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Jewish students get ahead at NUS conference

April 15, 2014 18:27

By

Charlotte Oliver,

Charlotte Oliver

1 min read

Jewish students made their mark at this year's National Union of Students (NUS) conference, held last week in Liverpool, with a variety of activities that worked to strengthen the Jewish contribution to mainstream life on campus.

The Union of Jewish Students helped spread the message by running a stall across the three-day event, which offered passersby information about Jewish culture, as well as hosting a Q+A session with Holocaust survivor Hannah Lewis.

More than 150 people from student unions across the country attended the event - entitled "NUS will never forget" - which was organised to encourage Holocaust commemoration on campus in the lead up the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz next year.

Ms Lewis, 77, spoke about her experiences as a child prisoner at the Sobibor Death Camp in Poland, and the ongoing importance of combating antisemitism and Holocaust denial around the world.