Great Danes for Israel at SUNY Albany recently held its annual Yom Ha’atzmaut festival, Israel fest, a celebration recognizing the creation of Israel. The student organization “Great Danes for Israel,” a CAMERA supported (CCAP) group, organized an event for students to see and celebrate Israel’s existence. A diverse range of students were drawn...
Anti-Semites: True Partners for Peace with the Jewish State?
This piece has been republished in The Times of Israel. According to a recent survey by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), across 100 nations, 1.09 billion people (of the 4.2 billion surveyed) hold anti-Semitic attitudes, and half have never heard of the Holocaust. Across the board, those holding the highest level of...
Jeff Jacoby comes to the University of Pittsburgh
On April 6, CAMERA Fellow Lauren Barney brought Boston Globe columnist Jeff Jacoby to speak at a breakfast event at the University of Pittsburgh. Mr. Jacoby spoke about what Zionism really means. He also stressed that people should view the term “Zionism” as a positive term, one to be proud...
Extremist Ali Abunimah Speaks at Haverford and Bryn Mawr
The following is a letter by our CCAP group at Haverford and Bryn Mawr which was distributed prior to the event in an effort to raise awareness of the extremist and anti-Semitic speaker who was coming to campus. The event with the radical anti-Israel writer Ali Abunimah attracted about 50 people. ...
Abraham Lincoln The Zionist
We hope that you all had a great George Washington’s and/or Presidents Day! American Presidents have a long history of supporting the Jewish State, including long before Israel declared her independence. According to the Jewish Virtual Library, “not long after the Emancipation Proclamation, President Abraham Lincoln met a Canadian Christian Zionist,...
CAMERA Helps Bring Jeff Jacoby to Florida
Award winning Boston Globe Columnist Jeff Jacoby addressed a crowd of close to 300 on December 18th at the Boca Raton Synagogue. The event was made possible through the Boca Raton Synagogue Social Action Committee and support from CAMERA. Jacoby began his speech with an exercise commonly held at various pro-Israel...
Exploring Veterans Day and the End of World War I Through a Zionist Lens
Yesterday was Veteran’s Day, which honors those who have served in the American armed forces. It is commemorated on November 11th, the day on which WWI formally ended in 1918. The lead-up to the end of World War I signified a turning point for Zionism. Below, we explore Veterans day through the...
Jeff Jacoby Speaks at CAMERA Conference
During CAMERA’s Student Leadership and Advocacy Training Conference last week, students had the opportunity to hear Jeff Jacoby, an op-ed columnist at the Boston Globe since 1994, speak. In addition, in 1999, Mr. Jacoby was the first recipient of the Breindel Prize, awarded for excellence in opinion journalism. Jacoby engaged...
