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Union of Jewish Students elects James Harris as president

He won by 361 votes and will take over from Esther Offenberg in June 2020

December 9, 2019 09:10
UJS president James Harris
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A former University of Birmingham Jewish Society president, has been elected the new President of the Union of Jewish Students.

James Harris won by 361 votes and will take over from Esther Offenberg in June 2020.

His election was announced on Sunday at the annual UJS conference, which saw more than 100 attend.

Mr Harris, who is a UJS delegate to the Board of Deputies and University of Birmingham rep at the NUS Conference, pledged to tackle the reluctance of “many Jewish students in the UK and Ireland” to engaged with UJS.