On June 6th, 2022, members of the Yale Postdoc Association (YPA) published the following statement in response to a flagrant endorsement of the discriminatory Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions campaign by the Racial Justice Subcommittee of the YPA. CAMERA on Campus is proud to extend our support to members of the...
Israel’s Destruction Is Championed at the University of Chicago
In March, I detailed Students for Justice in Palestine’s campaign against academic freedom at the University of Chicago. Since then, the situation has only deteriorated. SJP’s initial anti-Israel boycott targeted courses about Israel that “legitimize” the Jewish state through so-called propaganda. Later, SJP expanded their boycott by demanding that the...
Anti-Zionist faculty in US colleges are responsible for hostile environments towards Jewish students
In recent years, we have seen how anti-Israel hostility has sprouted in hundreds of universities across the country. Under the disguise of academic freedom, institutions of higher learning have become fertile grounds for extremism. While Jewish studies departments and organizations such as Chabad and Hillel sustain a vibrant Jewish life...
A Berkeley student group celebrates anti-Semitic violence
Bears for Palestine, a UC Berkeley student organization, hosted their fifth annual gala this past semester. The gala was “in honor of the unity intifada” — the latest in a series of violent Palestinian uprisings against Israel. Honoring an intifada disregards the violent history of past intifadas, downplays the trauma...
Statement Regarding BDS and Commencement Remarks at CUNY School of Law
Recent incidents at the CUNY School of Law have been cause for enormous concern and doubt as to the school’s commitment to an inclusive, safe learning environment. In addition to a faculty council endorsement of the antisemitic Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions campaign on May 12th, on the following day, CUNY...
Why the Harvard Crimson’s Call for BDS is Dead Wrong
The Harvard Crimson has published an anonymous statement by its Editorial Board in favor of the notorious Boycott, Divest and Sanctions campaign (BDS) against Israel: In Support of Boycott, Divest, Sanctions and a Free Palestine. Despite the editorial’s portentous style, as a Harvard alumnus (GSAS 1987) I do feel it’s important to respond in an...
CAMERA Advisor Adam Gordon Condemns Illegitimate and Anti-Israel Resolution at McGill
On March 21st, the Students’ Society of McGill University (SSMU) illegitimately adopted a resolution that codifies the systematic discrimination of Jewish students on campus. “The Palestine Question” spreads several falsehoods about the State of Israel, claiming the country is an “apartheid” state and is solely responsible for the plight of...
Exposing Cultural Appropriation in Anti-Zionist Narratives
“Appropriation occurs when the appropriator is not aware of the deep meaning of the culture he is appropriating.” – Amanda Stenberg Cultural appropriation and dispossession have been present for many centuries in our history. More recently, discussions of heritage have focused on appropriation in the context of mainstream popular culture....