Scenes from freshers' weeks on British campuses. With gap year uptake down, JSocs said sign-ups had been at record levels this year, including 150 signed up so far at Kings' College London, 150 at Leeds, 105 at Manchester and 220 at Nottingham. Photos: UJS

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With the new university year looming, a reminder that even those who walk the red carpet were students once.

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A look back at the 2010-2011 academic year for Jewish students

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British participants on the FZY gap year scheme joined athletes from around the world to take part in the Jerusalem Marathon and raise more than £7,400 for the Ethiopian Barmitzvah Fund.

Forty-five members of the year course group completed runs. Most took on 10 kilometres, while three people successfully finished the half-marathon.

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Around 1,000 students and young professionals descended on London club Sound on Saturday night to celebrate the festival of fancy dress and hamantashen in aid of the JNF.

More than 1,500 was raised for the charity on the night, which was organised by the Young JNF committee, Nana Events and Tango Down.

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Gap year Noam participants celebrate passing their Magen David Adom tests after completing their first full month of work on Israel’s emergency rescue service

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British teenagers from youth movement FZY took to the streets of Jerusalem to raise money for Yemin Orde, a youth village in the north of Israel devestated by the forest fire in the Carmel region.

FZY members in Britain also launched a campaign on donation website Just Giving. The appeal has so far raised more than £1,500.

To donate visit the Yemin Orde page here

For more information about FZY yearcourse click here

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Chanucah celebrations at universities around the UK

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More than 700 Jewish students braved the snow to attend the annual Booze for Jews club night in Leeds organised by the university JSoc.

DJing on the night were Galaxy FM’s Michael Blades and Jewish favourite DJ Dan Hills.

Partygoers also marked Chanucah by eating doughnuts provided by Jeneration.

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Around 50 members of the FZY year course programme visited the Israeli town of Sderot, near the border with the Gaza Strip, to find out about life under the constant threat of rocket fire.

Read more about the trip here

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More than 100 people attended a fundraising event in London on Sunday in aid of the University Jewish Chaplaincy.

Former students of universities around Britain as well as chaplains from Nottingham, London, Oxford and Cambridge enjoyed an evening of sushi, cocktails and magic.

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Some highlights of the action at the annual Jewish student football competition.

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Pictures from the Chief Rabbi's tour of UK universities.

Nearly 600 students attended the four talks, in Birmingham, Nottingham, Leeds and Manchester, on the subject of the role of faith in modern Britain.

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More than 650 Jewish students arrived in Birmingham for the annual JSoc Booze for Jews party. Photos: Simon Solts

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Jewish students at Nottingham University got to know the bars and pubs around the city centre at a Jewish Society bar crawl.

More than 120 students enjoyed a walk round town and a free shot at the annual JSoc fresher’s bar crawl.

The event, held on October 13, was sponsored by Jeneration.

Ollie Tenzer, Nottingham JSoc president, said: “It was extremely successful and a great continuation to a fantastic start of term.”

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Nottingham’s Chabad rabbi Mendy Lent and his wife Brocha hosted more than 120 student for their second annual “Sushi in the Succah” event.

Rabbi Lent said: “What is it with Jews and Sushi?”

He also went door to door around Nottingham’s student houses with a lulav and etrog and put up a portable Succah on campus.

He said: “It drew dozens of students, and there was a lot of interest from non-Jews who were fascinated.”

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It's that time of year again. The new university term has begun and JSocs around Britain have organised activities and events to welcome the Jewish students of 2010.

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A group of British teenagers arrive at Ben Gurion airport for the start of their gap year with FZY. During their time in Israel they will be volunteering, learning about Jewish and Israeli history and undertaking the Marva army experience programme.

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The Leeds JSoc committee put on free snacks of bagels, humous and falafels at a party for Yom Ha'atzmaut.

JSoc hired out a club in the Leeds Univeristy Union for a Maccabiah Games themed club night, including Israeli dancing and free T-shirts with "I "MAGEN DAVID" Leeds JSoc" in the style of "I heart Leeds JSoc".

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