European Union of Jewish Students

The European Union of Jewish Students (EUJS) is a Jewish, Zionist, pluralistic, inclusive and non-partisan umbrella organisation. EUJS supports Jewish student unions throughout Europe and represents its members to European institutions, the OSCE, the UNHRC, as well as to other major Jewish and non-Jewish organisations. Founded in 1978, EUJS currently has 36 member organisations, spanning from Russia to Scandinavia to the United Kingdom. EUJS is led by a President, an Executive Director, a Treasurer and seven Board Members who are elected by EUJS member organizations at the EUJS General Assembly every two years. The EUJS headquarters are located in Brussels, Belgium.

Current Leadership

President: Emma Hallali

Executive Director: Eitan Bergman

Treasurer: Caterina Cognini

Board Members:

Hanna Veiler (JSUD)
Daniel Lazer (JUS)
Judith Offenberg (UJS)
Máté Zsédely-Holler (Hungary)
Rafael Ruah Arie (JYP)
Ron Stern (CUZM)
Victoria Borochov (JOH)

History of EUJS

In February 1978 in Grenoble one hundred and fifty European Jewish Students developed and approved a constitution and created a plan of action meant to cover all aspects of modern European Jewish student life.

Moving to Brussels in 1978, EUJS first opened an office (near Porte de Namur) and in 1980 moved to its current premises at the Université Libre de Bruxelles.

International Memberships

EUJS is a constituent member of the European Youth Forum, the leading platform for more than 90 national youth councils and international NGOs, and is the only Jewish organization represented at that level. It is supported by the Council of Europe, the European Commission, and is a member of the World Union of Jewish Students (WUJS). EUJS is one of the largest international student organizations worldwide and the first Jewish Youth NGO to obtain the special Consultative Status to the ECOSOC of the United Nations. Its annual programming includes the largest annual event for Jewish youth in Europe Summer University, as well as international, inter-religious, inter-generational seminars, and study sessions at the European Youth Centre.

Full members status is held to the European Youth Forum (YFJ) which operates within the Council of Europe and European Union areas and works closely with both these bodies.

Relationship with Soviet Jews

The struggle for participation in the World Youth Festival in Moscow was the beginning of a series of activities of efforts for Soviet Jewry. On November 17, 1985, Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev met in Geneva, and around 75 Jewish students, amongst them students from the UK and the Netherlands, demonstrated in solidarity with the Soviet Jewry. Subsequently, in April 1986, the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE) took place in Bern, Switzerland. EUJS used this occasion to organize—in cooperation with the Swiss Union of Jewish Students (SUJS)—a special Seder in honor of the Jews of the Soviet Union in the Bern Synagogue. Student representatives from Sweden, Belgium and Switzerland were joined by several national delegates to the CSCE meeting. In addition to the activities staged in Bern, the EUJS encouraged its national member unions to lobby their respective foreign ministries throughout the CSCE meeting so as to raise the case of Soviet Jewry.

2001 World Conference Against Racism

A delegation of EUJS students, led by then President Joelle Fiss, joined the World Union of Jewish Students (WUJS) and the South African Union of Jewish Students (SAUJS) at the World Conference Against Racism in Durban from August 26 until September 7 2001. The EUJS delegates were present at the Youth Summit, the NGO Forum and the Governmental Conference. The event—in addition to spurring EUJS delegates to action on site—led to EUJS signing a common declaration with the Roma student delegation, setting forth the possibility of a partnership to promote Holocaust education, and subsequently resulting in an EUJS-led seminar in Budapest in November 2003. During the Youth Summit at Durban, EUJS, together with WUJS and SAUJS, put forward a proposal calling for an end of the violence on both sides of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The proposal condemned the use of violence and called for students to take an active role in advocating peace in the region. A group led by a delegation of Palestinians students voted down this proposal. During the governmental conference, EUJS met with political leaders such as Louis Michel, the Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Walter Schwimmer, the Secretary General of the Council of Europe.

The Austrian Far Right

In February 2000, the ultra-right Freedom Party FPÖ (Freiheitliche Partei Österreichs), entered into a coalition government in Austria. Led by Jörg Haider, the party praised Hitler's employment policy. Haider was well known for his numerous anti-Semitic and xenophobic statements. EUJS organized a large demonstration in parallel to a leadership seminar that it was conducting at the Council of Europe in Strasbourg. Students walked in front of the European Parliament and the Council of Europe to the Austrian embassy where they lit candles and threw toothbrushes in the mailbox in order to remind Austrians how Jews had to clean the sidewalk with toothbrushes during the Anschluss.

Against the Intifada

During one of the most violent periods of the second Intifada, many Jewish organizations and communities came together and organized demonstrations against anti-Semitism. One of the most visible demonstrations was held in Brussels in April 2002. EUJS sent a delegation of students to these demonstrations.

Members

Country	Name	Abbrev.
Austria	Jüdische Österreichische Hochschülerinnen	JÖH
Belgium	Union des Étudiants Juifs de Belgique	UEJB
Belarus	Union of Belarusian Jewish Organizations and Communities
Bulgaria	Union of Jewish Students and Youth in Bulgaria
Croatia	Croatian Union of Jewish Youth	CUJY
Czech Republic	Česká Unie Židovské Mládeže	CUZM
Denmark	Dansk Jodisk Ungdomssammenslutning	DJUS
Estonia	Union of Jewish Students of Estonia	UJSE
Finland	Juutalainen Opiskelijayhdistys	JOY
France	Union des étudiants juifs de France	UEJF
Germany	Jüdische Studierendenunion Deutschland	JSUD
Greece	Hellenic Jewish Students	ENE
Hungary	Zsidó Fiatalok Magyarországi Egyesülete
Italy	Unione Giovani Ebrei d'Italia	UGEI
Latvia	Union of Jewish Youth in Latvia	UJYL
Lithuania	Lithuanian Union of Jewish Students	LUJS
Luxembourg	Union des Jeunes Gens Israélites de Luxembourg	UJGIL
Moldova	Haverim
North Macedonia	Makedonska Unija Evrejskih Studenata	MEM
Netherlands	Joodse Sudenten En Jongerenvereniging	IJAR
Norway	Norsk Jodisk Jdisk Studentforening	NJS
Poland	Zydowska Ogolnopolska Organizacja Milodziezowa - until 2016 when it ended functioning	ZOOM
Portugal	Jewish Youth of Portugal	JYP
Romania	Organizatia Tinerilor Evrei din Romania	OTER
Russia	Russian Union of Jewish Students	RUJS
Serbia	Association of Jewish Youth Clubs of Serbia
Slovakia	Slovenka Unia Zidovskej Meladeze	SUZM - SUJY
Slovenia	Kadima: Jewish Student and Youth Organization of Slovenia	KADIMA
Spain	Federacíon de Jóvenes Judíos en España	FEJJE
Sweden	Judiska UngdomsfÖrbundet I Sverige	JUS
Switzerland	Swiss Union of Jewish Union	SUJS
Turkey	Turkish Union of Jewish Students	TUJS
Ukraine	Ukrainian Union of Jewish Students	UUJS
United Kingdom Ireland	Union of Jewish Students	UJS

References

"Son of hero speaks at Niles West". www.jlichicago.com. Retrieved Sep 28, 2014.
"08.02.2016 – Hillel zamiast Żydowskiej Ogólnopolskiej Organizacji Młodzieżowej? | Wirtualny Sztetl". 8 February 2016.

External links

Official website

v t e Jewish youth organisations
Youth organisations	Aleph Zadik Aleph Am Yisrael Foundation B'nai B'rith Girls BBYO Betar Bnei Akiva Canadian Young Judaea Ezra USA Federation of Zionist Youth Habonim Dror HaMahanot HaOlim HaNoar HaOved VeHaLomed HaNoar HaTzioni Hashomer Hatzair Hineni JLGB Kadima Moriya NCSY Netzer NFTY USY Young Judaea
Student unions	Australasian Union of Jewish Students European Union of Jewish Students Swiss Union of Jewish Students Union des étudiants juifs de France Union of Jewish Students of the UK & Ireland World Union of Jewish Students
Student services organisations	Chabad on Campus Hillel International

v t e Member organisations of the European Youth Forum
International non- governmental youth organisations	Association des Etats Généraux des Etudiants de l'Europe Alliance of European Voluntary Service Organisations ACTIVE - Sobriety, Friendship and Peace Board of European Students of Technology Democrat Youth Community of Europe European Bureau of Conscientious Objection European Confederation of Youth Clubs European Democrat Students European Educational Exchanges – Youth for Understanding European Federation for Intercultural Learning European Liberal Youth Erasmus Student Network European Students' Union European Trade Union Confederation Youth EU Federation of Youth Hostel Associations European Union of Jewish Students Ecumenical Youth Council in Europe International Federation of Catholic Parochial Youth Movements (Fimcap) Federation of Young European Greens International ATD Fourth World Movement International Federation of Liberal Youth International Falcon Movement - Socialist Education International International Federation of Medical Students' Associations International Union of Socialist Youth International Young Nature Friends International Young Catholic Students - International Movement of Catholic Students IGLYO Young European Federalists International Movement of Catholic Agricultural and Rural Youth Europe (MIJARC Europe) Organising Bureau of European School Student Unions Service Civil International World Esperanto Youth Organization World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts World Organization of the Scout Movement Youth Action for Peace Youth and Environment Europe Youth of the European People's Party Youth for Exchange and Understanding European Alliance of Young Men's Christian Associations Youth of European Nationalities Young European Socialists Young Women's Christian Association
National youth councils	Allianssi British Youth Council Nationale Jeugdraad Comité pour les Relations Nationales et Internationales des Associations de Jeunesse et d'Education Populaire Eesti Noorteühenduste Liit Conférence Générale de la Jeunesse Luxembourgoise Consejo de la Juventud de España Conselho Nacional de Juventude Consell Nacional de la Joventut de Catalunya Consiliul Național al Tineretului din Moldova Comité pour les Relations Internationales de Jeunesse National Youth Council of Switzerland Cyprus Youth Council Deutsches Nationalkomitee für Internationale Jugendarbeit Dansk Ungdoms Fællesråd National Youth Council of Greece Forum Nazionale dei Giovani Kunsill Nazzjonali Taz-Zghazagh Lietuvos jaunimo organizacijų taryba Latvijas Jaunatnes Padome Landsrådet for Norske barne- og ungdomsorganisasjoner Landsrådet för Sveriges ungdomsorganisationer Landsamband æskulýðsfélaga Mladinski Svet Slovenjie Mreža Mladih Hrvatske National Assembly of Youth Organisations of the Republic of Azerbaijan National Council of Youth Organisations of Georgia National Youth Council of Armenia National Youth Council of Ireland National Youth Council of Russia Österreichische Kinder- und Jugendvertretung Belarusian Union of Youth and Children's Public Associations Rada Mládeže Slovenska Česká rada dětí a mládeže Vlaamse Jeugdraad

Member organisations of the European Youth Forum

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v t e Member organisations of the European Students' Union (ESU)
Members	Armenia: ANSA Austria: ÖH Azerbaijan: ASYOU ASU Belarus: BSA Belgium: FEF VVS Bosnia and Herzegovina: USRS Bulgaria: NASC UBS Croatia: CSC Cyprus: POFEN Czech Republic: SKRVS Denmark: DSF Estonia: EUL Faroe Islands: MFS Finland: SYL SAMOK France: FAGE UNEF Germany: FZS Hungary: HÖOK Iceland: SHI Ireland: USI Israel: NUIS Italy: UdU Latvia: LSA Lithuania: LSS Malta: KSU Netherlands: ISO LSVb Norway: NSO Poland: PSRP Portugal: FAIRe Romania: ANOSR Serbia: SKONUS SUS Slovakia: SRVS Slovenia: SSU Spain: CREUP Sweden: SFS Switzerland: VSS-UNES-USU Ukraine: UASS U.K.: NUS-UK
Associate members	ANSO ANSA EDSU ESN EDSA EMSA EPSA EUJS FEMYSO IAPSS IFMSA IGLYO ISHA OBESSU

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