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Get the Facts. Get Israel
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Hello friends,
April was a jam-packed month of touring and VR experiences for CAMERA. Our campus team joined up with Miss Israel winner Melanie Shiraz and Israel-Is to bring the Survived to Tell VR experience to campuses in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Massachussetts, and California!
Our Fellowship and Coalition Group Applications are both open! The deadline to apply is June 1st. Click here or scroll below to learn more!
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CAMERA on Campus teamed up with Miss Israel and Israel-Is to bring the Survived to Tell VR experience to various campuses. Survived to Tell is a VR experience that gives students the unique opportunity to hear from Nova survivors and former hostages, experiencing October 7th from a first-person perspective in unprecedented detail.
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2026-2027 Fellowship Application is open!
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Our 2026-2027 Fellowship Application is officially open! Our program offers the opportunity to expose dishonesty and support Israel on your campus with a team of advisors and researchers behind you. Join students from around the world to receive an exclusive invitation to our annual International Student Leadership Conference in Boston and earn a generous stipend after our year-long professional development program. Click below to apply!
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Apply to Join the CAMERA on Campus Coalition
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The CAMERA Coalition provides educational and financial resources for student leaders who want to either create a new pro-Israel group on campus or strengthen their existing, but underfunded group.
CAMERA provides guidance and extensive resources to help you build an effective and independent Israel group on campus. Members of the CAMERA Coalition learn life-long skills in debate, writing, and public speaking, and benefit from close collaboration with our campus team of advisors and CAMERA researchers.
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Alumni Spotlight: Miriam Blum
We are proud to spotlight Miriam Blum, a former CAMERA on Campus fellow during her master’s studies at Tel Aviv University.
Today, Miriam serves as Knesset and International Relations Advisor to the Minister of Communications at Israel’s Ministry of Communications, working within the Knesset. In this role, she manages correspondence, drafts official Plenum responses, and supports the Minister’s administrative priorities. She also leads international engagement effort, coordinating global meetings, English-language media interviews, and overseeing the Minister’s social media presence.
Her background in public relations, media coordination, and international relations reflects her commitment to clear communication, effective storytelling, and global collaboration, an interest shaped in part by her upbringing in New York and her desire to connect Israel with the broader Jewish diaspora.
She credits her time as a CAMERA fellow with refining her op-ed writing and deepening her understanding of media, skills that continue to inform her work today. We are proud to count Miriam among our alumni and look forward to seeing her continued impact. |
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Julia Weinstein is a student at the University of Central Florida and a 2025-2026 CAMERA Fellow.
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Hate Disguised as “Debate”: Why Myron Gaines’ Campus Tour Demands a Real Response
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When influencer Myron Gaines visited Ohio University, his appearance was framed as an example of free speech in action: a controversial speaker engaging students in open dialogue. But what unfolded was not a debate. It was a calculated performance of misinformation and hate, one that highlights a deeper issue: universities are increasingly forced to platform not just offensive ideas, but intentionally false and harmful ones masquerading as legitimate discourse.
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Naomi Strupinsky is a student at Rutgers University, and a 2025-2026 CAMERA Fellow.
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The Antisemitism Question
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“So what’s antisemitism on campus like?”
It’s the question every Jewish college student has heard a million times, whether at synagogue, in passing, or at the Sabbath table. It’s the question we’ve rehearsed a set, nearly scripted answer to over the course of the past two years. “Yeah, here and there … noisy demonstrations, the encampment messed up my finals, they got Neturei Karta to come to one of the protests. One time, they made a ‘Gaza Solidarity’ sukkah in front of the Hillel, whatever that means…”
We’ve built up a whole lot to say. Now, in a post-ceasefire, what should our new answer be?
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Hadi Mahdeyan is a 2025-2026 CAMERA Fellow at Yale University.
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I’m an Iranian Student at Yale: Here Is the Problem With the University’s Discourse
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On April 7, the Yale MacMillan Center hosted a panel titled, “The War on Iran: A Roundtable Discussion.” The speakers repeatedly made false claims about Iran’s modern history and politics. When these claims were challenged by Iranians in the audience, they were met with dismissal and mockery.
This panel epitomizes a larger problem with how Iran is discussed at Yale. Our academic culture has allowed perceived expertise to shield weak and morally suspect arguments, while the voices of Iranians are only tolerated if they reinforce an established narrative.
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Elijah Wiesel is a student at Yale University and a 2025-2026 CAMERA Fellow.
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‘Intifada’ is not just a slogan
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On Wednesday, February 18, 2026, I woke up and walked to shacharit (morning prayers). The tensions on campus had mostly slowed down, so I was quite surprised when I walked onto Cross Campus and saw words painted in red paint in the snow. I moved closer to get a better look. The words read “Abolish ICE, Free Palestiиe.” Further down Cross Campus there was some more graffiti that read “Gaza dies, Yale profits” and “There was no ceasefire.” So be it, someone tried to stir the pot, and it did not bother me. After concluding shacharit, I was then informed of something more troubling. The same graffiti was found on Old Campus, except with much darker messages: “IDF (Israel Defence Forces) Die” and “Intifada.”
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 Angella Tang is a student at The University of Chicago and a 2025-2026 CAMERA fellow.
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Distant War, Disposable Lives
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In the wake of recent U.S.-Israel airstrikes on the Islamic Regime in Iran (IRI) targeting the Ayatollah, my feeds on Chinese social media platforms are filled with screenshots of users offering “advice” to their Embassy in Beijing. Why do people thousands of miles away care enough to cheer, mock, or even strategize a war they will never experience? Part of it is politics: for many, Iran stands in for resistance against U.S. power. But part of it is the internet itself, which makes war feel like something you can comment on, play with, and move on from—and that is exactly the problem.
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Noam Druckmann is student at Florida State University and a 2025-2026 CAMERA Fellow
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On Campus VR Experiment – Effects of Social Media
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Last September, a virtual reality experiment was introduced on the Florida State University campus. Through VR headsets, students and faculty who consented to take part in the experience watched a short film showing the personal story of a Nova music festival survivor from October 7th, 2023. This music festival became one of the biggest targets of the Hamas attack on Israel, where Hamas and Islamic Jihad terrorists infiltrated Israel through air, land, and sea, killing over 1,200 people and taking 251 Israelis hostage.
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Leore Tal is a 2025-2026 CAMERA on Campus Fellow.
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A Firsthand Look at the Anti-Israel Bias in College Classrooms
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I’ve begun to understand why college students are so anti-Israel, and most of the time, I don’t believe it’s their fault. The combination of having information taught in classes that is so deeply saturated with anti-Israel content and the sometimes blind trust my peers have toward the authority of professors is difficult to challenge.
One such example: a required class for my undergraduate Journalism degree called “Cross Cultural Journalism” intends to “provide journalistic tools for the coverage of diverse ethnic, gender, ability and ideological groups inside and outside the United States.”
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Destiny Lugo is a 2025-2026 CAMERA Fellow at Oral Roberts University.
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The Deception of Replacement Theology
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Carrie Prejean Boller, a Catholic antizionist politician, was recently removed from Trump’s religious liberty Commission for hijacking a session about religious freedom to push anti-Israel propaganda. Her comments misrepresent the Bible’s stance on supporting Israel, and reveals classic Christian misunderstandings of Zionism, and weaponizes the statement, “Christ is King” against the Jewish people.
In the session she confidently asserted, “I am a Catholic, and Catholics don’t embrace Zionism,” and then on X, “Christ is King!”
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Melody Kaye is campus advisor for the New England and DC region at CAMERA.
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For Another Year, BU’s Conference on the Jewish Left Only Platforms Anti-Zionism
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Academic conferences should foster inquiry, test ideas, and widen intellectual horizons. The third annual “Jewish Conference on the Left” held at Boston University (BU) last month was certainly presented in those terms. However, as time went on, it became clear that something else was afoot: Anti-Zionism framed as academic exploration, and a social structure encouraging the marginalization of Jewish students who fail to conform to their narrow and bigoted politics.
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Apply to Join our Campus Team
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Join a fast-growing team where early-career professionals are empowered to lead, learn, and grow. At CAMERA, you’ll gain hands-on experience in organizing, media engagement, and leadership development, while playing a crucial role in the fight against misinformation about Israel.
We’re not just offering a job, we’re offering a meaningful career path for passionate individuals ready to shape public discourse and support the next generation of pro-Israel student leaders.
US Campus Advisor
CAMERA seeks a full-time Campus Advisor to join its growing team of young professionals providing support and guidance to students interested in activism supporting Israel or countering anti-Jewish and anti-Israel voices and forces on campus.
Join the university and college-focused department at the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting and Analysis. Founded in 1982, we are a secular and non-partisan non-profit that strives to correct misinformation in mainstream media.
The Campus Advisor will oversee CAMERA Fellows on campuses in the United States. This includes helping them to organize educational events on campus and to write op-eds for various news outlets.
Advisors are trained to help develop and implement effective measures to expand CAMERA’s campus presence. The position will be based in our Boston office.
Requirements for the position include:
- 1-3 years of relevant campus experience.
- Excellent writing/editing skills.
- Strong event planning skills.
- Strong skills in communications, interpersonal relations, and organization which will be used to mentor students on dozens of university campuses.
- Strong knowledge of history and politics as it relates to the Middle East, Israel, and the Arab-Israeli conflict.
- Fluency in English.
Video editing and graphic design skills are a plus.
Salary and Benefits: The salary is competitive and will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. Applicants should send their CV, cover letter, and a writing sample to hali@camera.org.
We do not accept inqueries by phone. |
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CAMERA Alumni Affairs Program
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The CAMERA Alumni Affairs program bridges past fellows and coalition members with our mission, helping alumni stay informed, connected, and activated as lifelong stakeholders. Our goal is to foster a strong alumni network that supports our Israel engagement work on campus and beyond.
The Alumni Affairs program is here to make sure that your connection to CAMERA doesn’t end — it evolves. We want to help our alumni stay informed, connected, and empowered as lifelong stakeholders in CAMERA’s mission.
After graduation, we’re still here for you: sharing updates, inviting you to alumni events, connecting you with job opportunities, and giving you meaningful ways to stay involved in Israel activism. We want to be part of that next chapter.
So whether you’re just starting your CAMERA journey or preparing to graduate, know this: your story with us is just beginning. And we’re here to help guide what comes next.
Alumni aren’t our past — they’re our future. And this new program ensures you stay involved, inspired, and invested for years to come with CAMERA
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Your support is vital to the success of these efforts. Together, we can continue building a stronger and more informed community, one that refuses to allow prejudice or ignorance to dominate the narrative.
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Our team continues to work tirelessly with students across campuses worldwide, equipping them with the knowledge and resources needed to promote truth and advocate effectively for Israel. We also provide critical reviews of Israel-related books and films, offer educational materials, and run programs tailored to empower university communities.
If you would like to get involved or learn more about our efforts, please do not hesitate to reach out. Together, we can continue to build a culture of respect, understanding, and truthful conversation.
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