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Among the topics discussed at the annual CAMERA on Campus conference were workshops on writing news articles for university and local media, hosting events on campus and how to boost a pro-advocacy presence on social media.
Perhaps the two most moving items in the collection are a pair of notes found in Senesh’s dress following her execution in 1944: the last poem she wrote and a personal letter to her mother.
The incident is a reminder to “embrace each other and our history,” says Lori Palatnik of the Jewish organization Momentum. “Now at a time when no Jew is imprisoned; our only prison is ignorance of our own history. Now it’s no longer ‘let my people go.’ Now it’s got to be ‘let my people know.’ ”
An electrical engineer and computer analyst, she survived the “Farhud” pogrom in Iraq as a child.
“I will not be a part of an organization that supports those who wish to destroy us,” said Professor Yedidyah Langsam, chairman of Brooklyn’s College’s Computer and Information Science Department.
Nine other countries—the United States, Canada, Australia, the United Kingdom, Hungary, Austria, Netherlands, the Czech Republic and Israel—announced that they will not be attending the conference.
Nevertheless, Anuradha Mittal has posted anti-Israel content and support for the BDS movement on her personal Twitter account, including calling for the U.S. government to end aid to Israel and supporting Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and her anti-Semitic rhetoric.
Jewish politicians and organizations responded by pointing out that these types of incidents are why the administration must name an anti-Semitism envoy immediately.
The Deputy Commander of the Paratroopers Brigade, Col. (Res.) Oran Bersano, tells about the deeply moving experience of taking part in a commemorative paratrooper expedition in Slovenia.
Unilever’s North American headquarters are in Englewood Cliffs, N.J., and employs 1,600 people.
It kicked off a global advocacy effort that features an online campaign urging people to call on Ben & Jerry’s and its parent company, Unilever, not to align with the BDS hate movement targeting Israel.
“Anti-Semitism is not just a Jewish problem. Anti-Semitism is everyone’s problem. Our Jewish neighbors cannot be left to fend off this scourge by themselves. If we do nothing, evil will thrive, and it will rule the day,” said Pastor John Hagee.
