Connections 2025: Recap
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Recap – Connections 2025
Connections 2025: Four Unforgettable Days, One Global Family Jerusalem, October 2025 — Dozens of Progressive Jews from around the world gathered in Jerusalem for Connections 2025: four unforgettable days of learning, celebration, and unity that marked the beginning of the centennial year of our movement and the reopening of Beit Shmuel, our global home. “By […]
A Yom Kippur Message from Rabbi Sergio Bergman – for The Times of Israel
“In the Heavenly Court and in the Earthly Court, with the Consent of the Almighty and with the Consent of the Congregation, We Permit Ourselves to Pray with the Transgressors” By Rabbi Sergio Bergman, President of the World Union for Progressive Judaism On the eve of Yom Kippur, before the solemn recitation of Kol Nidrei, […]
Rosh Hashanah – 5786
As the new year 5786 approaches, our hearts carry both light and weight.We cannot ignore the pain of those still held in captivity, the uncertainty within Israel and Gaza, or the rise of antisemitism around the world. These shadows are real, and they touch every one of us. Yet Rosh Hashanah is a reminder that […]
Statement on Israel and Gaza
In light of the ongoing war between Israel and Gaza: The WUPJ condemns the most recent actions of Hamas of torturing Israeli hostages and manipulating international public sympathy for the plight of innocent Palestinians, mainly children, while playing a major role in the conditions of their starvation in Gaza. The WUPJ also calls on the […]
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