As the end of June approaches, CAMERA wraps up another successful Student Leadership and Advocacy Training trip to Israel! This year marks the 7th year that CAMERA has taken approximately 25 college students on a 10-day, completely subsidized geopolitical tour of Israel. The experience focuses on exploring media portrayal of...
The Forgotten Refugees
On April 18, our CAMERA Fellow at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Max Heller hosted a screening of The Forgotten Refugees on his campus. The documentary film reveals the story of the approximately 700,000-1,000,000 Jews who were persecuted and expelled from the Arab and Muslim countries in which they...
IDF officers visit University of Georgia
On April 18th, University of Georgia CAMERA Fellow, Michael Minnen, hosted an event featuring the organization Our Soldiers Speak. With help from UGA Chabad and UGA Hillel, Michael arranged for Sgt. Benjamin Anthony and Major Jonathan Conricus to visit the campus to speak to students and community about the Israel...
Zion Uness, an Ethiopian Israeli, speaks at the University of Miami
Despite final exams, about 30 students attended a talk by Zion Uness, hosted by our CAMERA Fellow Abir Gitlin at the University of Miami. Zion Uness spoke about how as a Jewish Ethiopian refugee who crossed Sudan on foot, he lived in a refugee camp, and then was airlifted to Israel. After serving...
Reflections from the Battlefield at the University of Miami
On April 16, Abir Gitlin, the University of Miami CAMERA Fellow, hosted an event commemorating Yom HaZikaron- Israeli Memorial Day titled “Reflections from the Battlefield.” Abir noted, “For the first time in thousands of years, the people of Israel have an army that fights for the security of free Jews in their...
The Media Behind the Martyrs: Hamas, Hezbollah, The PA, and the al-Manar Television Scandal
On April 8th at NYU, about 50 students attended a talk by Middle East expert Avi Jorisch. The talk, “The Media Behind the Martyrs: Hamas, Hezbollah, The PA, and the al-Manar Television Scandal” was hosted by CAMERA Fellow Blair Newman. Avi Jorisch spoke about how terror organizations use the media to...
Middle East Analyst Asaf Romirowsy Speaks at Alabama State University
Dr. Romirowsky was also invited this semester by Abir Gitlin to speak at the University of Miami, and spoke at the CAMERA sponsored Florida Loves Israel conference. He touches on many issues such as Palestinian refugee myths and double standards in the UN.
ASU Screening of UNMASKED: Judeophobia
On March 6th, 2013, Alabama State University CAMERA Fellow, Rita Usher, organized a screening of the documentary film Unmasked: Judeophobia on her campus. Approximately 40 students attended. According to Rita, many of the student guests made connections between the struggle against antisemitism and the historical struggle against racism in the United States....
