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World Union of Jewish Students

WUJS to Columbia U: Encampments are vehicles for heinous antisemitism

Columbia University must take decisive action to restore order and ensure the safety of all students, particularly the Jewish community.

|ByYANA NAFTALIEVA/PRESIDENT OF WUJS
A student protester waves a Palestinian flag from the roof of Hamilton Hall, where students at Columbia University have barricaded themselves as they continue to protest in support of Palestinians, April 30, 2024.
World Union of Jewish Students Congress

WUJS Congress creates post-COVID-19 'relief system' for Jewish students

"The greatest long-term challenge would be on the financial front with many of the feeder organizations for Jewish activism facing massive funding challenges," said WUJS president.

|BySARAH CHEMLA
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin talks during a press conference at the Presidential Palace in Nicosia, Cyprus February 12, 2019.

Rivlin commends Jewish student leaders for fighting campus antisemitism

Addressing a delegation of students from around the world at his official residence, Rivlin told the students that he deeply appreciated their dedication to their Jewish identity.

|ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
Baye Alemye visiting the Western Wall

Jewish student unions call on Israel to bring remaining Ethiopian Jews

Baye stressed that while other WUJS members had mentioned that the average global aliyah process is less than 6 months, Ethiopians have been waiting for 21 years.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

US Jewish community needs more democracy

An encouraging exception in the world of Jewish office-hunters is the World Union of Jewish Students. Its recent conference featured a genuinely democratic election

JANUARY 10, 2018
The World Union of Jewish Students (WUJS) picture taken at the Leonardo Hotel in Jerusalem Credit: Dana Levinson Steiner