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Today the Union of Jewish Students has published Time for Change, a landmark report into campus antisemitism.
Our report, based on new polling and Jewish students’ testimonies, diagnoses the problems on campus and makes urgent recommendations for change.
assets.nationbuilder.com/ujs…
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We’re here at the #MarchAgainstAntisemitism to say that there’s no place for hate on campus
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BREAKING: @ucl_ucu academics voted for “Intifada until victory” and a “mass uprising” against Israeli civilians. This is a horrific incitement to violence and terror.
We have written to UCL’s Provost to express disgust at the motion & call for urgent action in the wake of this.
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“I have some Jewish friends, very good friends. They are not like the other Jews, that’s why they are my friends"- Malaysian PM Mahathir Mohamad at the Cambridge Union last night.
The audience laughs.
Freedom of speech is not a joke when it incites hatred against one people.
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A statement from Cardiff Jewish Society on their experience at @cardiffstudents AGM.
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It is simply appalling for students to refuse to play a Jewish football team. The boycott of Jewish sports teams was once thought to have been confined to the sewers of history. Enough is enough. Antisemitism cannot continue to overshadow the Jewish student experience.
Students from the Arab Society at Leeds University refused to play against the Jewish football team as part of a regularly scheduled fixture.
"To us, this is a blatant act of antisemitism," the Jewish society says.
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We were proud to join @BristolJsoc to protest David Miller’s appearance at an event on ‘the weaponisation of antisemitism’, shouting loudly and proudly:
‘Miller, Miller, shame on you’
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Thank you to the 300+ academics who have signed this open letter condemning Prof. David Miller's actions and statements.
Jewish students demand safety Demand action and Demand that @BristolUni get #hateoffcampus
recentstatementsbyprofdavidm…
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This is simply unacceptable. @nusuk have completely disregarded the impact Lowkey’s performance, and his presence, will have on Jewish students. How are Jewish students supposed to feel included in the wider student movement when NUS choose this figure to perform?
New: Rapper Lowkey to appear at the NUS’s annual conference at end of month.
Also appearing at the conference is Labour MP Zarah Sultana.
Earlier, Lowkey said MSM has “weaponised the Jewish heritage” of Zelenskyy to “stave off” inquiries about far right groups in Ukraine.
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Today, @NUS_UK released a detailed report into Antisemitism in the Union -
"...NUS has failed generations of Jewish students. It is a searing indictment of anti-Jewish racism at the heart of student politics..."
More - ujs.org.uk/nus_report
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UJS and @BristolJsoc are delighted to see that a decision has finally been made by Bristol University regarding Professor David Miller.
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Why does imagery matter? Short thread on campus antisemitism
This poster from a protest at Queen Mary University of London this week might seem small, but it encapsulates nearly a millennium of antisemitic libels, allowing us to understand so much of today's antisemitism. 🧵1/12
ALT A protestor holds a sign at QMUL. The sign says "only puppets of Zionism would ban student peach speech!" and shows puppet strings controlling QMUL, with blood dripping from underneath.
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We are heartbroken and angry that after an uplifting and inspiring Challah Bake, our JSoc Hillel House was defaced with antisemitic graffiti.
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Over 500 (and growing) Jewish students and allies have signed a letter to @nusuk and @nusconnect Board expressing their concern over comments made by the NUS president-elect and failings of NUS. Jewish students are raising their voices. It’s time to act! forms.gle/d7Y6C6UAHEP1CTLY8
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UJS is disgusted that Jewish students and societies are being targeted with antisemitic abuse. Antisemitism is never the answer to increased hostilities in the Middle East and Jewish students must not be held to account for this.
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We’ve Had Enough.
Enough of the death threats, enough of the physical assault, and enough of campus not being a place for Jewish students.
FORMER AND CURRENT JEWISH STUDENTS- please sign this letter, telling university leaders to act NOW:
ujs.org.uk/enough
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This afternoon, @oxfordjsoc and @UJS_PRES have written to @OxfordUCU urging them to stand by their Jewish students and dismiss their appalling motion calling for an intifada.
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UJS is disgusted that senior members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps have been speaking on several campuses across the UK.
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Following a meeting and vote of UJS' National Executive Committee, which represents a cross-section of Jewish students, the following statement was agreed:
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"Jewish students are angry, they are tired, and they are hurt by the continuous torrent of antisemitic hatred on campus since October 7th."
"Let us be clear, we will not stand for this hatred. It is time that universities take their duty of care to Jewish students seriously."
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This week was supposed to be Jewish Experience Week. A week to celebrate Jewish life and culture in all of its many forms.
Since the horrific events of 7th October, the campaign has changed, the idea has not.
This thread is #MyJewishExperience...
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Mazel tov to Liverpool Jewish society and students for defeating a BDS referendum at @LiverpoolGuild. Dialogue, not division, is the way to bring about better understanding on campus, as well as an eventual end to the conflict
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The full motion, attached in screenshots, appears to be similar to that discussed at Cambridge SU and proposed at Oxford UCU last week.
ucl.ac.uk/ucu/egm-motions-fr…
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Jewish students are exhausted from the last two years of inaction by the University of Bristol, leading to yet another instance where David Miller has been allowed to target Jewish students for their imagined part of his global Zionist conspiracy fantasy.
Yesterday, Prof. David Miller, a lecturer from the @BristolUni , criticised Jewish students and the Jewish society for daring to speak out about antisemitism. His comments will only succeed in making our campus a more hostile environment for Jewish students.
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UJS will always defend Jewish students in every corner of the student world, but it is time to accept - NUS Conference is broken beyond repair.
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We are disappointed yet unsurprised by the motions passed last night at Queen Mary Students’ Union endorsing Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) against Israel and dismissing concerns about antisemitism and homophobia in the National Union of Students. 1/6
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📣 A message from @RobbieRinder to Jewish students… a must watch.
And thank you to @RobbieRinder for this powerful message to Jewish students…
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“…Antisemitism in the student movement goes beyond the actions of any one individual and this case is a symptom of a wider problem…”
ALT UJS respects the decision of the National Union of Students to dismiss their President. Antisemitism in the student movement goes beyond the actions of any one individual and this case is a symptom of a wider problem. Jewish students across the country will be asking how an individual deemed unfit for office by NUS was elected in the first place. We await the findings of the substantive inquiry into NUS’ treatment of Jewish students.
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The University refused to discuss the case and remained silent on when a decision would be made, despite the consistent pressure for a timely result. It has now been 165 days since Professor Miller publicly attacked Jewish students, and still nothing. When does the clock run out?
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UJS is calling for a zero-tolerance approach from Universities and Students’ Unions towards the support of Hamas. Along with @jewishchaplain we are writing to every Vice Chancellor and we are urging all SUs to sign an open letter and #StandAgainstTerror #StandAgainstHamas
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How much must Jewish students endure before you listen to their cries of “We've had enough!”?
UJS should not need to announce that the events of recent weeks are wholly unacceptable, make a statement condemning these actions, or do it alone. But yet again, we do, and we are.
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2000+ rockets fired at civilians by terrorist groups, yet @nusuk is silent on this. How dare you preach about relentless attacks & solidarity while being silent on the deliberate attacks, deaths and injuries caused by Hamas and PIJ on innocent civilians living in Israel and Gaza
NUS Statement in Solidarity with Palestinian Liberation.
A short thread⬇️
ALT Text says: A statement in solidarity with Palestinian liberation: NUS strongly condemns the escalating violence against Palestinians and ongoing ethnic cleansing by the Israeli state as families are forcibly removed from their homes in East Jerusalem and worshippers at Al-Aqsa mosque are being relentlessly attacked. As Israeli forces launched another round of air raids on Gaza last night the death toll has now reached 119, including 31 children, and hundreds more have been injured. We call on the UK government to hold the state of Israel to account and ensure that international law is recognised. We extend our unwavering solidarity to Palestinians under occupation and across the world and we reaffirm NUS’ longstanding support for the call for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions on the State of Israel and the repudiation of efforts to suppress that solidarity through the Prevent Duty and the planned anti-BDS Bill. We encourage students to sign this open statement
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After three years, a Jewish student at Bristol has finally received an apology and financial compensation for the way their complaint of antisemitism was handled. This follows a ruling from the Office of the Independent Adjudicator (OIA). 1/3
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@BristolJsoc and UJS have recently become aware that Prof David Miller is still listed to be teaching in the upcoming academic year, despite an ongoing investigation into his conduct. We sent a letter to @UoBrisSPS to express our serious concerns!
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Today, UJS wrote to all university leaders across the UK, sharing our letter signed by over 3,000 Jewish students past and present.
We have requested their plans to safeguard Jewish students during the coming year, which we will share with our community. #WeveHadEnough.
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Jewish students at @BristolUni turning out early this morning to call on their university to adopt the IHRA definition of antisemitism. It shouldn’t be for others to tell Jewish students what is and isn’t antisemitism. We hope @BristolUni will listen to it’s Jewish students.
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The incendiary motion passed by @UCU alleging that Zelensky wishes to turn Ukraine into a “big Israel”, is not only grossly offensive to millions of Ukrainians, but is the latest in a series of UCU’s disgraceful moves that have outraged Jewish students.
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We are extremely concerned that the next President of @edgehillsu decided to dress up as a Holocaust victim and joke about it on social media. We‘re aware of other Holocaust posts.
We are getting in touch with @edgehillsu to ensure the SU receives antisemitism awareness training
🗳 YOUR FULL TIME OFFICERS FOR 20/21! 🗳
SU PRESIDENT 👉 SAM FARRELL
VP ACTIVITIES 👉 ELLIE PITHER
VP WELFARE 👉 CALLUM CHAMBERS
VP ACADEMIC REPRESENTATION 👉 MOLLY SMALLWOOD
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UJS and QMUL JSoc Statement on the hosting of Moazzam Begg on campus yesterday:
ALT UJS and QMUL Statement: We are horrified that yesterday evening, QMUL Islamic Society hosted Moazzam Begg on campus. On October 7th, Begg tweeted in support of the “inalienable right” of Hamas to commit the October 7th massacre. Just ten days ago, he denied that women were raped by Hamas in the attack. Despite this, Queen Mary SU approved the event. This is truly baffling. If those who support terror and deny rape fulfil the requirements for campus speakers, what is the point in having these procedures at all?
BREAKING 🚨
Queen Mary University @QMUL Islamic Society is hosting Moazzam Begg tomorrow
When not praising the Taliban Begg devotes himself to denying the facts of the Hamas massacre on October 7th.
The terrorists wore bodycams and recorded the whole thing.
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Great to chat to @Baddiel about the Jewish student experience, antisemitism and #jewsdontcount !✡️
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This morning UJS is attending a round-table discussion at @10DowningStreet with the Prime Minister and university Vice-Chancellors about antisemitism on campus and to present on the Jewish student experience
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1/3 The NUS delegates have voted in Shaima Dallali as the next NUS president. Jewish students have spoken to us and raised their concerns over much of the messaging Dallali has put out on her social media in the past 🧵
YOUR NEW NUS OFFICER TEAM⚡️ Elections have now closed and we can confirm:
NUS National President - Shaima Dallali
NUS VP Higher Education - Chloe Field
NUS VP Further Education - Bernie Savage
#NATCON22
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This wasn't the only antisemitic statement made by Malaysian PM Mahathir Mohamad at the Cambridge Union last night.
@DanielKosky summarises the PM's subsequent remarks about Jewish people in his blog: ujs.org.uk/malaysian_pm_camb…
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UJS will not stand by as Jewish students are left behind by the people and processes meant to safeguard them
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In response to our letter, @OxfordUCU members have now withdrawn the motion. It is disgusting that this motion was ever going to be debated, and that this decision was not made earlier.
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Today’s round table with @KensingtonRoyal sends a powerful message to Jewish students across the country that the fight against antisemitism is everyone’s fight.
Hearing from students and young people who have experienced antisemitism, and meeting with young ambassadors from all backgrounds and faiths who have taken part in the flagship ‘Lessons from Auschwitz’ project.
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For decades, Hizb ut-Tahrir have plagued campuses across the country, spreading their hateful and antisemitic ideology.
We welcome this announcement and call for further action so that hate has no place on campus.
ALT UJS Statement on the proscription of Hizb ut-Tahrir reading "For decades, Hizb ut-Tahrir have plagued campuses across the country, spreading their hateful and antisemitic ideology. The announcement of the organisation’s proscription comes after generations of Jewish students have campaigned to ensure that campus is free from Hizb ut-Tahrir’s vitriol. We welcome this announcement and call for further action so that hate has no place on campus."
Today, we took action to proscribe Hizb ut-Tahrir as a terrorist organisation.
The encouragement and promotion of Hamas’ unlawful attacks, and the group’s antisemitic ideology, are appalling.
Being a member and inviting support for the group will be a criminal offence.
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“Glorification of the Nazis has no place in our society, especially on campus… We expect swift and decisive action from the University of Warwick and the Conservative Party.”
EXCL 🚨 Tory student group held black-tie dinner two weeks ago where members sang German marching song used by the Nazis in WW2
Warwick Uni Conservative Association sorry after dancing to “Erika” — used by SS and Wermacht and today white supremacists thetimes.co.uk/article/tory-…
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This week, with the support of @Mishcon_de_Reya, we have written to @QMUL outlining our deep concerns about Jewish student safety and welfare.
We will not stop here. We must be clear - antisemitism has no place within any university.
Jewish students were subjected to Hitler jokes and threats from other students at a major London university, it has been alleged ⬇️ thetimes.co.uk/article/jewis…
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the only thing to blame for antisemitism is antisemites #ShabbatShalom
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We are delighted that the University of Oxford has joined the growing list of UK universities adopting the IHRA definition of antisemitism.
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The University of Bristol has announced they are undergoing an investigation into the behaviour of Prof. David Miller. See our joint statement with @BristolJSoc
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Thank you for all the support that has been shown to Jewish students. Together we will get #hateoffcampus
Shabbat shalom!
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We want to say a massive thank you to everyone who have shared their support and solidarity with Jewish students.
A special shout out and thank you to @CST_UK for all your advice, guidance and protection you have given to us, students and the Jewish community!
Shabbat Shalom!
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UJS statement upon discovery of Essex University Amnesty Soc's apparent call to vote against the establishment of a Jewish society.
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Now is the time to act! David Miller and his views have no place on campus.
We need your support and tell the University of Bristol to get hate off campus.
Join our virtual rally with Bristol J-Soc to demand that action be taken and NOW
#hateoffcampus
Today we say Enough.
We have tolerated this hateful speech on our campus for far too long, and we are exhausted.
We are tired of silence, tired of inaction, tired of hate.
David Miller and his views have no place on our campus.
Action must be taken.
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Last night, a horrific attack occurred in Tel Aviv, on Dizengoff Street in the heart of the city on a busy Thursday night. A place that many Jewish students know well. The lives of 2 young men were taken in this vicious attack.
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. @nusuk have announced that they will be moving forward with two investigations following the request from over 1500 Jewish students and allies. We want to thank all those who signed and continue to express support for the Jewish student community
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Ms Albanese must apologise for her actions, the hurt she continues to cause our community and the trauma she has once again dredged up for Jewish students at Bristol and beyond.
Our statement on the behaviour of the UN's 'Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories', Francesca Albanese, and her support for the conspiracy theorist David Miller.
"We call on our Government to openly request Ms Albanese's dismissal; her ongoing association with the UN is a disgrace to the entire organisation."
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WATCH: "The University management cares nothing, sees nothing and does nothing about this. They appear to regard Jewish students as a nuisance and refuse to take serious action."
Thank you to @halfon4harlowMP for raising the inaction of @BristolUni in Parliament. @BristolJsoc
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UJS and @BristolJsoc calls on the University of Bristol to immediately suspend Miller, pending the completion of its investigation. See our full statement below:
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This week @BristolJsoc and UJS met with the Vice-Chancellor of @BristolUni, Professor Hugh Brady, to discuss its failure to provide basic duty of care to its Jewish students in regards to Professor Miller.
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UJS is clear: Any commitments made by Vice-Chancellors today need to be followed by swift and decisive action.
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We are absolutely disgusted that @SOAS Palestine Society are hosting a ‘workshop’ on antisemitism with EUROPAL, an organisation which peddles the neo-Nazi myth that Jews are ‘Khazars’.
We will be writing to @SOAS and to the Palestine Society to demand the event is cancelled.
Are you sitting down?
A London Uni are letting a Hamas linked group come in & instruct students on the subject of #antisemitism.
Support for terrorists aside, the group has previously pushed the neo-Nazi Khazar myth.
Our children will never forgive us
david-collier.com/europal/
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This speaks to a wider problem of NUS failing to make Jewish students feel at home within their movement. We have tried to engage in good faith to work with them to make NUS welcoming for Jewish students, but time and time again NUS have brushed Jewish students aside
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🚨FIRST SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT🚨
Joining us tonight, at our virtual rally in solidarity, are
@RachelRileyRRm and Marie Van der Zyl @BoDPres
Together we call on Bristol University to kick #HateOffCampus
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"Every day UJS is receiving more and more reports of antisemitism directed at Jewish students."
See UJS' full statement below thetab.com/uk/2021/05/21/i-f…
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Yesterday, we joined @Leeds_JSoc with 300 students and local community members to stand against antisemitism on campus, in the wake of recent antisemitic incidents.
Jewish students are loud and proud in their identity and will continue to lead vibrant Jewish lives on campus.
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UJS and Cardiff JSoc are delighted to announce that a motion tonight passed at Cardiff SU to adopt the IHRA definition of antisemitism. Read full statement below:
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We sought clarification on @nusuk statement (nus.org.uk/articles/nus-upda…) with an urgent email on Monday. We were promised a reply by this morning. Still radio silence from @Larissa_Ken and her team. When will NUS own up to their mistakes and end the cycle of lies? We are waiting...
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This morning, @UJS_PRES wrote to @yourcambridgesu regarding last night’s despicable debate considering whether a ‘mass uprising’ should be supported against Israelis.
Urgent action must be taken.
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UJS is excited to announce Joel Rosen as the UJS President Elect 2022-23. His campaign manifesto focused on reuniting Jewish students, robust advocacy and representing the diverse Jewish student community around the UK and Ireland.
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Great to meet with @nadhimzahawi to discuss antisemitism on campus and how we can work together to support Jewish students
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It is completely inappropriate for the NUS president to be speaking at a so-called ‘Israel Apartheid Week' event. This week is extremely divisive, inflammatory, and does nothing to promote peace. UJS raised these concerns with Larissa Kennedy at a meeting last month.
EXCLUSIVE: Fury as NUS president set to speak alongside boycott leader for Israel Apartheid Week
thejc.com/news/uk/fury-as-nu…
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📢CALL FOR EVIDENCE📢
@nusuk has commissioned an investigation into antisemitism which seeks to consider "whether NUS has done enough to make Jewish students feel welcome, included and safe in NUS spaces, activities, and in elected roles".
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Ahead of conference, we received this letter from NUS VP Chloe Field which we are sharing with Jewish students.
It contains an unreserved apology for the treatment of Jewish students.
We will continue to work with NUS to ensure the Tuck report's recommendations are actualised.
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Jewish students won't be defined by hate.
They are PROUD of their Judaism, and Jewish life on campus will continue to grow and thrive.
UJS is here to lead, defend, and enrich Jewish life on campus.
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Neutrality and silence in the face of the targeted attacks on Jewish students and their representative society and union is unacceptable and an absolute failure of their duty of care to Jewish students.
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Despite ultimately finding in favour of Miller, the Tribunal has found that he contributed to his own dismissal and that he was "culpable and blameworthy"
David Miller is fundraising off the back of his claim that he's not anti Jewish but anti Zionist which is, apparently, a whole different thing.
But does the evidence stack up? 🤔🤔🤔
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UJS prays for the safety of Israel and all its people as the Iranian regime launches a direct attack on Israel
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Thank you to @Christian4BuryS for raising the issue at @BristolUni in the House of Commons.
Jewish students are being singled out and targeted by a university professor.
Bristol university must finally act to get #hateoffcampus
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UJS is disgusted to hear that Wiley will be performing at @SwitchPreston as part of @UCLanSU freshers week.
A nightclub in Preston has been urged to reconsider its decision to host disgraced grime artist Wiley on Saturday.
@UJS_UK: "allowing him to perform sends the message that antisemitism is acceptable and the wellbeing of Jewish students is not important" jewishnews.timesofisrael.com…
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Good to see members of the House of Lords calling on all universities to adopt the IHRA definition. Antisemitism cannot be tackled if it isn’t defined, and more universities need fulfil their obligations to their Jewish students.
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UJS - live via Restream.io pscp.tv/w/cwUu-TFZTEtKTkd5cl…
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THANK YOU! With your support we have smashed our £500,000 target to safeguard Jewish life on campus!!
Your donations will make a world of difference to Jewish students. We are so grateful for your generosity 🩵💙🧡
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.@BristolUni is failing to protect its students from being singled out and targeted! Join Jewish students and @BristolJsoc in solidarity at 5pm to demand action and get #HateOffCampus
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We are disgusted at the firebombing of the French Union of Jewish Students’ Sorbonne office. This disgraceful, vile antisemitic attack on our counterparts used the same tropes we see too often across UK campuses, conflating Jews & Israel in order to justify insidious hatred @uejf
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This is the David Miller effect. A Jewish student being targeted online for demanding action against antisemitism on her own campus. @BristolUni when will you act to prevent more Jewish students from being targeted? #HateOffCampus
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Big news on Bristol at 11am - stay tuned! #hateoffcampus
@BristolJsoc
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These mitigations seek to remove Jews from the space rather than consider how to make the space welcoming to all, and yet again show @nusuk disregard for understanding the impact Lowkey's presence has on Jewish students
It gets worse.
When the Union of Jewish Students contacted the NUS to complain about their decision to invite the rapper, they were told Jewish students could find an “existing safe space designated for students who are sensitive to loud noise during Lowkey’s performance”.
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See our joint statement with Nottingham Jewish Society on the decision of @UniofNottingham to invite Chris Williamson to deliver a lecture. We are calling on the university to rescind the invitation immediately.
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