April 7, 2016
3:47 pm

OPINION: Common ground can be found… over pizza

by Zad El Bacha & Jimi Cullen, Co-founders, Jewish, Arab and Muslim Alliance “Shalom! Salaam! Pizza!” – that was the cry of the second meeting of the newly formed Jewish, Arab, and Muslim Alliance (JAMA), which recently took place at a cosy Italian café in the heart of Oxford. The alliance includes members from a diverse […]

April 6, 2016
12:26 pm

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Edinburgh students vote for ‘irresponsible and intolerant’ BDS motion

Edinburgh University Students’ Union has joined a growing list of UK campuses voting to support the move to boycott Israeli goods and services. Students voted 249-153 in support, with 22 abstentions, leading to anger and bewilderment among Jewish campaigners, who said the total number of those taking part represents barely one per cent of the […]

April 5, 2016
12:05 pm

In pictures: UJS student awards 2016

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April 1, 2016
2:54 pm

Jewish students celebrate success with awards ceremony

by Natasha Sporn Oxford was crowned best Jsoc in the country last night at the Union of Jewish Students (UJS) ceremony. They won their accolade after hosting a variety of events over the past year including Friday Night Dinners, guest speakers and social sction initiatives. Students from Oxford also picked up Interfaith Project of the […]

April 1, 2016
11:30 am

Young Voices: Anti-BDS views lead to attack

by Miriam Steiner No country is perfect and all governments do bad things, but boycotts are not the way to address problems. You would think this is a statement most people would agree with – being relatively uncontroversial. But when it comes to Israel, and especially debates on campus about the state, taking that position […]

March 31, 2016
10:09 am

OPINION: The Jewish student movement united in the modern world

by Hannah Brady, Union of Jewish Students (UJS) president and Benny Fischer, European Union of Jewish Students (EUJS) president With recent events in Brussels vivid in our minds, the importance of forming productive international relationships and harnessing European solidarity is becoming increasingly potent. Within the specific context of Jewish community, this too could not be truer. Only […]

March 23, 2016
11:30 am

University of California urged to combat anti-Semitism on campus

The University of California (UC) will establish a committee to evaluate anti-Semitism following rising tensions between supporters of Israel and pro-Palestinian groups on campus. More than 30 Jewish organizations, including the Simon Wiesenthal Center and the Zionist Organization of America, wrote to the UC governing board demanding more is done to protect Jewish students. They […]

March 22, 2016
4:24 pm

New Israel forum on campus seeks to ‘transform’ debate

A new intellectual forum has been initiated on campus to discuss Israel, with leading speakers and advocates lined up to help ‘transform’ the discussion. Called ‘vibrant and grassroots’ by its founder, Elliot Miller, the Pinsker Centre for Zionist Education is an initiative of students who want to change the discourse around Israel on campus. UCL graduate Elliot Miller, who helped […]

March 21, 2016
4:32 pm

King’s College London imposes ‘sanctions’ on anti-Israel rioters

by Justin Cohen King’s College London has imposed “sanctions” on a number of students involved in rioting during an Israel Society event in January, Jewish News can reveal. Police were called to the London campus as around 20 anti-Israel protesters set off fire alarms, smashed a window and hurled chairs as former Shin Bet chief […]

By Justin Cohen

March 21, 2016
9:12 am

Second Oxford Labour student officer resigns citing society’s ‘radical ideology’

A second officer at Oxford University’s Labour Club has walked out citing the society’s “radical ideology” in a move that reignites an anti-Semitism debate following its endorsement of Israel Apartheid Week. Brahma Mohanty, the disabilities officer at the OULC, sent her resignation letter to The Telegraph, which reported that she said recent motions had “purged” […]

March 14, 2016
11:55 am

Universities must ‘urgently’ tackle anti-Semitism says ex-Archbishop Williams

Universities “urgently” need to tackle the rise of anti-Semitism on campus, according to the former Archbishop of Canterbury. In a letter to a student at the University of York who had suffered anti-Semitic abuse, Lord Rowan Williams acknowledged a “poisonous” rise in anti-Semitism in higher education around the country. The letter, reported by the Sunday […]

March 10, 2016
10:46 am

OPINION: UCLU’s decision to boycott Israel makes a mockery of democracy

by Adam Schapira, who studies Philosophy at University College London (UCL) and is the current president of the University College London Union Jewish Society Last Monday, in the spirit of intellectual openness, the UCLU debating society passed a motion opposing the BDS movement. Both sides of the debate were given a fair platform to make compelling arguments, […]

March 9, 2016
3:00 pm

Student politician apologises to Jewish community for anti-Semitic ‘Zio’ remark

A leading student politician has apologised “unreservedly to the Jewish community”, after ‘unwittingly’ making anti-Semitic comments. Rayhan Uddin, who is running to be the student union president at a top London university, expressed regret for using the term ‘Zio’, which he said he was unaware of being “associated with far-right anti-Semitic groups.” Posting on Facebook, […]

March 9, 2016
9:26 am

University College London Union votes to boycott Israel

The University College London Union has voted to boycott Israel, just hours after a series of terror attacks left one dead and many injured across the country, writes Justin Cohen. Officers voted 14-4 for the motion which mandates the union to join the boycott, divestment and sanctions campaign. The vote followed a day in which the […]