"Over the month of May, more than a dozen articles by our CAMERA Fellows and campus staff members have been published in university, local, national and international media outlets. CAMERA Fellows have led a half dozen public events and private workshops providing op-ed writing training to Israel activists. This newsletter...
If You Want to Criticize Israel, First Support Its Right to Exist
Imagine yourself sitting in a college classroom excited to learn more about the world around you. Your professor has invited an Italian speaker from Italy to share his love for his country. Your high hopes for this conversation are instantly disregarded when several students in the class interrupt the discussion....
Backgrounder: The Intrinsic Antisemitism Of BDS
The anti-Jewish bigotry that characterizes the Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement has become even more apparent as BDS leaders and members seize upon the Covid-19 pandemic to fuel anti-Zionism and anti-Semitism with libels against Jews and the Jewish state. Statements by BDS leaders have ranged from accusing Israel of...
At Occidental College, Anti-Israel Positions Are Venerated
Photo: Jeffrey Beall/Flickr Last November, a few members of the Occidental (Oxy) College football team posed for a picture with an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) flag, sharing it on their personal Instagram feeds. The pictures were captioned “@oxyfootball stands in solidarity with our Israeli brothers in their fights against terror @IDF” and...
Newly Elected VP of Rutgers-Newark Student Government Foments Antisemitism Online
A Palestinian student who was elected this month as vice president of the student government at the Newark campus of Rutgers University has a history of posting anti-Israel and antisemitic content on social media. Carolyn Assaf, a pre-med student, once posted a since-deleted 15-second cartoon video on Instagram of what...
Happy Israel Independence Day – 2020
"In celebrating the creativity of our current students and alumni, CAMERA on Campus will be highlighting some of the new projects by our CAMERA Fellows and leaders of CAMERA-supported Israel student organizations. Ariella Charny, a graduate of Tufts University and alumna of CAMERA's Fellowship, is an artist and recently started...
Student Collaboration Award at Tufts Goes to SJP Chapter
The Students for Justice in Palestine chapter at Tufts University on Wednesday won a student organization award. The Student Organization Awards ceremony did not take place on campus due to the coronavirus pandemic and instead occurred online. “We are so excited to win the Collaboration Award at this year’s student...
70-Plus Faculty Members Thank Columbia University President for Battling BDS Vote
More than 70 Columbia faculty members have signed a letter thanking university president Lee Bollinger for expressing opposition ahead of an undergraduate student referendum next month calling on the university to divest from companies doing business in Israel. The 74 faculty members, as of Monday, signed the open letter—organized by the Academic Engagement Network (AEN)—to...