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Philadelphia Union of Jewish Students Records
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The Philadelphia Union of Jewish Students (PUJS), established in 1969, was a coordinating council of various affiliated student groups funded by the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia. During its years of operation, the PUJS was the North American affiliate of the World Union of Jewish Students (WUJS), an international, umbrella organization comprised of national independent Jewish Student Unions founded in 1924. PUJS worked with student groups from Philadelphia area colleges and universities including, but not limited to Temple University, University of Pennsylvania, Drexel University, and Community College of Philadelphia. As an alternative to Hillel programs, PUJS' main function was to coordinate integrated activities for the Jewish student population in the Greater Philadelphia area through the hosting of social activities, religious related events and observances, and lectures and speaking engagements by notable Jewish educators, authors, and activists. The Philadelphia Union of Jewish Students acted as a resource center for disseminating information and organizing rallies and demonstrations in support of Soviet Jewry, Israel, and Zionism. PUJS also published the student run newspaper, Hayom between 1971 and 1977. Hayom advertised Jewish related events as local colleges, universities and community organizations, but also presented articles on local and worldwide current events as well as Jewish customs and traditions. PUJS ceased operation in 1977.
The Philadelphia Union of Jewish Students Records, 1970-1977, document the activities of this defunct student-run organization for Jewish college students. Collection materials include typescripts of articles submitted for publication in Hayom, internal memos and correspondence, meeting minutes, flyers and announcements of community activities, letters to the editor, and press releases. The bulk of the collection is made up of photographs and graphic materials such as drawings and illustrations used in the production of Hayom, and a near complete run of copies of the published issues. There is a small amount of material in Hebrew, typically words or phrases used in article captions.
The collection is arranged into 2 series as follows:
- Series 1: Administrative records, 1970-1973
- Series 2: Hayom, 1971-1977
- Subseries 2.1: Newspaper operations and production, 1971-1975
- Subseries 2.2: Photographs, negatives, and graphics, 1971-1977
- Subseries 2.3: Hayom Issues, 1971-1977
Donated in 1977 by the Philadelphia Union of Jewish Students and in 1980 by the Temple University Hillel Foundation. Collection previously administered by the Philadelphia Jewish Archives Center, acquired by Temple in June 2009.
Collection processed and finding aid prepared in 1983 by W. McCaulley and updated in 1988 by Kaiyi Chen. Finding aid revised according to contemporary archival standards in 2012 by Jessica M. Lydon, Project Archivist.
Organization
- Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia
- Philadelphia Union of Jewish Students
- Temple University Hillel Foundation
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Place
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- Temple University Libraries: Special Collections Research Center
- Finding Aid Author
- Machine-readable finding aid created by: Rajkumar Natarajan, Sky Global Services India (P) Ltd.
- Finding Aid Date
- May 2024
- Access Restrictions
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Collection is open for research.
- Use Restrictions
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The Philadelphia Union of Jewish Students Records are the physical property of the Special Collections Research Center, Temple University Libraries. Intellectual property rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. Researchers are responsible for determining the identity of rights holders and obtaining their permission for publication and for other purposes where stated.
Collection Inventory
Series 1 is arranged alphabetically and includes the bylaws, correspondence and press releases issued by the Philadelphia Union of Jewish Students. This series also includes the meeting minutes of the Delegates Council, the governing body comprised of students from Philadelphia area colleges and universities.
Series 2 comprises the bulk of the collection and consists of materials related to the production of the college student produced newspaper, Hayom. This series is divided into three subseries.
Subseries 2.1 consists of a small amount of administrative records related to the operation and production of the newspaper, but consists primarily of article submissions and mockups, press releases from Jewish centric news agencies and related source material.
Subseries 2.2 is arranged alphabetically by title or type of record and consists of visual materials used in the publication of Hayom including photographs of Jewish community events in the Philadelphia area as well drawings produced by PUJS staff members to accompany articles, editorials, announcements, and advertisements.
Subseries 2.3 is arranged chronologically by issue and contains copies of a near complete run of the periodical, Hayom.