A student will get a £5,000 grant to run an interfaith conference of Jewish and Muslim women after winning a national competition on ways to address “on-campus Jewish issues”.
Sally Patterson, a University of Bristol undergraduate, was named ahead of three other finalists as the inaugural winner of the UK Campus Pitch Competition, a joint venture between the World Jewish Congress (WJC) and the Board of Deputies.
Head judge Josh Holt, the president of the Union of Jewish Students, praised Ms Patterson’s proposal, called Women of Faith in Leadership, as an “excellent” way of tackling both antisemitism and anti-Muslim hatred.
Ms Patterson plans to hold the one-day conference at Bristol towards the end of 2018. She told the JC that both communities face similar challenges, including a lack of female representation in leadership roles, and prejudice.
