This post was contributed by CAMERA Boston Intern, Chaiel Schaffel. The CAMERA on Campus team was deeply saddened to learn of yet another terror attack perpetrated against innocent civilians in Israel today. The attack occurred in Tel-Aviv this morning, when a 23-year-old Palestinian Arab named Hamza Matrouk began stabbing commuters on bus #40...
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: The Right to a Safe Campus and a Secure Israel
This piece was originally published on November 24th in the Cornell Daily Sun. It was written by CAMERA Fellow Reut Baer. To the Editor: Re: “Students for Justice in Palestine Rally Draws Counterprotest,” News, Nov. 20 Over the past month, Jerusalem has not been safe. On Oct. 22, Abdel Rahman Al-Shaludi, a...
Standing Strong
Operation Protective Edge has been in full swing for 17 days and Israel has sent troops into Gaza. Just a bit over two weeks after initially entering Gaza, over 30 Israelis have been killed. In the last 17 days, over 2000 rockets have been shot into Israel. At the same...
“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,...
University of Delaware’s ROTC Develops Connection to Inspiring Israeli Soldier
On April 29th, 2014, CAMERA Fellow Philip Chinitz held an event sponsored by the University of Delaware’s CCAP group, Israel U, Hillel and Chabad, specifically dedicated to ROTC members. Izzy Ezagui, an American born soldier, developed a passion for Israel after celebrating his Bar Mitzvah at age 13. He became...
American Born One-Armed Israeli Soldier Inspires USF Hillel Students
On April 8th, CAMERA Fellow Danielle Haberer organized an event at the USF Hillel hosting Izzy Ezagui, an American Jew who joined the IDF at age 18. The focus of the event was on Ezagui’s experience in the Israeli army, and his inspirational and unusual story. Originally from New York,...