World Union of Jewish Students
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| Company type | Non-profit |
|---|---|
| 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.
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.[1] "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)
See also
- Chabad on Campus Foundation
- Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life
- CampusJ
- Religion and the internet
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