Outstanding students leading the fight for Israel on campus were awarded last night at CAMERA’s (Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America) Annual Gala. CAMERA’s Outstanding Campus Activism and Outstanding Student Leadership awards are given in memory of the late David Bar-Illan, a former editor of the Jerusalem...
Unfounded and Unrestrained: Norman Finkelstein at NYU
On Thursday, April 26, the NYU Politics Department hosted an event titled “Norman Finkelstein at NYU on the Urgent Situation in Gaza.” Finkelstein, a man who has referred to Nobel Laureate and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel as the “clown of the Holocaust” is a well-known political scientist and frequent critic...
A Prayer at the Threshold of the Temple Mount
As I stood at the threshold of the Temple Mount, I internally said the Shehecheyanu— the Blessing of Praise. Even though I was only able to mutter my prayers, I knew that because of the complicated history of this holy site, and the continued discrimination that Jews face there, my ancestors...
USS Silences its CUNY Constituents with BDS
The University Student Senate (USS) is a representative body of over 20 campuses under the umbrella of the City University of New York (CUNY). The CUNY website states, “the organization is charged with protecting the rights of the student body, furthering the cause of public higher education, and promoting the...
Can Instagram Shape Public Perception of Israel?
The collection of pictures, views and comment responses that were available on the Instagram pages of the celebrities made me realise that Instagram may be the new way to promote accuracy for Israel and perhaps these small-town celebrities and affiliates are a great way forward to help with promoting an...
USS Silences its CUNY Constituents with BDS
The University Student Senate (USS) is a representative body of over 20 campuses under the umbrella of the City University of New York (CUNY). The CUNY website states, “the organization is charged with protecting the rights of the student body, furthering the cause of public higher education, and promoting the...
At Teen Vogue, Fighting for Truth Isn’t Easy
Update: Following contact from CAMERA, Teen Vogue editors have amended the article. Read more about the correction here. In an April 24 piece in Teen Vogue, Rawan Eewshah argues, “Fighting for Palestine Is Never Easy — Even With Privilege Like Mine.” CAMERA has written about Teen Vogue‘s anti-Israel bias several times already, and unfortunately, although...
Everyone’s Talking, Nobody’s Listening.
When something goes wrong in the world, Swarthmore students are often amongst the quickest to respond. It is that implicit call to social action that so many of us feel that initially attracted me to Swat, but now has forced me into an exile that I did not foresee. Tensions...
