Contributed by CAMERA intern Lilia Gaufberg On December 2nd, our EMET for Israel group, Tulane University Students Supporting Israel (TUSSI) together with our CAMERA Fellow Emma Colbran, hosted a screening of the documentary “The Forgotten Refugees,” a film about the Jewish refugees from countries such as Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria....
David Horowitz Speaks to BC Students
On April 19th, Boston College’s EMET for Israel group, Eagles for Israel, invited David Horowitz to come give a presentation to students about Israel. Horowitz is an internationally known political commentator and author, and he lectured BC students about the state of Israel with the title of his presentation being...
Declare Your Freedom
Contributed by CAMERA Fellow Emma Colbran Hasbara, which literally means “explanation,” is the term used for pro-Israel advocacy. Hasbara is used globally to educate people about the policies of the Israeli government and to promote Israel in the face of negative press. Because much of the American media portrays Israel...
Clark Students Learn about LGBTQA Rights in Israel
On March 31st, Clark University, in conjunction with the Committee for Accuracy in Middle Eastern Reporting in America, CAMERA, hosted one of the Clarkies Helping and Advocating for Israel’s most successful events of the year: LGBTQA* Rights in Israel featuring Assi Azar, host of Israel’s own “Big Brother”. To an...
State of Failure at the University of Chicago
On May 14th, University of Chicago Friends of Israel (UCFI), a CAMERA-supported EMET for Israel group, hosted Dr. Jonathan Schanzer on campus. Dr. Schanzer is the vice president for research at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and a former terrorism finance analyst at the U.S. Department of the Treasury....
Assi Azar Speaks to Students at Augsburg College
On April 13th, the Augsburg College’s SSI (Students Supporting Israel) organization, an EMET for Israel group, hosted a CAMERA sponsored event on campus where Assi Azar spoke to an audience of around fifteen students. Assi Azar is a homosexual Israeli television personality who went public about his sexual orientation in...
Sergeant Benjamin Anthony Comes to UConn
Contributed CAMERA Fellow Ali Jabick Last month, on April 1st, Sergeant Benjamin Anthony, founder of non-for-profit non-governmental organization Our Soldier Speaks, came to speak at the University of Connecticut. He began his presentation by sharing a traumatic experience from his childhood. One day, while walking to his Jewish school, Sergeant...
Words I Never Said: Thoughts from a Recent Graduate
Contributed by Chloé Valdary, a consultant at CAMERA. This piece has been republished in the Algemeiner. To the keffiyeh-wearing, American-born university student who insists on lamenting a piece of property lost over sixty years ago: While you are excellent at competing in the apparently never-ending Oppression Olympics, (and while yours truly...
