UJS

Our Inclusion Work

At UJS, every Jewish student is welcome and valued exactly as they are. At the core of our inclusion and liberation work is the belief that everyone should feel comfortable to bring their whole self and never have to apologise for or hide parts of their identity.

We also work to empower marginalised students to speak up and create change through peer leadership and campaigns. The named liberation groups within UJS are: Jewish students of colour,  Jewish students with disabilities (including neurodivergence), LGBTQ+ Jewish students,  Jewish students who are women/ gender minorities, and low income Jewish students. Visit the Inclusion hub for more information on our five liberation groups.

 

CULTURAL REVIEW

Help UJS explore exclusion and representation in Jewish student spaces, JSocs  and UJS Events

UJS is inviting Jewish students across the UK and Ireland to share their experiences of exclusion within UJS and JSoc spaces: particularly students with intersecting identities (but not exclusively): Diverse religious identities and observance (e.g Progressive, Masorti, Orthodox) students, Jewish student members of the queer/LGBTQAI+ community, gender minorities and women students, Black and Jewish students of colour, and disabled and neurodivergent students.

The research involves voluntary participation in focus groups and individual interviews, in person or online. Lasting between 1-2 hours.

All data will be kept strictly anonymous and confidential. Participants can withdraw their data at any point during or after data collection.

Data will be used to write a report which outlines the research findings and details practical recommendations on how UJS can address inclusion and representation gaps.

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To get involved contact Eve (our inclusion sabbatical officer) and take a look at our work below!

                                          

                       

 

        

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UJS Women's Network

Cultural Review 

Let My People Flow

You can view the relevant policies on Inclusion here. The actions listed on this page relate to the following polices:

Accessibility:

  • CA8 Eruvs on Campus
  • CO1 For J-Socs to Form a Better Relationship with the Progressive Movements
    on Campus
  • PROG8 Facilitate in-person initiatives for students to connect throughout the UK and
    Ireland that actively promote a diverse Jewish Culture
  • JEI6 Ensuring that JSoc spaces and events are accessible
    to students with physical disabilities and other accessibility needs
  • JEI15 Liberation Working Groups
  • JEI16 Women+ empowerment initiative and network 
  • UJ2 J-Socs to Collect and Donate Sanitary Products
  • UJ5 Neurodiversity and Inclusion
  • UJ12 Let all those who are hungry come and eat!
  • UJ20  Accessibility Forums
  • UJ24 Inclusive UJS
  • UJ50  UJS to support Disabled Jewish students

Racial and Cross Communal Inclusion:

  • CO3  UJS to Commit to Implementing the Board of Deputies' Recommendations on Combatting Racial Inequality Within the Jewish Community
  • CO8 UJS to actively combat anti-Palestinian racism
  • CO15 UJS Uphold Commitment to Commemorate and Educate Jewish History
    and Identity
  • CO16 UJS to hold Mizrahi/Sephardi month every November
  • UJ4 Supporting a diverse, inclusive, and democratic Israel
  • UJ9  Liberation Committee
  • UJ11 Representation of Sephardi/Mizrahi Jewish Traditions at UJS
  • UJ17 Racial Inclusivity

Gender and Sexuality Inclusion

  • CA6 Misogyny on Campus
  • CA21 UJS-wide girls’ Chavruta
  • CO6 Supporting Jewish enrichment
  • CO13  UJS to oppose transphobia (within Jewish communal discourse) 
  • CO20  UJS being Pro-Noun 
  • CO10 LGBTQ+ inclusive sex-ed motion
  • UJ4 Transgender and Non Binary Rights
  • UJ8  Keshet LGBTQ awareness training 
  • UJ19  LGBTQ+ UJS Network 
  • UJ21 Women and Gender non-conforming Networks

Let My People Flow

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