The Executive Board carries the legal fiduciary responsibility for the operations of the organization and is the decision-making body, ensuring that the policies of the World Union, as directed by the International Assembly, are put into action.

 

MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE (2017-2019)

  • Carole Sterling, Chair – Canada
  • Stephane Beder, Senior Vice Chair – France
  • Charlie Rothschild, Secretary – USA
  • David Robinson, Vice Chair, Finance – New Zealand
  • Phyllis Dorey – Australia
  • Yaron Shavit, Vice Chair – Israel
  • Sonja Guentner, Vice Chair – Germany
  • Lynn Magid Lazar, Vice Chair – USA

 

EXECUTIVE BOARD (2017-2019)

  • Jane Taves, Regional Representative North America – USA
  • Dora Lucia Brenner, Regional Representative Latin America – Brazil
  • Steve Lurie, Regional Representative South Africa – South Africa
  • Paula Edelstein, Regional Representative Israel – Israel
  • Graham Carpenter, Regional Representative UK – UK
  • Professor Faud Aleskerov, Regional Representative FSU – Russia
  • Gilbert Lederman, Regional Representative Europe – Belgium
  • Sharene Hambur, Regional Representative Australia, New Zealand, Asia – Australia
  • Rabbi Jordan Helfman – Canada
  • Andrew Keene – USA
  • Yair Lootsteen – Israel
  • Anne Molloy – USA
  • Les Rothschild – Canada
  • L. Tadd Schwab – USA
  • Alex Dembitz – Switzerland
  • Igor Zinkov – Russia/ UK
  • Linda Thorn – South Africa
  • Enrique Jurkowski – Argentina
  • Rabbi Nathan Alfred – Singapore

 

EX-OFFICIO | PRESIDENTS OF SEMINARIES & AFFILIATES | REGIONAL PRESIDENTS & CHAIRS

  • Ex-Officio: Michael Grabiner, Immediate Past Chair, WUPJ – UK
  • Ex-Officio: Rabbi Larry Englander – Canada
  • Ex-Officio: James Cherney – USA
  • Ex-Officio: Martin Jannol – USA
  • Rabbi Aaron Panken, HUC-JIR
  • Rabbi Dr. Deborah Kahn-Harris, Leo Baeck College
  • Rabbi Professor Walter Homolka, Abraham Geiger Kolleg
  • Miriam Kramer, Chair EUPJ
  • Gordon Smith, President EUPJ
  • Monica Solomon, Chair, SAUPJ
  • Raul Gottlieb, President, WUPJ-LA
  • Roger Mendelson, President, UPJ
  • Daryl Messinger, Chair, URJ
  • Reuven Marko, Chair, IMPJ
  • Masha Sheinin, Chair, FSU

HONORARY LIFE MEMBERS

  • Rabbi Richard Hirsch, Honorary Life President – Israel
  • Steven M. Bauman – USA
  • Austin Beutel – Canada
  • Nani Beutel – Canada
  • Dr. Philip Bliss – Australia
  • Stephen Breslauer – USA
  • Ruth Cohen – Israel
  • Gerry Daniel – USA
  • Betty Golomb – USA
  • Arthur Roswell – USA
  • Betty Roswell – USA
  • Jerry Tanenbaum – USA
  • Dolores Wilkenfeld – USA