Egalitarian, Progressive

The UPJ is the roof body that resources 23 congregations, schools, youth groups and communal organisations across Australia, New Zealand and Asia.

Culture, Youth

Our role is to support and develop Progressive Judaism in the region so that our congregations and affiliates are best able to maintain and increase their strength and vitality.

Community

Although our region is geographically distant from other Jewish centres, we have a deep Zionist attachment. The UPJ ensures that our vital Jewish community connects strongly with Israel and with the world Jewish community.

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The UPJ supports and develops Progressive Judaism in Australia, New Zealand and Asia.

This website features:

- • News from our region and around the Jewish world;
- • Access to resources about all aspects of Jewish life;
- • Information about affiliated congregations and organisations.

Reform movement launches Jerusalem's first preschool for children of refugees and foreign workers

The Nitzanim preschool, which opened this fall with 20 students, is the first educational program in Jerusalem for children of foreign workers and asylum-seekers, says Udi Cohen, the director of the Reform Movement’s preschool program based at Hebrew Union College. The children of Nitzanim, ages three to six, come from Ethiopia, Eritrea, the Congo, the Philippines and Korea.