CAMERA on Campus

Have a Happy New Year! See you in 2014.

In light of the ASA boycott of Israel, Senior Campus Coordinator at CAMERA Samantha Mandeles wrote a letter asking the president of her alma mater, Hampshire College, to condemn the ASA resolution. The text of her letter is below:   Dear President Lash, I hope this letter finds you well....

CAMERA Fellows and CCAP group leaders wrap up the semester with a number of successful events. Read on to learn about Gil Cohen-Magen’s event at Ohio State University. CAMERA Fellow at Ohio State University Madelyn Grant reports back on Gil Cohen-Magen’s event this fall called “A Photographer Under Fire.” The event took place on...

CAMERA Fellows and CCAP group leaders wrap up the semester with a number of successful events. Take a look below to learn about Sgt. Benajamin Anthony’s lecture at George Mason University from this fall.  Sgt Benjamin Anthony spoke at George Mason University at a lecture entitled, “My Israeli-Arab Conflict.” The event took place...

CAMERA Fellows and CCAP group leaders wrap up Fall Semester 2013 with a number of successful events. Take a look below to learn about Israel Awareness Week held at the University of Houston this Fall.  Cesar De Gracia Morales, a CAMERA Fellow at the University of Houston, reported back on a multi-day event called “Israel Awareness Week” held October 21st­ through the...

American Studies Association resolution to boycott Israeli Academic Institutions an affront to Academic Integrity. By Ariella Charny This past Monday, a third of the American Studies Association’s (ASA) members, of which there are some 5,000 members, voted in favor of boycotting Israel’s research and academic institutions. The resolution states the ASA’s...

Ha’aretz and the Conception of the Jewish State What is a Jewish State? As seen through three generations of Ha’aretz op-eds. (Presspectiva) Diskin, Netanyahu and the Media Who was responding to whom? (Presspectiva) BBC explains why it did not report on toddler injured by stone-throwers The BBC reassures a complainant...

Swarthmore Hillel votes to defy Hillel’s Policy pertaining to Israel programming; Hillel President rejects the Swarthmore resolution and insists that any group carrying the Hillel name abide by Hillel’s Standards for Partnership. Matters heated up recently within Hillel when, on December 8th, Swathmore Hillel Student Board announced it had voted unanimously to defy Hillel...