“If we are courageous enough, we can work together,” said Jonathan Elkhoury, a member of the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America (CAMERA) brought to campus on Tuesday by Judges for Israel, an Israeli education and culture group, and co-sponsored by StandWithUs and the Zionist Organization of...
Why Did Oberlin Professors Go to Bat for an Anti-Semitic Colleague?
After a long investigation held largely behind locked doors, Oberlin College has finally fired Joy Karega, an Assistant Professor of Rhetoric and Composition who moonlighted on social media as a hardcore anti-Semite. The Board of Trustees accused Karega inter aliaof “failing to meet the academic standards that Oberlin requires of its...
40 years ago this week, the UN perpetuated Palestinian suffering
Over the past few years, the resettlement of refugees has been one of the key issues in international politics. The horrendous conflict in Syria has forced more than half the country to flee from their homes, with 4.8 million refugees rushing to neighbouring countries, and one million having applied for asylum in Europe. The...
CAMERA Fellows in Focus: Jonathan Manevitch
The CAMERA Fellowship program supports student leaders in developing and strengthening their pro-Israel activism on campus. With the school year underway, InFocus is giving you an inside look into the lives of the 2016-17 CAMERA Fellows who are working hard to promote the facts about Israel on campus. Meet Jonathan Manevitch. Many of the CAMERA Fellows advocate...
Statement on Firing of Antisemitic Oberlin Professor
Oberlin College has finally fired Joy Karega following the exposure last January of her incredibly antisemitic Facebook posts. In response to the news that Oberlin College has terminated Karega, Aviva Slomich, International Campus Director for CAMERA stated, “Joy Karega is a disgrace to academia. It’s appalling that a professor would...
Why Safe Spaces Still Don’t Exist at OSU
In the interest of creating safe spaces, some are questioning if college campuses should be allowed to restrict free speech. The immediate answer is no; the right to say whatever we want is the very first item in our country’s Bill of Rights. One of the best parts of college...
To Be a Modern Woman
To be a modern Western woman is to confront two sides of yourself. There is the side that is ladylike and domestic, everything society deems a woman should be. The other side mocks these stereotypes and lives unburdened by traditionally female responsibilities. As modern women, we benefit from the fight...
A Firsthand Account of Anti-Israel Violence at a UK University
Campus security officers barricaded the doors. The mob swarmed in on us. We were caged in a room at University College London (UCL). Crowds of scowling faces were pressed against the window, pointing, jeering, roaring hateful words — their cameras flashing all around us. It was like we were in a zoo....