{"id":5998,"date":"2013-06-03T17:02:11","date_gmt":"2013-06-03T17:02:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cameraoncampus.org\/blog\/?p=416"},"modified":"2019-09-20T17:16:43","modified_gmt":"2019-09-20T17:16:43","slug":"the-amcha-initiative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cameraoncampus.org\/he\/blog\/the-amcha-initiative\/","title":{"rendered":"The Amcha Initiative"},"content":{"rendered":"

Contributed by CAMERA Intern Rachel Wolf:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Last week at Congregation Beth El-Atereth, the co-founder of the Amcha Initiative<\/a>, Dr. Tammi Rossman-Benjamin,\u00a0spoke about antisemitism on college campuses. At this\u00a0CAMERA sponsored event in Newton, Massachusetts, Dr. Rossman-Benjamin, a professor at University of California Santa Cruz, spoke about how she has come to Israel\u2019s defense at a cost. Unfortunately, her\u00a0campus has labeled her as a racist and bigot, based on a clip that was taken out of context. While her colleagues have demonized Israel, she has stood up for truth.<\/p>\n

Amcha Initiative works to prevent antisemitic acts on college campuses. Their website has a plethora resources for students to use to prevent, react to or learn about college antisemitism. Amcha Initiative also published a map with several US colleges that lists the number of professors and student groups who support boycott, divestment, sanction (BDS) campaigns. Additionally, the website has a place for students to report antisemitic events on campus.<\/p>\n

During her discussion, Rossman-Benjamin was very thorough and discussed all aspects of Amcha Initiative, antisemitism on campuses and how people (even those who are not in college) can get involved. Rossman-Benjamin was direct in her approach and discussed topics that are rarely touched by many presenters. For example, while most people will discuss verbal attacks by students, Rossman-Benjamin discussed physical and verbal attacks by students and administrators alike. Additionally, she discussed the anti-Israel bias in classrooms, something that she does not tolerate. Rossman-Benjamin\u2019s discussion was eye-opening and informative.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Contributed by CAMERA Intern Rachel Wolf: Last week at Congregation Beth El-Atereth, the co-founder of the Amcha Initiative, Dr. Tammi Rossman-Benjamin,\u00a0spoke about antisemitism on college campuses. At this\u00a0CAMERA sponsored event in Newton, Massachusetts, Dr. Rossman-Benjamin, a professor at University of California Santa Cruz, spoke about how she has come to Israel\u2019s defense at a cost. 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