Australasian Union of Jewish Students

Australasian Union of Jewish Students

The Australasian Union of Jewish Students (AUJS) is a federation of Jewish student societies at Australian and New Zealand universities and other higher education institutions. It was founded in 1948 at the University of Sydney and is affiliated with the World Union of Jewish Students. It is politically Zionist. AUJS runs social, educational, political and religious events on University campuses.

Principles

All of the organisation's activities are based on the four pillars of Judaism, Zionism, Pluralism and Activism.

Camps

Orientation camp: Each state arranges an orientation camp during the first weeks of University for first and second year Jewish students. The aim of these camps are to build relationships amongst Jewish students as they enter the often daunting University environment.

National Conference: AUJS holds a national executive conference in February ever year. The conference brings together leaders from all affiliated organisations to discuss leadership and prospects for the coming year.

Winter Conference: Winter Conference is the major national camp for AUJS students. The conference aims to bring together students from all over Australia for religious, political and social activities.

Israel programmes

AUJS operates the Taglit-Birthright Israel programs for Australian students. This program offers students subsidised trips to Israel. Every year AUJS sends over 300 participants to Israel on the Taglit-Birthright Israel trips. AUJS also offers other Israeli based programs.

» Program details

• AUJS Achshav
• AUJS Academy
• AUJS Poland Heritage Tour
• AUJS Aviv (incl. MASA Scholarship Application)
• AUJS Leadership Development Program (LDP)

Constituent organisations

AUJS operates on national, regional and campus levels. Most Regional organisations have a representative on the National Executive. Similarly, each campus organisation has a representative on that Region's Executive.

The current (as of 2012) AUJS National Chairperson is Daniel Nash (Victoria) and the Vice Chairperson is Joel Einstein (New South Wales). National Treasurer is Lev Cherkasski (Victoria), National Development Convenor is Leya Snider (Victoria) and National Public Affairs Director is Alexander Polson (South Australia).

Active campuses

Western Australia

• University of Western Australia
• Curtin University

New South Wales

• University Of New South Wales[1]
• University of Sydney
• Macquarie University
• University of Technology Sydney
• Cumberland
• University of Wollongong

Queensland

• University of Queensland
• St Lucia University

South Australia

• University of Adelaide
• Flinders University
• University of South Australia

Australian Capital Territory

• Australian National University

Victoria

• Deakin University
• Monash Jewish Students Society - MONJSS (Monash University)
• RMIT
• Melbourne University Jewish Students Society - MUJSS (The University of Melbourne)
• Swinburne University of Technology

New Zealand

• University of Auckland

References

• [2] about AUJS
• [3] AUJS National Constitution

External links

• AUJS website