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EVENTS |
| 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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| July 8-11, 2010
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Annual conference of the
Union of Progressive Jews in Germany,
Spandau-Berlin
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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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| Israeli
Movement holds annual bike ride |
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Thirty-two cyclists took part in the Israel
Movement for Progressive Judaism's seventh annual
Riding4Reform fund-raiser, held March 14-18. The
journey began in Metulla, Israel's northern-most
town, and concluded five days later in the
picturesque village of Zichron Ya'acov, half-way
between Haifa and Tel Aviv. Read
more... Back to In This
Issue |
North Americans share
expertise at Netzer seminar in Moscow
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Netzer Olami, the World Union's international
Zionist youth movement, recently held a leadership
training seminar for 43 camp counselors and youth
leaders that that featured two camp experts from
North America. Read more... |
Geneva
congregation dedicates new building
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Members of Communaute Israelite Liberale de
Geneve (GIL), the World Union affiliate in Geneva,
Switzerland, gathered on March 15 to dedicate
their new synagogue and community center. Read more... |
| Congregation
in Warsaw mourns death of Polish president |
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Beit Warszawa, the World Union affiliate in
Warsaw, Poland, held a memorial service for
President Lech Kaczynski, who was killed along
with his wife and dozens of key members of the
country's leadership in a plane crash in western
Russia on April 10. It was attended by members and
individuals from the wider community. Read more... |
World
Union / SAUPJ statement on Goldstone family simcha
in South Africa
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We read with dismay of the "deal" that has
been struck by the leadership of South Africa's
Jewish Community in the SA Jewish Report of 16-23
April and the Israeli daily Ha'aretz. One can only
concur that the pressure placed upon Mr. Justice
Goldstone to disappear from his grandson's bar
mitzva and his family's simcha is a
disgrace. Read more... |
 Aiming
for Holiness: on Parshat Achrei
Mot-Kedoshim
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by Rabbi Menno ten Brink Liberaal Joodse
Gemeente Amsterdam / Liberal Jewish Community of
Amsterdam, The Netherlands This coming
Shabbat we read a double portion: Achrei
Mot-Kedoshim. The last parsha is also called 'The
Holiness Codex'. It starts by commanding us to be
holy. Or does it? God says to Moses: "Instruct the
community of Israel: kedoshim t'yehiyu, be holy,
because I the Lord your God am holy" (Vayikra
19:2). How can we human beings be holy like God,
Him/Herself? We are created in God's image as
stated in the first book of the Torah, but we are
not God! Read more... |
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