Registration for the WUPJ Shabbaton weekend in Rome is now open. Please find full details at: https://eupj.org/event/rome-shabbaton/. The Shabbaton promises to be an educational and joyous experience and includes: the Welcome Erev Shabbat Service, followed by community dinner on Saturday: Shacharit, learning sessions, followed by Shabbat lunch and walking tours of Jewish Rome on Sunday: workshops, […]
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Growing Towards Redemption | Shabbat Torah Reading for Passover
What is the single most important thing we can have at our Passover table?My father would argue that it is my late Bubbe's Wine Cake.…
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[FRANCE] Klal Yisrael Cohort 5 Explores Progressive Judaism in Paris
On March 3 – 10, 2019, the Klal Yisrael Fellowship Cohort 5 came together in Paris, France for the second seminar of their fellowship year. The Klal Yisrael Fellowship program is a program of the Union for Reform Judaism (URJ) in collaboration with the World Union for Progressive Judaism (WUPJ), and the Israel Movement for Progressive and Reform Judaism (IMPJ). Klal Yisrael is enabled by a generous grant from Betty and Arthur Roswell. Participants, ages 21-30, meet for three seminars over the course of ten months – in Israel, North America and Europe – to collaborate and develop their capacity to impact an area of Jewish life that is important to them.
Read More[EUROPE] Twinning Congregations: Geneva GIL and Beit Hillel Roma
Beth Hillel Rome received the visit in Rome of a delegation from GIL Geneva as a first step in affirming a new twinning relationship between the two progressive congregations.
Read MoreInternational Humanitarian Award Dinner
The World Union invites you to honor the visionary global Jewish leaders Leslie and Dee Bergman (London) and Stanley and Marion Bergman at the International Humanitarian Award Dinner, at The Pierre in New York, May 29, 2019, 6:30 pm.
Read More[BRUSSELS] Shabbaton of the European Union for Progressive Judaism (EUPJ) Celebrates the Growth Our Movement Across the Region
“One building, two communities” isn’t just a catchy phrase. This is a reality for International Jewish Center (IJC) and Beth Hillel congregations in Brussels. Since last January, both progressive communities have effectively begun co-habiting in the spacious and beautiful building of Beth Hillel.
Read MoreMitzvah Goreret Mitzvah, Averah Goreret Averah | Parashat Vayetzei
When Abraham raised his hand to sacrifice his beloved son Isaac, nothing would ever remain the same regarding Isaac’s relationship to the world and to those family members close to him. Something irrevocable happened to his psyche which would influence, not only his life, but the lives of his children and grandchildren. Abraham, one could say, initiated the first “sin” by traumatizing his son Isaac while holding that knife over his head. But that one sin seemed to bring on additional sins – from Abraham to Isaac; from Isaac to Jacob. Not exactly what we usually mean when we say: “from generation to generation
Read More[SWEDEN] First Progressive Siddur in Stockholm Since 1877: Contemporary Prayer for Growing Congregations
Ten years after its first lay leaders paved the way for a congregation in Copenhagen, and eight years later in Stockholm, the Progressiv Judendom Stockholm is proud to present its new siddur – the first progressive Siddur in Sweden since 1877.
Read More[SPAIN] New Cookbook From Reform Congregation in Madrid Offers Insight About Traditional Sephardic Rosh HaShanah Seder
Soon Jewish families and congregations around the world will be getting together to celebrate Rosh Hashanah. Few are familiar with a Sephardic custom of a Rosh Hashanah Seder – a festive meal rich in symbolism. This new cookbook from the Reform Jewish Community of Madrid (English-language edition) is designed to teach people about this ancient tradition and – for those who are interested in organizing their own Seder – it provides recipes and tools to do it.
Read MoreParashat Mattot-Mase’ei
For the last number of years, the summer edition of our synagogue magazine has focused on the Jewish travel experiences of our members. As well as boasting as a member, Cathy Winston, the travel editor for the British Jewish Chronicle, congregants wrote about Crete and Corfu, Dubrovnik and Copenhagen and the Judah Hyam synagogue in New Delhi. Numbers 33, the opening chapter of the sidrah, Mase’ei reads like a travel itinerary, the stages of the Israelites wanderings in the wilderness.
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