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 UPCOMING
EVENTS |
| Mar. 14-18, 2010
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| Riding4Reform - Seventh
annual IMPJ countrywide bicycle fund-raising tour
in Israel |
| Mar. 18-23, 2010
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TaMaR international
conference, Israel
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| Apr. 16-18, 2010
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| Liberal Judaism Biennial
Weekend, England |
| Apr. 29-May
9,2010 |
URJ Study Kallah, in
conjunction with the Anita Saltz International
Education Center, Jerusalem
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| May 14-16,2010
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Biennial of the South African
Union for Progressive Judaism, Durban
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| May 14-16,2010
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Movement for Reform Judaism
Biennial Conference, Manchester,
UK
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| May 28-29,2010
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Israel Movement for
Progressive Judaism Biennial,
Israel
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| Nov.
25-28,2010 |
Biennial conference of the
Union for Progressive Judaism in Australia, Asia
and New Zealand, Canberra,
Australia
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| World
Union ready to assist Chilean affiliates affected
by quake |
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As this issue of WUPJnews was readied for
publication, news reached us of the tremendous
earthquake in Chile. The World Union has three
communities there: one in Valparaiso and two in
Santiago. Preliminary reports indicate that all of
our people are safe, although the building that
housed the congregation in Valparaiso was
destroyed, and the others might have suffered
extensive damage. In Valparaiso, the Torah
scrolls, ark and other Jewish symbols, such as the
Ner Tamid, were saved.
Read more...Back to In This
Issue |
World
Union holds seventh Beutel leadership
seminar
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The World Union for Progressive Judaism held
its annual Beutel Seminar for Progressive Jewish
Leadership January 28 through February 7 in
conjunction with the Anita Saltz International
Education Center.
Read more...2010 Beutel Seminar participants on
a hike in Israel's southern Arava
region
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| Progressive
Judaism well-represented at UJCL annual
conference |
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Over 200 people attended the 12th annual
conference of the Union of Jewish Congregations of
Latin America and the Caribbean (UJCL), held
January 27-31 in Panama City. The conference
participants came from Argentina, Aruba, Brazil,
Cayman Islands, Colombia, Costa Rica, Curacao, El
Salvador, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico and
Uruguay, as well as from Israel and the
US. Read more...The World Union's Pinto (left) and
Oseran recognize outgoing president Hilda ten
Brink at the UJCL's 12th annual conference in
Panama
City.
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Hong
Kong Congregation celebrates two decades by
writing Torah
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To celebrate its 20th anniversary, the
United Jewish Congregation of Hong Kong declared
5770 (2009-2010) "A Year of Torah" by
commissioning the creation of a new scroll.
Read more... Sofer Jamie Shear begins work on
the UJC's new Torah during a visit to Hong Kong
last November as youngsters from the congregation
look on. (Photo: Ellen
Friedlander).
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 Parshat
Ki Tisa
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by Rabbi Gabor Lengyel Liberale Juedische
Gemeinde, Hannover, Germany
וידבר יהוה אל משה לאמור: כי תשא את ראש בני
ישראל לפקדיהם ונתנו איש כפר נפשו ליהוה
(Exodus 30: 11-12)
"The Eternal One spoke to Moses, saying: When
you take a census of the Israelite men according
to their army enrollment, each shall pay the
Eternal a ransom for himself on being enrolled,
that no plague may come upon them through their
being enrolled." This is how Moses Mendelsohn
translated this verse Read more... |
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