The CAMERA Fellowship supports student leaders who are seeking to develop and strengthen their pro-Israel activism on campus. With the school year underway, InFocus is giving you an inside look into who the lives of the 2016-17 CAMERA Fellows who are working hard to promote the facts about Israel on campus. Meet Rebecca Zagorsky....
From SJP to Pro-Israel: Rezwan’s Story
Rezwan Ovo Haq, a student at the University of Central Florida, advocates strongly for that in which he believes. As a Muslim, Rezwan is devoted to helping fellow Muslims and Palestinians. He “used to believe Israel was an ‘Apartheid’ state, a terrorist state, a regime that routinely oppresses the Palestinians” and was very...
Tips for the Israel Advocate
Between anti-Semitism on college campuses and terror attacks, it doesn’t seem that hatred for the Jewish state will end in the near future. While hate for Israel does not seem be letting up, the approach of Israel advocates can change. At a recent event hosted by CAMERA at Hebrew University, Assaf Luxembourg, CEO of...
Threats Can’t Silence Israel Canada Talk
This piece was contributed by Bradley Martin, our CAMERA Fellow at Concordia University in Montreal. It was originally published in The Concordian, and is reproduced in full, below. Marc Garneau Israel-Canada talk will be rescheduled! On Jan. 12, Member of Parliament for the Liberal Party, Marc Garneau was scheduled to...
CAMERA Alum Continues to Monitor Anti-Israel Propaganda on Campus
Over the last 10 years, CAMERA has educated and trained dozens of exceptional students to speak up for Israel on campus. Not only do our CAMERA Fellows (now completing the 10th year of the program) advocate for truthful coverage of the Middle East during their time on campus, they continue to...
Witnesses of History: Naor
This piece was contributed as part of our Witnesses of History campaign by Naor Amir, a 2014 CAMERA Israel Trip participant, and a 2014-2015 CAMERA Fellow at the University of Florida. For young Israelis growing up in Southern Israel, the sound of sirens have long been inscribed into the psyche....
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: The Right to a Safe Campus and a Secure Israel
This piece was originally published on November 24th in the Cornell Daily Sun. It was written by CAMERA Fellow Reut Baer. To the Editor: Re: “Students for Justice in Palestine Rally Draws Counterprotest,” News, Nov. 20 Over the past month, Jerusalem has not been safe. On Oct. 22, Abdel Rahman Al-Shaludi, a...
CAMERA Fellow at Simmons Published
Our CAMERA Fellow at Simmons College in Boston, Massachusetts, Allison Moldoff was recently published in her campus paper, the Simmons Voice. Her full op-ed appears below! The recent article, “Life in Palestine after the onslaught” (10/9/15) is an article with skewed factual basis. It is incredibly disappointing that the editors...