The National Union of Students (NUS) has concluded a disciplinary investigation into its President. NUS has chosen to dismiss their President Shaima Dallali. This decision follows an initial independent investigation by Rebecca Tuck KC.  

In this editorial, Joel Rosen introduces the first edition of Aleph in decades. You can read Aleph here.

In The Gates of the Forest Elie Wiesel concludes that “God made man because he loves stories”. I decided to bring Aleph, the magazine of the Union of Jewish Students, back into print, after a few decades in hibernation, because a new generation of Jewish students has stories for the rest of us.

The following was written by Jodie Franks, who is our Head of Programming and Sixth Form Development and LGBTQ+ ally. Jodie studied Classical Civilisation, and wrote her dissertation on gender roles in the ancient world.

Amanda Sefton our current Head of Campaigns, reflects back on her two years at UJS and shares her experiences and insight into what it has been like working in UJS:

Over the past few months, there have been a lot of discussions and news stories over the issues with antisemitism and NUS. Jewish students have felt excluded and ignored and now our voice is being heard and Jewish students are not being silent.

On the 7th of April, it was my privilege, along with my colleague Shayna, to host the 14th annual UJS Student Awards. Our largest ever! 

Read on to see a synopsis of one of the days of the trip, and thoughts on memorialisation.

We are so excited to finally share our full sabbatical team for next year!!! Huge Mazel Tov and we can't wait to see all the amazing things you do soon!

Jodie and Dovi share some thoughts and reflections about the festival of Pesach (Passover). Read on to find out about our favourite parts of the holiday, how Pesach relates to today's world, and more!

This past week has been Swab Week – a national week organised by the Sue Harris Trust (and coordinated by the amazing former Leeds J-Soc President Natalie Deller on behalf of the Trust!) aimed to get as many young Jews on the national Bone Marrow register as possible.