At the end of the spring semester, universities across the country celebrated Israeli Independence Day by hosting events that showcased Israel’s diverse culture. CAMERA-supported group Friends of Israel at Rockland Community College held a barbecue in the middle of their campus grounds. There was a professional henna artist and ongoing...
The New War Zone: Learning about Cyber Security
Over the past few years, cyber-security has become an increasingly central part of the national defense strategy of countries around the world. The prospects of hackers breaking into the online systems managing water, electricity and other vital infrastructure means that states are ensuring to make sophisticated cyber security defense plans....
Criticize David Myers’ Evaluation of the Israel-Palestine Conflict
On Sept. 20, the Schusterman Center for Israel Studies at Brandeis University brought a Board Director of the New Israel Fund, Prof. David Myers, to speak about the Arab-Israel conflict and who is responsible. Myers’ goal was to take a step back and analyze the events leading up to creation...
Brig. Gen. Danny Bren and the Technological Battlefront
Between Facebook, Instagram, and many other popular apps, our generation is hooked on technology. The IDF has become increasingly technology-oriented as well to combat the newest threat: cyberwarfare. As Brigadier General Danny Bren explains, Operation Protective Edge, the 2014 war in the Gaza Strip, was the world’s first significant technological war...
PTSD in Israel: A Subculture of the Masses
Israelis are known for having resilient personalities — for their chutzpah, being outspoken, and, with an obligatory draft at age 18, being tough individuals. As a state created by Holocaust survivors and Jewish refugees from Arab countries, Israel was forced to be resilient — this still rings true today. Between rockets...
Trouble with Chomsky
On November 8, 2015 linguist Noam Chomsky and Norwegian physician Mads Gilbert spoke at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The event drew harsh criticism from MIT students because Dr. Gilbert has explicitly supported the 9/11 terror attacks. In an opinion article published in the MIT Tech newspaper, one student asks “Why is...
Opinion: BDS — a new name for an old tactic
Our 2011-2012 CAMERA Fellow Rachel Bandler just published an op-ed in the MIT Tech. Click here to check it out! She does an amazing job highlighting the hatred and hypocrisy behind the BDS movement as well as briefly outlining its origins.
