The European Union of Jewish Students (EUJS) is pleased to announce that Jonas Karpantschof has now completed his transition to Brussels and has officially assumed his elected position as Chairperson of EUJS effective January 1st 2008.

Jonas will be assisted throughout his term by a diligent, dedicated, and committed Presidium composed of Andrei Schwartz (Romania), Benjamin Zagzag (France), Gal Leiferman Bensadon (Spain), Aleksander Belevski (Serbia), Victor Pliner (Russia), Chaggai Kon (The Netherlands), Aron Waltuch (Switzerland), and Gad Lazarov (Italy). The team will be completed on Monday February 4th with the arrival of the new executive Director, Lili Dardashti from Switzerland.  

Jonas, Lili and the Presidium are ready to embrace the many opportunities and challenges the upcoming two years will bring. Together will they ensure that EUJS will continue to grow, fulfill its commitment towards its constituency, and sustain its role as one of the largest student unions worldwide.

The electoral transition also marked the culmination of Olga Israel’s mandate as Chairperson. With her immeasurable dedication and vision, Olga reached out to a new generation of student leaders and forged new relationships with communities and institutions around the world.

Jonas joins everyone at EUJS in expressing their sincerest gratitude to Olga, Arielle, the outgoing Presidium, and the entire 2006-2008 EUJS team  for bringing the organization to newer and greater heights.  Their contributions will continue to shine brightly for many years to come, and we wish them the best of luck in this new stage of their careers. 

The Lo Tishkach European Jewish Cemeteries Initiative was established in 2006 as a joint project of the Conference of European Rabbis and the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany. It aims to collate all data on European Jewish burial grounds in order to standardise legislation and best practice, guaranteeing the effective and lasting preservation and protection of Jewish cemeteries and mass graves throughout the European continent.

This project is looking to enrol students from different parts of Europe to assist in this task of creating a truly comprehensive list of European Jewish cemeteries.

Lo-Tishkach will pay $1 for inputting basic core data on every NEW cemetery record added to our database, which means that if you enter information on 50 cemeteries in a month, you will be paid $50. A cemetery entry should take you about 10minutes. This remuneration - which is dependent on the amount of effort & time invested -will be paid at the end of each calendar month.

One of the key aims of the Lo Tishkach Initiative is to set up, manage and gain significant
community and organisational participation in a comprehensive database of European Jewish
burial grounds which will, in due course, be publicly accessible.

The Lo-Tishkach Data Suite will:
- Provide a User Guide which will explain the set-up of the database, & familiarise the various incorporated functions
- Describe the minimum amount of core data required for each new cemetery record
- Designate a username & password for each co-worker
- Assign each co-worker with a Country / Region of which they will be tasked to gather the relevant data (to avoid duplicative records)
- Advise of available sources of data & reference material to use
- Back-up support for all queries etc.

If you are interested, please contact: Katy at: research@lo-tishkach.org

During its 24th annual Summer University, EUJS took a delegation of Jewish student activists from 30 countries across Europe to meet with His Eminence Pope Benedict XVI. As members of the European Union of Jewish Students representing 200,000 students, as members of the Jewish people, and as human beings, students handed His Eminence a letter about the situation in Darfur.

The official response from His Eminence Pope Benedict XVI reached us only several days ago.

Attach the answer.

Please find below EUJS Activity Report for 2006-2008. This 40 pages document, illustrated with pictures, give you an insight on EUJS activities the past 2 years, its budget, its challenges. A document not to miss.