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The headquarters of WUJS are located in [[Tel Aviv]], [[Israel]] and its current Chairman is Oliver Worth, a British [[immigrant]] from the [[United Kingdom]]. |
The headquarters of WUJS are located in [[Tel Aviv]], [[Israel]] and its current Chairman is Oliver Worth, a British [[immigrant]] from the [[United Kingdom]]. |
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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.<ref>http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-2289232,00.html</ref> "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." |
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==WUJS Executive== |
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| Company type | Non-profit |
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| Founded | 1924 |
| Headquarters | Tel Aviv, Israel |
| Website | www.wujs.org.il |
The World Union of Jewish Students (WUJS; Template:Pron-en) is the international, pluralistic, non-partisan umbrella organisation comprising of 48 national independent Jewish Student Unions from all over the world, founded in 1924, with Albert Einstein as its first Chairman. Other previous Chairmen have included Amos Oz and Chaim Herzog.
The headquarters of WUJS are located in Tel Aviv, Israel and its current Chairman is Oliver Worth, a British immigrant from the United Kingdom.
WUJS Executive
The World Union of Jewish Students is administered by its Executive. Chaired by a full-time Chairman, the Executive is comprised of the the Presidents of WUJS' continental and special status unions.
- Australasian Union of Jewish Students (AUJS): Australasia
- Canadian Federation of Jewish Students (CFJS): Canada
- European Union of Jewish Students (EUJS): Europe
- Federacion Universitaria Sionista Latinoamericana (FUSLA): Latin America
- National Union of Israeli Students (NUIS): Israel
- Union des étudiants juifs de France (UEJF): France
- Union of Jewish Students (UJS): United Kingdom
- South African Union of Jewish Students (SAUJS): South Africa
See also
- Chabad on Campus Foundation
- Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life
- CampusJ
- Religion and the internet
References
External links
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