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 years old until 35 years old. SUJS is a member union of the

European Union of Jewish Students The European Union of Jewish Students (EUJS) is an umbrella organization for 34 national Jewish student unions in Europe and the Post-Soviet states, representing over 200,000 Jewish students. International Memberships EUJS is a constituent m ...

(EUJS) and of the

World Union of Jewish Students The World Union of Jewish Students (WUJS ) (Hebrew: ההתאחדות העולמית של הסטודנטים היהודים; French: L’Union Mondiale des Etudiants Juifs; Spanish: Unión Mundial de Estudiantes Judíos; Russian: Всемирный ...

(WUJS). SUJS has some strong contact with th
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

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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 The March of the Living ( he, מצעד החיים, ) is an annual educational program which brings students from around the world to Poland, where they explore the remnants of the Holocaust. On Holocaust Memorial Day observed in the Jewish cale ...

(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 The Holocaust, also known as the Shoah, was the genocide of European Jews during World War II. Between 1941 and 1945, Nazi Germany and its collaborators systematically murdered some six million Jews across German-occupied Europe; ar ...

. 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 th
CICAD
held a demonstration to protest against his performance.

Member unions

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 The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and international security, security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and be ...

in Geneva. Their website i
www.adeig.com

ALEJ

ALEJ stands for Association Lausannoise des Etudiants Juifs, they are active in Lausanne and all the region (

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). This union is in charge of the Jewish students in three main schools, the EPFL, the UNIL and the EHL. This makes a total of 100 to 130 Jewish students. Their website i
www.alej.ch

Jewpoint

Jewpoint is an organization that organizes activities for the students and young adults of

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and the region.

VJSZ

Umbrella organizations

Website

SUJS
Jewish youth organizations

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