CUNY vice chancellor and general counsel issued a report (full report here) on Brooklyn College and its expulsion of students and journalists from the anti-Israel BDS (more about BDS here) event that had been co-sponsored by the Brooklyn College Political Science Department. The report finds that the “administration did not handle this event...
Scenes from our workshop @ Brooklyn College
On April 4th CAMERA was invited to Brooklyn College to work with students on how to recognize bias in the media, compose strong letters to the editor, and on how to go about responding to inaccurate op-eds and articles about Israel. About 20 enthusiastic students attended this event. Ask us...
ASU Screening of UNMASKED: Judeophobia
On March 6th, 2013, Alabama State University CAMERA Fellow, Rita Usher, organized a screening of the documentary film Unmasked: Judeophobia on her campus. Approximately 40 students attended. According to Rita, many of the student guests made connections between the struggle against antisemitism and the historical struggle against racism in the United States....
CCAP Liaison Chloé Valdary on Yom Hatzmaut
“Oh brave new world, That has such people in’t.” -Miranda, From Shakespeare’s The Tempest. Act 1, scene 1 Enter the shackled. Enter the despondent, wretched souls. Enter the man and woman, boy and girl, deemed “menace to society,” destined to roam endlessly about. Number the stars upon their lapels...
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Peace Ball & Peace Offers
Our CCAP group at Brooklyn College ran their annual “Peace Ball” event on the campus quad. Dozens of Christian, Muslim, and Jewish students stopped by to share their messages of support for Israel and for peace. Israel’s quest for peace is quite impressive. Israel transferred the Sinai to Egypt in...
Students vote to revoke divestment at UC Riverside!
The Student Government at UC Riverside recently voted to overturn the Divestment Bill. Only one student voted against the revocation of this ridiculous policy. This is a testament to how hasbara/explanation of the situation can be successful in fighting BDS.
Walls, Checkpoints, and the Advantage of Rational Discourse
Ariel Katz’s “Walls, Checkpoints, and the Advantage of Rational Discourse,” is a great op-ed that is relatively short and to the point regarding a checkpoint that students put up at Claremont McKenna College. She describes an incident in which students harassed other students, requiring them to show their ID to enter...
