Jewish Activities in Mainstream Schools

Jewish Activities in Mainstream Schools is a project run by the United Jewish Israel Appeal the largest fundraiser for the Zionist entity in the UK and part of the Zionist movement.

According to the Jewish Volunteering Network:

The UJIA (United Jewish Israel Appeal) co-ordinate a programme called JAMS – Jewish Activities in Mainstream Schools. Focussed at non-Jewish secondary schools, JAMS offers the opportunity for schools and their Jewish Societies to select guest speakers for their meetings and assemblies. JVN offers sessions on the Jewish values behind volunteering, the volunteering landscape in the UK and volunteering for young people, in partnership with the JLGB.

There is also something called Jewish Activities in Mainstream Schools, a programme run by the largest Zionist fundraising charity in the UK, the United Jewish Israel Appeal. According to the UJIA it is run in around 35 English and Scottish schools, mainly in Glasgow, Manchester and London. According to the UJIA they create “JSocs” at these schools. They use these as a vehicle for the radicalisation and indoctrinating of Jewish pupils into the Zionist movement. They do this by presenting them with opportunities to be recruited into the Zionist movement. These are presented as if they are just “Jewish” activities. Among the largest JSocs according to the UJIA are those at Haberdashers’ School (formerly known as Haberdashers’ Aske’s). As I have previously noted, this school provides a hothouse environment for recruiting lifelong Zionist activists, particularly into the racist Zionist youth group Habonim Dror. Amongst alumni from the entertainment industry were: Matt Lucas, Ashley Blaker (Little Britain), Robert Popper, (commissioned Bo’Selecta and produced two series of Peep Show). David Baddiel and Sacha Baron-Cohen (Ali G, Borat, spokesperson for the ADL).

Jewish Activities in Mainstream Schools

UJIA list of schools involved - March 2016.

See also

• Jewish Schools in the UK
• Jewish Activities in Mainstream Schools

Resources

• Roy Graham JEWISH COMMUNITY EDUCATION: CONTINUITY AND RENEWAL INITIATIVES IN BRITISH JEWRY 1991-2000 A THESIS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF EDUCATION HUDDERSFIELD UNIVERSITY SUBMITTED MAY 2011.