On April 11th, the ADL released the first Campus Antisemitism Report Card, which assessed 85 universities and assigned them a grade (A-F) reflecting the level of antisemitism at each school, according to their research. Along with MIT, Harvard, and Tufts, my college, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill...
University Presidents Are Betraying Students By Giving Into Anti-Israel Demands
We’ve all seen the headlines: Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) chapters continue to set up encampments and lead disruptive anti-Israel protests at commencement ceremonies, in lecture halls, and at other events. SJP chapters and their counterparts, including those in the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) umbrella, remain committed to...
The Anti-Israel Protests are also an Anti-Civil Rights Protest
Oliver Brown was an African American pastor and welder living in Topeka, Kansas. In 1951, Oliver attempted to enroll his daughter into an elementary school near his home and his request was denied. Instead, he was instructed to send his daughter to a segregated black school farther away. In response,...
CAMERA on Campus UK on NUS Vote Against UJS
Last month, delegates at a National Union of Students (NUS) conference voted to stop recognising the Union of Jewish Students (UJS) in a non-binding resolution over their support for Israel. This vote epitomizes the hostile climate, in which Jewish students across the UK are subjected to hate speech, violence and...
CAMERA on Campus on University Administrators Negotiating with SJP/Encampment Organizers
We are deeply disappointed by the actions of administrators at Brown, Rutgers, and Northwestern University, who have acquiesced to demands from Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP). Over the last month, SJP chapters and their supporters have intensified their propagandistic assault on Jewish students and faculty through disruptive and often...
CAMERA launches ‘This is Zionism’ campaign to educate and counter antisemitism on college campuses
In the landscape of today’s college campuses, where protests against Israel and Zionism frequently escalate into heated debates and even violence, the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting and Analysis (CAMERA) is taking definitive action. CAMERA is a watchdog organization that has been closely monitoring worldwide media coverage of Israel...
This Is What Happened At Tulane’s Anti-Israel Encampment
While colleges generally pride themselves on being included on various lists, Tulane has now joined a list nobody wants to be on: one of the growing list of American universities that has had an anti-Israel encampment on its campus. On Monday, April 29, a mob of anti-Israel protesters descended on...
The Hypocrisy of ‘Progressive’ Anti-Zionists on My Campus
On the morning of February 19, I had the displeasure of waking up to more than 100 messages from the University of East Anglia (UEA) Jewish Society detailing how the university’s campus had been completely vandalized, including on the main sign at the UK school’s entrance. Throughout campus, students found...