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AUJS nets three world awards

J-Wire Newsdesk — Mon, 04 Jan 2021 06:21:00 +0000

The Australasian Union of Jewish Students has won awards in three categories at the World Union of Jewish Students (WUJS) Congress for 2020, in individual and group categories.

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AUJS elects its executive Committee

J-Wire Newsdesk — Sun, 01 Sep 2019 03:53:13 +0000

The Australasian Union of Jewish Students (AUJS) elected its new Executive Committee which will lead the organisation into its 72nd year.

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ECAJ joins with AUJS for inaugural Advocacy Summit

J-Wire Newsdesk — Tue, 07 Aug 2018 06:44:51 +0000

The ECAJ and AUJS held the inaugural advocacy summit in Sydney last weekend aimed at giving Jewish students the skills, knowledge and confidence to advocate on issues that affect the Australian Jewish community.

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Antisemitism and holocaust denial on Australian university campuses

J-Wire Staff — Tue, 06 Sep 2016 04:47:07 +0000

Leaflets which have been distributed at universities in New South Wales, Victoria and the ACT claiming that the Holocaust never happened have been referred to University authorities for investigation and led for calls for tougher action against racism on university campuses.

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AUJS receives world-wide recognition

Dean Sherr — Thu, 31 Dec 2015 21:37:51 +0000

The Australasian Union of Jewish Students (AUJS) has been recognised as Union of the Year at the World Union of Jewish Students (WUJS) Congress Awards Ceremony in Jerusalem.

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Student debate turns ugly

Julian Kowal — Mon, 14 Dec 2015 03:36:20 +0000

A debate on “ethno cultural policy” at last week's National Union of Students (NUS) Conference nearly ended in violence after it was hijacked by an aggressive group of far-left student delegates.

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AUJS and Emanuel School welcome new shaliach

J-Wire Staff — Thu, 03 Dec 2015 01:52:25 +0000

In a first for New South Wales, the Australasian Union of Jewish Students (AUJS) and Emanuel School have appointed a Shaliach at both institutions in 2016.

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New leadership for AUJS

J-Wire News Service — Tue, 06 Oct 2015 08:00:06 +0000

Michael Fisher, a commerce/law student at Melbourne's Monash University, and the AUJS National Treasurer in 2015, has been elected as National Chairperson for 2016.

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Commemorating Yitzhak Rabin

J-Wire News Service — Sat, 19 Sep 2015 08:45:30 +0000

The Melbourne Jewish community will gather next month to remember his life and legacy of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin z”l.

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Malcolm meets AUJS

J-Wire Staff — Thu, 17 Sep 2015 01:01:25 +0000

A delegation of 50 AUJS students from around Australia has visited Canberra to develop their political knowledge and skills, by meeting with many of the nation's senior leaders in Parliament House...including Malcolm Turnbull days before he became Prime Minister.

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