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Approx Jewish Students on campus - +/- 150 

President: Raphi Leon

“Welcoming”, “Homely”, “Community” – when we asked our recent graduates to describe JSoc in one word, these were the three that came up time, and time, again. We’re incredibly proud of this (and promise it wasn’t staged!)

Seriously – we’re all so grateful for the thriving Jewish live we’ve built for Jewish students in Warwick over the past couple of years. Especially when we won JSoc of the Year at the UJS Student Awards in 2024!

Didn’t realise? Don’t worry – Warwick JSoc has been growing rapidly over the past few years, making this an exciting time to join us. But what do we actually get up to at Warwick JSoc?

There are two staple events in the Warwick JSoc calendar which happen every single week: home-cooked Friday Night Dinner (FNDs), and ‘Bagels with Fishel’ hosted by our brilliant Jewish Chaplain Rabbi Fishel Cohen! As well as the delicious food, Bagels and FNDs are fantastic ways to meet people, relax and spend quality time with your friends in the middle, or at the end, of a busy week.

Apart from eating food, we also host a huge variety of other events at Warwick JSoc (food is usually involved too, though). There’s something for everyone: social events that range from circling (a special Warwick tradition you’ll learn about) to games nights; our termly interfaith FNDs which are always a sell-out; foodbank collections at local supermarkets to volunteer on Mitzvah Day; special events for women and non-binary members; and, not to be forgotten, our new JSoc football team the Warwick Matzahballers!

Celebrating Jewish festivals together is another core aspect of Jewish life in Warwick. Over the past years, we’ve hosted: services for Yom Kippur, events in our Sukkah for Succot, Chanukah candle-lighting on campus, Pesach Sedarim and a Shavuot evening programme. Don’t worry, we didn’t forget about Purim – Birmingham JSoc kindly host us at their legendary Purim Party, which we travel to together each year!

Kosher Food & Accommodation

At Warwick JSoc, we have regular deliveries of Kosher meat to supply us for our weekly FNDs – we’re very happy to order extra meat for individual members, so please reach out to us if you’d like us to arrange this for you.

Although there’s no Kosher accommodation at Warwick University, we have members who keep Kosher, and can advise on keeping Kosher in student accommodation. If this is a concern for you, please reach out to us and we can connect you with them.

Local Synagogue Information

There is a small Reform Jewish Community in Coventry, our closest city. Students are very welcome at their events; more information can be found here CoventryJewishReformCommunity

Warwick JSoc has started holding student-led Kabbalat Shabbat services – led in an inclusive and tuneful way, it’s quickly made its way onto the list of weekly events. Rabbi Fishel Cohen also hosts an annual Shabbaton – named the ‘Warwick Weekend’, it’s a Shabbat not to miss!

The UJS Officer for this campus is Ruben

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