Passover has just come to an end, and over the course of the Jewish holiday, a lot happened on campus. Over the past week, you may have missed the good, bad and ugly news. The Good – Harvard University At Harvard University, the planned Israel Apartheid Week was a major...
CAMERA Fellows in Focus: Isaac Simon
The CAMERA Fellowship supports student leaders in developing and strengthening their pro-Israel activism on campus. With the school year underway, InFocus is giving you an inside look into the lives of the 2016-17 CAMERA Fellows who are working hard to promote the facts about Israel on campus. Meet Isaac Simon. A rising sophomore,...
From a Muslim Shepherd to an Israeli Diplomat
On Monday, April 28th, Ishmael Khaldi visited UMass Amherst in an event organized by CAMERA Fellow Brett Hausler. Khaldi spoke to the audience about his journey from a Muslim shepherd to an Israeli Diplomat. He shared the story of his childhood life in a Bedouin tent in a village near Haifa,...
Director of Sderot Media Center visits UMass
This piece was originally published on the front page of the Massachusetts Daily Collegian. This event took place at UMass-Amherst, and was organized by CAMERA Fellow Brett Hausler. Noam Bedein, Director of the Sderot Media Center (SMC), presented a lecture at the Isenberg School of Management on Tuesday about the...
UMass Amherst Chancellor Condemns Academic Boycotts of Israel
AMHERST, Mass. – The following is a statement from University of Massachusetts Amherst Chancellor Kumble Subbaswamy regarding the call for an academic boycott of Israel: “The University of Massachusetts Amherst is opposed to academic boycotts of any kind. The current boycott of academic institutions in Israel by several academic associations...
