against BDS at Manitoba & UC Riverside
CUNY vice chancellor and general counsel issued a report (full report here) on Brooklyn College and its expulsion of students and journalists from the anti-Israel BDS (more about BDS here) event that had been co-sponsored by the Brooklyn College Political Science Department. The report finds that the “administration did not handle this event...