On May 14, 1948, a nation rejoiced. This nation had returned to its rightful home — the land where their ancestors had been expelled from hundreds of years ago. This land was a barren desert turned into a beautiful beacon of hope and freedom. Thousands poured into the land from...
The Liberal Arts College and its Discontents
As those who have attended schools with a liberal arts background know all too well, it can be difficult to keep one’s wits about them. The campus climate and its inhabitants are all too eager to applaud what they perceive as fact and laudable, and even more likely to denigrate...
Trouble with Chomsky
On November 8, 2015 linguist Noam Chomsky and Norwegian physician Mads Gilbert spoke at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The event drew harsh criticism from MIT students because Dr. Gilbert has explicitly supported the 9/11 terror attacks. In an opinion article published in the MIT Tech newspaper, one student asks “Why is...
The Life of a Teenage Advocate
I wake up and look at my phone. Two Israeli men were stabbed and killed in Jerusalem. I turn on my computer, trying to make sense of this attack, but the first news article from the BBC that pops up, headlines that a ‘Palestinian [is] shot dead after Jerusalem attack...
Diversity in the Middle East: Featuring Zion Uness
Did you know that there are over 125,000 Ethiopian Jews living, serving, and working in Israel? Do you want to learn more about the diverse population of Israel and how cultures intersect? If so, please join CAMERA’s Emet for Israel supported organization at Clark University, Clarkies for Israel (CFI) in an...
Angela Davis and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
On Thursday February 11, Angela Davis, considered a preeminent force in the world of political activism, spoke to the Denison student body. I am writing to comment on her lecture because I feel obligated to point out the misleading and false statements she made regarding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. During her...
Jonathan Elkhoury Breaks Down Barriers on Campus Tour
CAMERA speaker Jonathan Elkhoury just completed a two week tour spanning 10 campuses. Read his amazing testament posted to Facebook below on the power of sharing the facts and being a proud Zionist. How do I define success? Success for me is knowing that the audience pro-Palestinian activists, supporters of BDS activists SJP...
Vassar College: New Voices Coming to Campus Beginning with Bassem Eid
Editor’s Note: Brave CAMERA Fellow Jason Storch is bringing Palestinian human rights activist and CAMERA speaker Bassem Eid to Vassar College on February 17th, following a slew of anti-Semitism and anti-Israel bigotry on its campus. We commend Jason, who, with the help of the college, is bringing the first Palestinian speaker to campus...
