Contributed by Islamist Watch Writing Fellow for the Middle East Forum Benjamin Baird and director of academic affairs and director of Campus Watch at the Middle East Forum Winfield Myers. The University of Texas at Austin (UT) boasts a large and, at first glance, thriving Center for Middle Eastern Studies...
J’accuse — France’s Antisemitism Problem
“Happy like a Jew in France.” This slogan was once the refrain of many persecuted Jewish communities in Europe, who saw the French nation as a haven for the “people of the book.” France was the first European country to emancipate the Jews, granting them citizenship and equal rights. Napoleon...
Antisemitism’s Rise on College Campuses
Indiana University is committed to furthering diversity and inclusion in all that we do. The University has issued sweeping statements in favor of these ideas, and at least tries to appear to do so in its actions as well. But diversity extends beyond our own campus. If IU really wants...
The Recent Missile Strikes in Israel are Reprehensible
Last Sunday, I woke up afraid. Not fearing for my own life, but rather for the lives of my friends and family living in southern Israel. I feared for my brother, who will be drafted into the Israeli Defense Forces in March. I feared for my grandmother, a refugee from...
My Silence Was Tantamount to Irresponsibility
Editor’s Note: If you are interested in bringing Shai to your campus during his Spring 2019 semester tour, please contact CAMERA on Campus. We must speak out against the new Antisemitism Being a television and media personality in North America has offered many an opportunity to speak on various topics both...
17 Years Ago, Hamas Murdered 13 Israelis at a Pizzeria
Seventeen years ago, Israel suffered what would be one of the most well-known terror attacks to hit Jerusalem, the Sbarro suicide bombing. The bombing was one of the most striking attacks of the Second Intifada, and still haunts Jerusalemites. The bombing took place in Sbarro, a fast-food Pizza chain. Its...
A need to connect the Diaspora with Israeli Jews
“If we do not do this for ourselves, no one will do it for us.” Throughout our years of Jewish education and Israeli history, we have been taught that May 14th marks the beginning of a new chapter for the Jewish people. It is a day on which the obligation...
Michael Chabon Disses Jewish Culture … in Speech at Hebrew Union College
This article was originally published by The Weekly Standard. The Pulitzer-winning novelist leaves newly ordained rabbis feeling isolated with his ranting about inclusion. Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Michael Chabon stepped up to a podium on behalf of Hebrew Union College and told the 2018 class of newly ordained rabbis that they are, like...