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By CAMERA intern Shoshana Kranish  Back in June, Tel Aviv celebrated its 18th Pride Parade, the end to a week-long celebration filled with parties and beautiful people—Israeli and foreign, gay and straight. While the numbers are not exact, it is estimated that upwards of 200,000 people attended this year’s event,...

Contributed by CAMERA Fellow Kailee Jordan. On May 12, Professor Michael Leitner shared his experience with the various Israeli peace programs including Mifalot, Sports for Peace, and more, which are designed to bring together children of different backgrounds socially through sports, dance, etc., with students at San Francisco State. Sharing his...

Contributed by CAMERA fellow Elana Zelden The black civil rights movement has a very similar origin to that of the Zionist movement. They both stem from discrimination that began due to race or ethnicity. These movements were responses to oppression in what should have been a free society, in the...

Contributed by CAMERA intern Lilia Gaufberg On February 18th, Gauchos for Israel (GUFI), the EMET for Israel group at the University of California, Santa Barbara, hosted Noam Bedein at the UCSB Hillel. Noam is a photojournalist and the founder and director of the Sderot Media Center. At this event, Noam...

On May 18th, the Slugs for Israel group at UC Santa Cruz brought renowned academic Michael Leitner to campus for a talk about Israel and the possibilities of peace and coexistence. Leitner’s philosophy is one that results in a productive, peaceful society as the result of “recreational programming”. The intimate...

Contributed by CAMERA intern Lilia Gaufberg On April 7th, 2015, Cornellians for Israel (CFI), our EMET for Israel group, brought Assi Azar to Cornell University to show students what life is like for LGBTQA individuals in Israel. He talked about how Israel is the only country in the Middle East that...

Contributed to by CAMERA intern Shoshana Kranish  In honor of Israeli Independence Day, the Bi-Co Friends of Israel of Haverford College hosted a celebration with casual conversation about Israel and festive music. The event, hosted by CAMERA liaison Noah Bloch, was intended to provide a space for students to celebrate...

Contributed by CAMERA intern Shoshana Kranish  In their introductory event on campus, the Denison University DU It for Israel group hosted a “Passover in Israel” seder on April 3rd. Hosted by Seth Schoenahus, the event was meant to introduce the campus community to the group and to ease them into...