November 17, 2015
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Topic: Students
November 17, 2015
12:52 pm
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Liverpool students vote to boycott Israel
Students at Liverpool University have voted to boycott Israel. Using a points based voting system, the motion passed by 1,866 points, with 934 opposed. It will mandate the student union to divest from companies complicit in the “Israeli Occupation of the West Bank and East Jerusalem”, in the “siege on Gaza” and “in the discrimination against Palestinians […]
November 16, 2015
3:18 pm
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Four candidates announced for UJS presidential election
Four students have been selected as candidates to be the next president of the Union of Jewish Students. All four received the requisite 10 nominations from their peers to be placed on the ballot box for the election in December. The candidates are as follows: Joel Salmon, the former president of St Andrews Jewish Society, president and […]
November 16, 2015
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Jewish youth movements to hold vigil for terror victims
Members of nine different Jewish youth movements will hold a vigil for victims of the Paris terror attacks tonight. The Zionist Youth Council have organised an event to commemorate the murder of 130 people on Friday during a shootings and bombings in the French capital. Organisations including Bnei Akiva, Reform and Liberal Judaism will be represented […]
November 10, 2015
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OPINION: Finding my label… Who is Megan?
by Megan Islin, Reading University Jewish Society president I’m Megan, and I’m 20 years old and I’m still trying to find my label. Oh! #andJewish. Whilst interning at UJS, I spent a lot of time looking into the campaign #LABELFREE #andJewish and it made me think about myself and how I identify. Each person in the […]
November 9, 2015
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Opinion: Don’t fear small Jsocs, embrace them!
By, Katie Price, second year Politics and International Relations student at the University of Reading. Recently, whilst reading an article in The Tab on the rise of certain demographic groups selecting specific universities based on the size of the religious community, I was shocked to learn that 68% of Jewish students regarded a large Jewish […]
November 4, 2015
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OPINION: I didn’t think I’d like Ari Shavit but he taught me to question things
by Hannah Sharron, reporting on Israeli journalist – Ari Shavit’s UK tour, which saw over 500 students in five cities attend his events. When Ari Shavit visited the University of Birmingham, I didn’t want to like him, but I did – and he taught me more about myself than I realised. I tried to write about […]
November 4, 2015
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OPINION: More than ever students need to stand up and be counted
by Josh Rom, Nottingham University I often hear the question when the bubbalas phone their worrying mothers “How am I supposed to take on a degree, maintain a social life, stay happy with hobbies, decide on a career choice and still go to Friday Night Dinner?” University is a time to explore, don’t take on […]
November 3, 2015
2:27 pm
2:27 pm
Kosher on campus! Brunel students can buy kosher sandwiches
Kosher food is now available on campus for students at Brunel university. The Jewish society (Jsoc), together with the Students Union announced that ready-made kosher sandwiches will be made available in the campus shop for the first time. The sandwiches will be available for the the small community of Jews that study there, from DD’s. […]
November 2, 2015
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Union of Jewish Students launch video campaign to showcase diversity
The Union of Jewish Students have launched a campaign aiming to breakdown stereotypes and showcase diversity of young Jews. Using hashtags #LABELFREE and #andJewish on Twitter, the Union of Jewish Students’ intends to challenge people’s preconceived ideas about young Jews. In a series’ of clips, Grace, Ed, Catherine and Alyson are shown to feature different types of Jewish students. UJS […]
October 29, 2015
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8:42 pm
Police investigating “Hitler was right” sticker at Birmingham University
Birmingham University has condemned a sticker found on its campus which said “Hitler was right”, as police investigate the incident. The image of the sticker was posted on Twitter by the university’s student education officer, Izzy Lenga. It shows an image of the Nazi leader with the anti-Semitic text, which was posted on campus. In a tweet, she […]
October 19, 2015
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Student report: Ari Shavit offered students a more moderate discourse on Israel
by Richard Black As part of his tour across British campuses with UJS, the distinguished Haaretz journalist and author of ‘My Promised Land’, Ari Shavit, spoke to a packed audience at Oxford University on Monday 12 October. His speech was as emotional and as politically immediate as any of his writings. His words were all the […]
October 19, 2015
3:46 pm
3:46 pm
150 students enjoy Shabbat dinner with TV star Judge Robert Rinder!
Almost 150 Jewish students had a welcome respite from instant noodles and halls of residence meals last week, as Western Marble Arch Synagogue hosted the first in a series of Friday Night Dinners with TV star Rob Rinder. The hearty Shabbat meal – which cost just £5 a head – was organised by a cohort […]
October 19, 2015
10:43 am
10:43 am
Over 500 students hear Israeli journalist Ari Shavit during UK tour
Over 550 students heard one of Israel’s most senior journalists during his UK tour last week. Distinguished journalist Ari Shavit was hosted by the Union of Jewish students, on a UK tour across five cities – Birmingham, Cambridge, London, Leeds and Oxford. READ MORE: Student report: Ari Shavit offered students a more moderate discourse on Israel Shavit […]
October 16, 2015
9:43 am
9:43 am
OPINION: Every tragic death serves to continue the cycle of violence
by Russell Langer, UJS Campaigns Director The last few days for me have had a huge focus on Israel. It started with the incredible experience of travelling the UK with Ari Shavit on his campus tour, hearing his message of hope, and as I write this piece I am travelling back from Birmingham where I observed over […]
