World Union of Jewish Students

World Union of Jewish Students

The World Union of Jewish Students (WUJS; pronounced IPA|/wudʒɘs/) is the international, pluralistic, non-partisan roof organisation comprising around 50 national independent Jewish Student Unions from all over the world, founded in 1924, with Albert Einstein as its first president.

The WUJS Institute, a study program for Jewish college graduates located in Arad, Israel, was established in January, 1968. The WUJS Arad Institute currently runs study programs twice a year, with main emphasis on Hebrew Language study and courses on Jewish and Israel topics. WUJS Arad also offers a specialized residency track for Jewish artists and the Peace and Social Justice track, which offers opportunities for internship placement in Israeli organizations related to peace and social justice. The WUJS Arad Institute is independent today from the main Jewish headquarters. WUJS Arad is currently affiliated with Hadassah, the Women's Zionist Organization, based in the US.

The headquarters of WUJS are located in Jerusalem, and its current Chairperson is Tamar Shchory.

Megaphone

In July 2006 the WUJS put on their website a piece of freeware to in their words "Help Israel with the toughest battle - the battle for public opinion on the internet". See Megaphone desktop tool for more. [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-2289232,00.html] "Israel’s Government has thrown its weight behind efforts by supporters to counter what it believes to be negative bias and a tide of pro-Arab propaganda. The Foreign Ministry has ordered trainee diplomats to track websites and chatrooms so that networks of US and European groups with hundreds of thousands of Jewish activists can place supportive messages."

Constituent Executive Organisations

* Australasian Union of Jewish Students (AUJS): Australia and New Zealand
* Canadian Federation of Jewish Students (CFJS) or Federation Canadienne Des Etudiants Juifs (FCEJ) in French.
* European Union of Jewish Students (EUJS): across Europe, including the Balkans, the Baltic States, Central and Eastern Europe, the Former Soviet Union, the Mediterranean Coasts, Scandinavia and Western Europe.
* Federacion Universitaria Sionista Latinoamericana (FUSLA, "Latin American Federation of Zionist Students"): Latin America including unions in Mexico, Miami, Colombia, Venezuela, Panama, Brazil, Chile, Uruguay and Guatemala.
* National Union of Israeli Students (NUIS)
* Union des étudiants juifs de France (UEJF, "French Union of Jewish Students"): France
* Union of Jewish Students (UJS): United Kingdom and Ireland
* South African Union of Jewish Students (SAUJS)

ee also

* Chabad on Campus Foundation
*
* CampusJ
* Religion and the internet

External links

* [http://www.wujs.org.il/ WUJS Website]
* [http://www.wujs-arad.org/ WUJS Arad Website]


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