Union For Progressive Judaism

Golden Gate - report from IRAC

Anat Hoffman I just returned home from a trip to California. Coming from a city famous for its 12 gates, surrounding wall, dividing fence, and partition at the Western Wall, I was inspired by the openness of California. Traveling back and forth over the majestic Golden Gate Bridge, I wished Israel had less gates and more bridges, preferably golden.

News in brief

International TaMaR gathering (Veida Olamit) to take place in March

TaMaR, (Tnuat Magshimim Reformit) will be holding its annual Israel gathering (Veida Olamit) during the first week of March.

Netzer's Southern Shnatties arrive in Israel

Netzer Olami, the WUPJ's global youth movement, operates a Shnat (year course) program in Israel. As a global movement, we get participants from both the Northern and Southern Hemisphere, depending on school graduation dates.

The "Dromies" (Southern hemisphere participants) have arrived in Israel and joined their fellow "Zfonies" (Northern hemisphere participants) Shnatties in Israel, as part of the Shnat (year course) program. Two participants from South Africa and half a dozen from Australia make up the southern group, and bring the total number of participants to 27.

Mercaz Shimshon in Top 10 architectural sites

Mercaz Shimshon makes list of Israel’s top 10 architectural gems

Mercaz Shimshon-Beit Shmuel was recently named one of Israel’s 10 "must see" buildings by "Israel 21c", one of Israel’s leading English language online news magazines.

WUPJ Statement on murders in Syria

The World Union for Progressive Judaism, speaking on behalf its 1.8 million members, is outraged and appalled by the on-going murders in Syria of its own citizens, perpetrated hunca life by the Government and President of Syria.

Not a day goes by hunca life katalog without reports of hundreds of citizens and opposition members in Syria being murdered, particularly in the huncalife katalog town of Homs and now spreading to other cities hunca life around Syria. To date thousands have perished at the hands of Syrian troops under the orders of Syrian President, Bashar al-Assad.

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