These young adults affiliated with IfNotNow chose to feign ignorance. I’m conflicted. On the one hand, I am hesitant to engage with you because a response would give your rhetoric a degree of legitimacy. On the other hand, your rhetoric is so presumptive and your intentions for participating on this...
Amanda Berman and Shai Deluca-Tamasi to Speak at Annual Student Leadership Conference – 2018
"Amanda Berman is an attorney and the Director of Legal Affairs at The Lawfare Project and president and co-founder of the Zioness Movement, a coalition of activists and allies who express their Zionist and progressive values through collective action. For Amanda, Zionism is a progressive value, and believes that we...
When did ‘pro-Israel’ become a bad word?
Sarah Wishingrad’s recent Daily article regarding communal attitudes towards Taglit-Birthright trips to Israel features a quote from Michaela Ben Izzy, who claimed, “Birthright is pro-Israeli by nature.” My response — so what? Seeing as one of Taglit-Birthright’s stated goals is to “diminish the growing division between Israel and Jewish communities,” Ben...
CAMERA launches ‘This is Zionism’ campaign to educate and counter antisemitism on college campuses
In the landscape of today’s college campuses, where protests against Israel and Zionism frequently escalate into heated debates and even violence, the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting and Analysis (CAMERA) is taking definitive action. CAMERA is a watchdog organization that has been closely monitoring worldwide media coverage of Israel...
This Is What Happened At Tulane’s Anti-Israel Encampment
While colleges generally pride themselves on being included on various lists, Tulane has now joined a list nobody wants to be on: one of the growing list of American universities that has had an anti-Israel encampment on its campus. On Monday, April 29, a mob of anti-Israel protesters descended on...
The Hypocrisy of ‘Progressive’ Anti-Zionists on My Campus
On the morning of February 19, I had the displeasure of waking up to more than 100 messages from the University of East Anglia (UEA) Jewish Society detailing how the university’s campus had been completely vandalized, including on the main sign at the UK school’s entrance. Throughout campus, students found...
Solidarity Against Hate: CAMERA on Campus Stands with Students Amidst Antisemitism at Columbia University and Other Campuses
In a striking juxtaposition, Columbia University President Minouche Shafik’s recent testimony before the House Committee on Education and the Workforce collided with a disturbing display of antisemitism unfolding on her university’s campus. On April 17th, as President Shafik assured lawmakers of Columbia’s commitment to combating antisemitism, a group of anti-Israel students from...
Antisemitism at Michigan Colleges Has Reached Frightening Levels
In the past six months, violent antisemitic attacks have grown more common in higher education. Jewish students at Columbia were attacked by individuals “wielding sticks” outside of their library; students at UC Berkeley were berated for attending an on-campus speaker event; and at Tulane, a student’s nose was broken while...