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AUJS Introduces New Leadership Program
As Jewish youth feel increasingly
reluctant to engage with their community and take on meaningful leadership roles, AUJS is expanding its school engagement programs, reaching more high school students than ever…
Call out campus antisemitism
“There is no place for the poison of antisemitism or any type of racism in our universities or anywhere else,” says Jason Clare.
Australian students camp out in pro-Palestine protests
This week, students across Australian universities have joined campuses in the United States to in setting up pro-Palestinian encampments. Students all across Australia are setting up camp calling on their teaching institutions to disclose and cut ties with weapons manufacturers they say are supplying arms to Israel.
Meeting with Jason Clare MP
Press Release - May 10, 2024 Today, key AUJS student leaders had the opportunity to meet with the Hon. Jason Clare MP, Federal Education Minister and Josh Burns MP, to address the troubling escalation of antisemitism on university campuses nationwide over the past...
Watch: Antisemitism since October 7 – Australia and beyond
The Jewish Independent - May 8 2024 Leading experts Katharina von Schnurbein, Dr Andre Oboler and Noah Loven respond to the surge in global antisemitism and post-October 7 environment in this special panel discussion hosted by The Jewish Independent on Yom Hashoah.
Australian students join US university movement with pro-Palestinian encampments
A university-based pro-Palestinian protest movement that has made headlines in the United States is being mirrored in Australia.
Encampments have sprung up at campuses in Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Canberra…
Uni Melbourne rally for Jewish students and faculty
AJN - May 2, 2024, By BRUCE HILL Organised by the Australasian Union of Jewish Students (AUJS), both students and faculty spoke about what it’s like for Jews on campus nowadays. Several hundred Melbourne Jews came together to support Jewish students at Melbourne...
Across a university moat, pro-Israel and pro-Palestine groups face off
A narrow moat in the heart of the University of Melbourne became the scene of an uneasy stand-off between its pro-Palestine student encampment and Jewish groups on Thursday.
Inside student camps for Palestine at Australian universities
A movement is growing around the world protesting Israel’s offensive against Palestine in the Middle East. This time it feels different.