Priority Ballot conf 2024

Constitutional Amendments

CA1: An Open and Transparent Process around EUJS and WUJS Board Nominations 

 

CA2: Formalising the Role of National Council 

 

CA3: Joke Motions at Conference

 

 

Jewish Enrichment and Engagement

 

JEI 4: Representation of Sephardi/Mizrahi Jewish Tradition at UJS

 

JEI 13: Student Led services at UJS 

 

JEI 14: cross communalism speaker tours 

 

JEI 5: UJS stays global 

 

JEI 1: supporting Jsoc led Friday night dinners including access to kosher food 

 

JEI 2: establish a UJS year abroad and Jewish cultural buddy scheme 

 

JEI 7: increase women's engagement and empowerment with a subsidy 

 

JEI 9: Create a UJS Handbook for Shabbat/Jewish Observance 

 

JEI 6: Supportive Progressuve Judaism on campus 

 

JEI 15: Nationally expanding Holocaust Education 

 

JEI 10: UJS to Mark Sigd

 

JEI 12: For UJS to be more inclusive of students outside of NW London 

 

JEI 3: UJS to commit to implementing the Board of Deputies Recommendations for Combatting Racial Inequality 

 

JEI 11: at every UJS event, there should be a minimum of 20%-25% of Israeli or Jewish music 

 

JEI 8: UJS will offer a cross communal service at UJS convention 

 

Programming

 

PROGRAMMING 2: Equal Opportunity in Sport

 

PROGRAMMING 6: Broadening 6th Former Engagement

 

PROGRAMMING 23: Speaking Events with Organisations Working Towards Peace

 

PROGRAMMING 8: More Israel Engagement Events Throughout Campuses

 

PROGRAMMING 13: UJS Going into Schools

 

PROGRAMMING 15: Great JSoc Bake Off

 

PROGRAMMING 1: Support and Expand the Booze4Jewz Club Night Event

 

PROGRAMMNG 22: more speakers going more places on more tours

 

PROGRAMMING 5: more Jsoc sports 

 

PROGRAMMING 11: Launch a Campus Buddy Program for Incoming Jewish students

 

PROGRAMMING 12: UJS to celebrate and Support women's Jsocs football teams 

 

PROGRAMMING 14: have an annual memorial service for Yom Hazikaron, highlighting UJ nationals who fell 

 

PROGRAMMING 10: maintain and enhance communication with Israeli students and Hebrew speakers 

 

PROGRAMMING 24: Help Jewish Students Make Connection on Israeli Campuses and in Israel in General

 

PROGRAMMING 4: UJS to host more inter-Jsoc Charity football and netball games 

 

PROGRAMMING 7: UJS to continue and enhance the university leadership fellowship annually 

 

PROGRAMMING 20: UJS annual running competition 

 

PROGRAMMING 21: Matty fisher and Taliah Hammell to present the UJS student awards

 

PROGRAMMING 19: UJS sport with a boost 

 

PROGRAMMING 17: host an annual UJSix Friday night dinner for incoming Jewish students 

 

PROGRAMMING 16: UJS to continue and enhance the university fellowship programme with its sixth form track 

 

PROGRAMMING 3: introduce a new award for security volunteers at the UJS student awards 

 

PROGRAMMING 18: A memorial service/ceremony to be held every year on the anniversary of the 7th of October 

 

PROGRAMMING 25: Sustaining ujs's tiktok presence and embracing trends post Sami Berkoff  

 

 

CAMPAIGNS 

 

5: Oli Levy to be Given a Knighthood for Services to UJS 

 

18: UJS to stand Against Extremism  

 

11: UJS Commitment in Combatting Xenophobia Towards Israelis 

 

3: UJS to continue the Adoption of the IHRA Definition of Antisemitism  

 

1: Consent it Kosher: UJS Against Sexual Violence 

 

14: Antisemitism Allyship Programme 

 

10: Proactively Tackle Antisemitism – A 5 Year Plan 

 

4: Increase Capacity of UJS Antisemitism Training 

 

6: Tackling Antisemitism on Campus 

 

8: United Against Racism on Campus 

 

2: Stop the Drop – Supporting Final Year Medical Students 

 

7: Relaunching Antisemitism Awareness Week with Proactive Campaigning 

 

17: Campaigning Against Islamophobia and Racism  

 

9: UJS to Develop an Israel Education Toolkit to Productively Important Issues

 

13: Strengthening UJS Engagement with Devolved Governments and Regional Leadership 

 

12: UJS to Continue Working with the Government to Ensure Government Freedom of Speech Policy is Inclusive to All Students 

 

15: To Mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women 

 

16: Confronting the Glorification of Terror on Campus 

 

 

YOUR UNION 

 

21: UJS to Provide Additional Financial Support for Small JSocs to Collaborate  

 

3: Strengthen Sabbatical Officer Engagement with JSocs

 

15: UJS to Create a Grant System for Small and Medium JSocs for Large Events and Long Term Costs 

 

11: Help Make JSoc Events More Affordable

 

4: UJS to Introduce a Community Development Grant  

 

2: UJS to Encourage Cross-Communal Education on Jewish Identity and Zionism 

 

9: UJS Should Aim to Hire an Israel Engagement Officer with a Fluent Hebrew and Israel Experience  

 

7: UJS to encourage Sustainability within JSoc Activities and Training 

 

12: Create and Sell Nationwide UJS Merch Available to All Students 

 

20: UJS for ALL Jewish Students 

 

13: Ensuring Geographical and Gender Diversity in UJS Delegations 

 

16: Promoting and Showcasing the Experiences of UJS Participants in International Jewish Organisation Programmes 

 

18: Creation of a London J-Soc Forum

 

5: Addressing Exclusion in JSocs 

 

10: Including Irish and Northern Irish Jewish Students

 

8: UJS to Become and Continue to be a Real Living Employer 

 

1: A Campaign Officer Forum 

 

6: Foster a Professional Relationship with the Israeli Embassy

 

14: Make the Finance System Easier 

 

17: A More Democratic Timeline 

 

19: Including Welsh Students 

 

 

COMMUNITY 

 

5: UJS to End the Cycle: Period Products for Everyone  

 

1: Enhancing Interfaith Engagement 

 

3: UJS Marks World AIDS Day  

 

4: Create a UJS National Volunteering Platform  

2: Spread Hummus not Hate: UJS for Interfaith  

7: UJS to continue working on supporting Jewish students and apprentices with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)  

 

6: Mental Health Awareness Shabbat 

 

 

WORLD OF WORK 

 

2: Expanding Careers Support for Jewish Students

 

4: UJS to launch a Woman-to-Woman Mentorship  

 

3: Relaunch and revitalise the Ujs Apprenticeship Network  

 

1: Creation of career specific national networks of Jewish students  

 

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