Representatives from Reform/Progressive Jewish communities in Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus have gathered in Israel for an enriching leadership seminar as part of the Shlichei Tzibor program. The program was led by Eyal Ronder, WUPJ Vice President of Operations with programming provided by the WUPJ’s Center for Education and Leadership Development. Guided by the WUPJ values […]
BELARUS, RUSSIA, AND UKRAINE World Union for Progressive Judaism – FSU (WUPJ-FSU) RUSSIA Moscow Center for Progressive Judaism • Moscow Chanukah study sessions with Rabbi Leonid Bimbat, Rabbi Alexander Lyskovoy, Professor Fuad Aleskerov, and Cantor Dmitri Karpenko and Alexandra Finkelstein (lecture/concert) on Saturday, November 27. Activities in-person and to […]
BELARUS, RUSSIA, AND UKRAINE World Union for Progressive Judaism – FSU (WUPJ-FSU) Belarus Resources Workshop Learn to Blow the Shofar in 30 Minutes with Rabbi Grisha Abramovich. September 5 at 5 pm (Belarus Time) | In Russian and English Click here to register. About the World Union for […]
BELARUS, RUSSIA, AND UKRAINE BELARUS Sandra Breslauer Beit Simcha Center Minsk Join them in-person , or contact them to get Zoom link. Find out more about the congregation. RUSSIA Moscow Center for Progressive Judaism Moscow To join their in […]
Join us for a support meeting and discussion followed by a Solidarity Kabbalat Shabbat service with WUPJ President Rabbi Sergio Bergman, Rabbi Grisha Abramovich, and members of the Minsk Reform community.
The World Union expresses its concern about the current situation in Belarus. We send our thoughts and prayers for peace in Minsk and Belarus during this challenging time. News of the arrest of two Netzer FSU members quickly spread across social media. The World Union reached out to our rabbinic and communal leadership in […]
BELARUS Sandra Breslauer Beit Simcha Center | Minsk Shavuot Celebration → Saturday, June 4 | 9:00 pm • Saturday, June 11, 12:30 pm (Local Time) On June 4, they will gather for an online Shavuot event with study and music led by Rabbi Alexander Lyskovoy, Rabbi Leonid Bimbat, […]
Earlier in March, one of the oldest and most respected members of the Beit Simha congregation in Minsk, Yakov Kravchinsky, received a prestigious state award from the Federal Republic of Germany for his dedication to Holocaust education among youth and young adults in Minsk.
On the evening of March 21, Rabbi Grisha Abramovich, representing Progressive Judaism, had the special honor tof being invited to participate in an interfaith prayer session against the Coronovirus along with spiritual leaders and representatives of the Orthodox, Catholic, Lutheran, Greek Catholic, Evangelical and Muslim communities.
On October 31 to November 2, close to 60 youth and young adults came together in Belarus for a Netzer, Reform Zionist youth movement, conference. With students of the University of Moscow in attendance, participants explored ways to advance Netzer in the coming years, including strengthening current projects in communities in the region, and developing new ones to meet growing needs among the next generation.