Benji Lovitt, Texas-born Israeli comedian, strives to convey Israel’s true face to his audiences. He admits that in order to truly understand Israel, one must experience it him or herself. However, for any one who wants a good laugh, Benji Lovitt can offer that along with a good history lesson of...
LGBTQ Freedom Found in One Middle Eastern Country
In 2016, you would expect the overwhelming majority of the world to grant equal rights to all including the LGBTQ community. However, the Middle East region truly fails in this area. Israel is the only country in the Middle East that recognizes LGBTQ rights and where any person of any...
Tel Aviv Pride: Blackmail or Celebration?
By CAMERA intern Shoshana Kranish Back in June, Tel Aviv celebrated its 18th Pride Parade, the end to a week-long celebration filled with parties and beautiful people—Israeli and foreign, gay and straight. While the numbers are not exact, it is estimated that upwards of 200,000 people attended this year’s event,...
CAMERA on Campus Alum: Changing the World, One E-Bike at a Time
CAMERA on Campus alumnus, University of Pittsburgh Fellow 2010-2011 Micah Toll, is an inventor. During his career as a CAMERA Fellow, Micah made waves by inviting Sgt. Benjamin Anthony to campus. Anti-Israel Students for Justice in Palestine attempted to disrupt the talk, and even video-taped their disturbances. After watching their video,...
Terror Attack in Tel Aviv
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...
CAMERA Event in Israel
On March 18th at 7:30pm in Tel-Aviv, CAMERA is co-sponsoring a screening of “The J Street Challenge.” The event, titled “Seductive Allure of Peace In Our Time,” is being held at the Nalagaat Center in Tel Aviv, is also cosponsored with the Salon and StandWithUs. The event, as with all Tel...
Review of Fall Semester 2013: Event Held at the University of Miami Celebrates Gay Life in Israel
CAMERA Fellows and CCAP group leaders wrap up Fall Semester 2013 with a number of successful events. Take a look below to learn about EMET Israel’s event celebrating Gay Life in Israel at the University of Miami. EMET Israel, a CCAP group at the University of Miami spearheaded by Rebecca Lebwohl, held a program on November...
The Tripod: CAMERA Links in Three Languages—July 29
Pre-Oslo Prisoners and Their Crimes To understand the sensitivity of the debate over Israel’s decision to release convicted Palestinian terrorists, one must know who these prisoners are and what crimes they committed. CAMERA provides a list. (CAMERA) Another Perspective on Middle East Peace Emanuele Ottolenghi describes the “six mistaken assumptions...