With CAMERA’s Annual Student Leadership and Advocacy Conference beginning next Sunday August 7th, Misha Vilenchuk sat down with CAMERA Campus Coordinator Tatiana-Rose Becker to see what all the fuss is about. Firstly, the most important question: on a scale from 1-10, how excited are you for the CAMERA Student Leadership and Advocacy...
The Separation Between the African-American and Palestinian Narratives
Dumisani Washington, a multi-talented and dedicated human rights activist, is a CAMERA speaker and has spoken to students at UCONN and the University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign among many others. Dumisani Washington is dedicated to continuing Dr. King’s legacy of establishing peace and justice in the world. Washington fights for justice by promoting and...
2016-2017 Fellows
Back to Fellows Main Fellows * Eden Adler * Ariel Avgi * Albert Barkan * Leora Eisenberg * Josh Elkouby * Bar Fabian * Emily Firestone * Jason Frances * Lily Greenberg Call * Lee-El Haune * Jesse Horowitz * Rebecca Katzman * Josh Kauderer * Jonathan Manevitch * Jody Miller * Dalya Panbehchi * Hannah Pomerantz * Joelle Reid * Shlomo Roiter * Micah...
10 Tips for Breaking the Silence
Breaking the Silence (BTS) is an organization dedicated to revealing the ‘truth’ about the IDF. Loosely based on accounts of soldiers, BTS tries to highlight immoral incidents in the IDF. But after a recent Channel 10 investigation, Breaking the Silence can no longer be trusted as a reliable source. Here is a...
Mekonen: An Ethiopian’s Journey to becoming an IDF officer
Originally featured in JerusalemU‘s Beneath the Helmet, a film revealing the stories of a handful of soldiers in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Mekonen, an Ethiopian Israeli, had just drafted into the Paratroopers Unit. The film Mekonen was recently released, and focuses on the rest of his incredible journey after basic training. In the...
Artists4Israel: Israel and her art are here to stay
Artists4Israel is an organization that works to uplift communities and promote the artistic and cultural freedoms of Israel through interactive hasbara initiatives. In the past, Artists4Israel has participated in campus events run by pro-Israel, CAMERA-supported groups at SUNY Albany and Cal State Long Beach. By encouraging students to paint Israeli-themed billboards or work...
Propaganda at its best: Al Jazeera and its creation, AJ+
AJ+, an outlet run by Al Jazeera, has been making waves on social media. But do its subscribers realize they are supporting an utterly hypocritical source, which masquerades itself as liberal and progressive? The Claim Al Jazeera, an Arab TV network, claims to be a legitimate journalism source and denies any accusation...
5 Reasons To Learn About Middle Eastern and African Jewry
The Jewish people have survived numerous atrocities, from slavery in Egypt, to the Spanish Inquisition, to the Farhud in Iraq and the Holocaust. This history of struggle shows that it is necessary to stand up against hatred and evil. Jews Indigenous to the Middle East and North Africa (JIMENA) is an organization with...