A commonly misunderstood term, Zionism, is the belief that Jews have a right to self-determination in the land of Israel. For 4,000 years, Jews have longed to return to their homeland. However, until Theodor Herzl, the goal of return has simply been a dream. Born in Budapest in 1860, Herzl’s...
NYU: A Hostile Place for Jewish Students
Alejandro Villa Vasquez, an NYU student and former deputy managing editor at NYU’s Washington Square News, tweeted multiple race-sensitive posts on December 6th. “I hope every Zionist kkunt @ New York University is crying right now,” and “I want all Zionists to die”. Vasquez tweeted this as a reaction to...
Rejecting Boycott, Extending an Olive Branch
Cornell, an intellectual Garden of Eden, has been my “home away from home” for three miraculous semesters. There is only one other paradisiacal location on earth that is as close to my heart as the Big Red: The State of Israel. I deferred my enrollment to Cornell, resisting the allure...
Statement on Norman Finkelstein’s Scheduled Event at the University of Toronto – Mississauga
Norman Finkelstein, a notoriously anti-Israel academic, is scheduled to speak at the University of Toronto – Mississauga on March 5th, 2019. In anticipation of the event, CAMERA’s Canada Campus Coordinator Zac Schildcrout made the following statement: “Finkelstein espouses extreme antisemitic views. He minimizes Jewish suffering, and irrationally maligns the world’s...
PFLP Propaganda Makes Appearance Ahead of Cornell BDS Vote
A coalition of student groups at Cornell University has renewed the call for Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) at the university. Led by Cornell Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), the effort is expected to culminate in a vote in the Student Assembly in late April. In a recent op-ed...
Malaysian Prime Minister Invited to Oxford Union After Antisemitic Comments
Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has gained recent controversy for his comments describing Jewish people as ‘hooked nose’. Mohamad’s antisemitic rhetoric escalated to Holocaust denial and derogatory comments towards Israel, collectively denying the number of Holocaust victims and blaming the Jewish state for instability in the Middle East. As diplomatic...
York University Mural Constant Reminder Zionist Students Not Welcome
Three years ago, a large-scale, informal, and yet typical, Israeli-Palestinian debate took place on campus. This debate caused controversy, questioned the university’s commitment to free speech and student rights, challenged the university’s ability to make decisions regarding student safety, caused one of the university’s largest donors to pull out his...
Letter: Response to ‘Hillel Sponsored Lecture isn’t What it Seems’
Indiana Daily Student columnist Matthew Waterman, Feb. 3, polemicized the recent speech given by Palestinian human rights activist Bassem Eid. Waterman’s absence at the event was noteworthy then, as Mr. Eid discussed a number of the complaints Waterman raised about him and would have been happy to take any questions he...
