Swiss Union of Jewish Students
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The Swiss Union of Jewish Students (SUJS) is the umbrella organization of the Jewish student or young adults unions in Switzerland. SUJS represents the young Jews that are from 18 year old until 35 years old.

SUJS is a member union of the European Union of Jewish Students
European Union of Jewish Students
The European Union of Jewish Students is an umbrella organization for 34 national Jewish student unions in Europe and the FSU, representing over 200,000 Jewish students...

 (EUJS) and of the World Union of Jewish Students
World Union of Jewish Students
The World Union of Jewish Students is the international, pluralistic, non-partisan umbrella organisation of 48 national independent Jewish Student Unions from all over the world, founded in 1924, with Albert Einstein as its first President...

 (WUJS).

SUJS has some strong contact with the Swiss Federation of Jewish Communities

History

The Swiss Union of Jewish Students has been founded in 1948, since then it has been the main organization for the Jewish young adults in Switzerland.

Main Activities

In 2009-2010 SUJS has organized the following activities :
  • Winter International Gathering (WING): Wing is an event built by the collaboration between the Union of Young Adults in Italy, the JDC
    JDC
    JDC can refer to:* American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee* Juvenile detention center* Jeju Free International City Development Center * John Deere Classic a PGA Tour tournament...

     and SUJS. This event brings since now 4 years about 270 young Jewish people from the ages of 18 until 35.

  • March of the Living
    March of the Living
    The March of the Living, is an annual educational program which brings students from around the world to Poland, where they explore the remnants of the Holocaust...

    (MOL): MOL is a very emotional and important event that brings people, mainly young adults, from all around the world to Poland in order to commemorate the victims of the Shoah
    Shoah
    Shoah may refer to:*The Holocaust*Shoah , documentary directed by Claude Lanzmann * A Shoah Foundation...

    . SUJS participated with 15 of its members to the 2010 edition.

  • Demonstration against the show of an antisemitic humorist in Geneva : Dieudonne is an antisemitic humorist and SUJS with the CICAD held a demonstration to protest against his performance.

ADEIG

ADEIG stands for Association Des Etudiants Israelites de Geneve, they are active in the region of Geneva and are often working on programs at the United Nations
United Nations
The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...

 in Geneva.

Their website is www.adeig.com

ALEJ

ALEJ stands for Association Lausannoise des Etudiants Juifs, they are active in Lausanne and all the region (Canton de Vaud
Vaud
Vaud is one of the 26 cantons of Switzerland and is located in Romandy, the French-speaking southwestern part of the country. The capital is Lausanne. The name of the Canton in Switzerland's other languages are Vaud in Italian , Waadt in German , and Vad in Romansh.-History:Along the lakes,...

).

This union is in charge of the Jewish students in three main schools, the EPFL, the UNIL
University of Lausanne
The University of Lausanne in Lausanne, Switzerland was founded in 1537 as a school of theology, before being made a university in 1890. Today about 12,000 students and 2200 researchers study and work at the university...

 and the EHL
École hôtelière de Lausanne
Lausanne Hotel School is the oldest hotel school in the world. Founded in 1893, EHL is a hotel school offering high-level studies to students who are aiming for careers in the hotel industry...

. This makes a total of 100 to 130 Jewish students.

Their website is www.alej.ch

Jewpoint

Jewpoint is an organization that organizes activities for the students and young adults of Basel
Basel
Basel or Basle In the national languages of Switzerland the city is also known as Bâle , Basilea and Basilea is Switzerland's third most populous city with about 166,000 inhabitants. Located where the Swiss, French and German borders meet, Basel also has suburbs in France and Germany...

 and the region.

Umbrella organizations

- European Union of Jewish Students
European Union of Jewish Students
The European Union of Jewish Students is an umbrella organization for 34 national Jewish student unions in Europe and the FSU, representing over 200,000 Jewish students...



- World Union of Jewish Students
World Union of Jewish Students
The World Union of Jewish Students is the international, pluralistic, non-partisan umbrella organisation of 48 national independent Jewish Student Unions from all over the world, founded in 1924, with Albert Einstein as its first President...

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