Last week, a group of ten British students and UJS team members returned from a week-long trip to Israel and Palestine.Highlights of the trip included meeting Tal Shalev, a journalist who has been writing about Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for many years;

Following revelations in the Mancunion that the recently elected Manchester Metropolitan Co-Chair of Manchester Labour Students, Tayyib Nawaz, has resigned after posting antisemitic and homophobic tweets, Campaigns Director Josh Nagli said:

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‘Making Connections’, the fourth annual exhibition of artwork produced by Jewish students, took place on Thursday 8 June.Over 130 community members and students joined artists and their families and friends to celebrate the culmination of Incubator 2017.

In light of the NEC meeting on 18th July, UJS Campaigns Director, Josh Nagli has said:

Mark Regev, Israel's Ambassador to the UK addressed a group of 70 UK-based students, including Jewish students and those of other faiths and cultures, at a 'thank you' event hosted at the Israeli Embassy in London. 

The General Election on June 8 is fast approaching. Each of 650 constituencies across the UK will elect one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons, and if one party obtains a majority of seats, they are entitled to form the Government, with their leader as Prime Minister.

Excuse the slightly predictable pun in the title of this blog post, but I want to talk about getting high. Not the kind that you might be thinking, but literally high - physically up in the trees.

Despite being Treasurer of Bristol J-Soc in my first year, I only got involved with UJS because my J-Soc President at the time decided to go on the Bristol Students’ Union ski trip, meaning I was ‘encouraged’ to attend NUS National Conference in 2014.