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Campus Notebook: January 24, 2014

January 30, 2014 11:10
Glasgow JSoc

ByCharlotte Oliver, Charlotte Oliver

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Campus JSocs come in many shapes and sizes, and for every longstanding society like Oxford’s, there is another that is planting its roots. But what are the leaders of the UK’s most burgeoning JSocs planning for 2014?

GLASGOW

JSoc members: 30
President: Isaac Ansell-Forsyth, aged 19, studying psychology

He says: “After over a decade of trying, we finally have the chance to get a Jewish student flat in Glasgow. This is a real game-changer for Jewish campus life, as there has been a lot of schlepping back and forth from the city’s Jewish area for kosher facilities. To get the flat, we need a minimum of three people to live there, so it’s urgent we get people signing up.
Our other aims for this year are to increase our core membership, and further our interfaith and social action.