TOMORROW

Louis Danker

Chair of the Union of Jewish Students

Edinburgh University student Louis Danker was elected as chair of the Union of Jewish Students in the United Kingdom in December 2024. Danker assumes the role amid a dramatic rise in antisemitism on British campuses; according to the Community Security Trust, antisemitic incidents in 2023-24 increased by 117 percent compared with the previous two years. "This can primarily be attributed to the wave of anti-Jewish hatred following the Oct. 7 Hamas terror attack in Israel and the subsequent ongoing war in the Middle East that has led to a sharp rise in antisemitic incidents nationwide," CST assessed. Having run his campaign on the theme of "Proud. Diverse. United," Danker has stressed his "Jewish pride" agenda, pointing out that he "spent years at university advocating for Jewish students, from speaking to politicians at the Scottish and Australian parliaments, to helping Jewish Society presidents around the country fight back against antisemitism since Oct. 7."