LGBTQ+ History Month is a month-long annual celebration of lesbian, gay, bisexual trans, and non-binary history, including the history of LGBT+ rights and related civil rights movements.

Thoughts this Tu Bishvat by Jodie Franks

Tu Bishvat is the celebration of the beginning of the new year for trees, in particular fruit trees. It is celebrated on the 15th day of the month of Shvat, which was chosen because it marks the passage of four months since the rainy season in Israel has ended.

Nina Freedman, UJS President 2021-22

Many of you will have seen the comments recently made by the chair of the JNF, Samuel Hayek. Many notable members of the Jewish community have spoken out about Mr Hayek’s comments, demonstrating that Islamophobia has no place in our community. But does this go far enough?

This year UJS Conference was like no other, we combined the old with the new and the physical with the virtual to create a brand-new hybrid Conference. We saw our largest ever attendance, over 80 motions submitted and a massively engaged student body. 

With our UJS Presidential elections underway this page has EVERYTHING you need to know! From our candidates to the full timeline for the next few weeks!

This week we celebrated interfaith week on campuses all across the UK.

Yesterday we launched our first alumni event of the year, Grads Booze and Schmooze!

Uyghurs, Hong Kongers, Tibetans, Jews and everyone in between gathered to protest human rights abuses in China this weekend at Parliament Square.