Jews have never backed down from supporting other oppressed communities On Oct. 27, the deadliest attack on American Jews in history occurred. Eleven people were murdered by a rabid anti-Semite who screamed “all Jews must die” after he shot them dead on Shabbat, the Jewish day of rest. An article...
My Silence Was Tantamount to Irresponsibility
Editor’s Note: If you are interested in bringing Shai to your campus during his Spring 2019 semester tour, please contact CAMERA on Campus. We must speak out against the new Antisemitism Being a television and media personality in North America has offered many an opportunity to speak on various topics both...
Free Speech Does Not Include Violence
Physical violence is not protected by the First Amendment As the US Air Force C-17 left Afghan airspace, I allowed myself to relax for a brief moment. My year-long tour in Kabul, Afghanistan was over. Returning home, I thought of those fellow soldiers, including my Command Sergeant Major, who had...
Anti-Semitism: Social Justice’s Blind Spot
At 3:45 a.m. on the morning of Jan. 22, a heinous, racially-charged vandalism was committed against the Islamic Center of Davis, with bacon laid across the door handles. Several days later, tires of vehicles were slashed outside the center. The Davis community banded together to show its solidarity with the center,...
Being Jewish and pro-Israel in college: 2010 vs. 2015
This week, I was able to talk to many Jewish students from around the world (including a friend from my alma mater who is visiting Israel) about what it is like to be a Jewish student on their university campuses. I graduated from college just about a year and a...
Local Jewish college student refuses to be intimidated
As a Jewish student, I feel unsafe on my campus. I feel unsafe on my campus when there is an open forum about race, with a huge portion of the student body and faculty in attendance, and the sole comment made by a Jewish girl, submitted anonymously, is booed by...
In defense of self-determination: The Parallels between the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the State of Israel
In mid-September, I received the news. I would finally be going to Israel. A longstanding dream of mine was being realized. I will soon be in the holy land. I am a native of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (having lived here since I was about four years of age). As...
Chloe Simone Valdary: Pride and Privilege
Pride and Privilege Chloe Simone Valdary is a consultant with the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America (CAMERA), and the founder of the CAMERA Campus Activist Project- supported organization, Allies of Israel, at the University of New Orleans. This piece was originally published in Arutz Sheva for...