Australasian Union of Jewish Students

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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. AUJS' constitution lists its four pillars as Judaism, activism, Zionism, and pluralism. 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

Basic Training Winter Escape Political Training Seminar

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 Academy
• 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. AUJS is an affiliate of the Zionist Federation of Australia and Executive Council of Australian Jewry.

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
• University of Wollongong

Queensland

• University of Queensland
• James Cook University

South Australia

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

Australian Capital Territory

• Australian National University

Victoria

• Latrobe Jewish Students' Society - LatJSS (Latrobe University)
• Monash Jewish Students' Society - MonJSS (Monash University)
• Melbourne University Jewish Students Society - MUJSS (The University of Melbourne)
• Swinburne University of Technology
• RMIT
• Deakin University
• Victoria University

New Zealand

• University of Auckland
• University of Otago
• Victoria University of Wellington

Tasmania

• University of Tasmania

References

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

External links

• AUJS website