World Union of Jewish Students
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| Founded | 1924 |
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| Founder | Hersch Lauterpacht |
| Type | Non-profit |
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Area served
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Global |
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Members
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c. 28 member organisations, > 800,000 Jewish students |
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Key people
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Yosef Tarshish (Chairperson) |
| Website | wujs |
The World Union of Jewish Students (WUJS /ˈwuːdʒᵻs/) (Hebrew: ההתאחדות העולמית של הסטודנטים היהודים; French: L’Union Mondiale des Etudiants Juifs; Spanish: Union Mundial de Estudiantes Judios; Russian: Всемирный союз еврейских студентов) is the international, pluralistic, non-partisan umbrella organisation of independent Jewish student groups in 38 countries. Founded in 1924 by Hersch Lauterpacht with Albert Einstein as its first President. Other previous Chairpersons have included Maurice Perlzweig, Yosef Abramowitz and David Makovsky.
While Albert Einstein served as President of WUJS his Vice-Presidents included Chaim Weizman, Chaim Nachman Bialik and Sigmund Freud. Einstein was succeeded by Ernst Bergmann who was himself succeeded by David Ben Gurion, the first Prime Minister of the State of Israel.
The aim of The World Union of Jewish Students is to "foster the unity of Jewish students worldwide and to strive to ensure their participation in the fulfillment of the aspirations of the Jewish people, its continuity, and the development of its religious, spiritual, cultural and social heritage."
The headquarters of WUJS are located in Jerusalem, Israel and its current Chairperson is Yosef Tarshish, the former President of Union of Jewish Students of the UK & Ireland (UJS).
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