CLICK TO DONATE
 Click
to make a secure
contribution. |
 UPCOMING
EVENTS |
| Apr. 16-18, 2010
|
| Liberal Judaism Biennial
Weekend, England |
| Apr. 29-May
9,2010 |
URJ Study Kallah, in
conjunction with the Anita Saltz International
Education Center, Jerusalem
|
| May 14-16,2010
|
Biennial of the South African
Union for Progressive Judaism, Durban
|
| May 14-16,2010
|
Movement for Reform Judaism
Biennial Conference, Manchester,
UK
|
| May 28-29,2010
|
Israel Movement for
Progressive Judaism Biennial,
Israel
|
| Nov.
25-28,2010 |
Biennial conference of the
Union for Progressive Judaism in Australia, Asia
and New Zealand, Canberra,
Australia
|
| |
| _____________________________________________
|
| Hirsch
to light independence eve torch on Mt.
Herzl. |
|
Rabbi Richard G. Hirsh, the World Union's
former long-time executive director and today its
honorary life president, was one of 14 Israelis
chosen to light the traditional torches at the
evening ceremony opening Israel 62nd Independence
Day celebrations on Mt. Herzl in Jerusalem on
April 19. He thus becomes the first Israeli from
the country's Progressive movement to be given
this esteemed honor.
Read
more... Back to In This
Issue |
World Union gathers in
Paris for Regional Biennial
|
|
By Rabbi Joel Oseran, Vice President for
International Development With a Jewish
population of over a half of million, constituting
the largest Jewish community in Europe, France has
the potential to be of great importance to the
World Union's strategic planning in Europe. With
this in mind, leaders of its European region chose
Paris for their recent biennial conference, which
took place March 4-7. Over 300 participants from
throughout Europe gathered to study, celebrate
Shabbat and discuss the pressing issues facing our
movement. Read more... |
| Netzer/Minsk
wins international Purim 'shpiel-off' |
|
The Minsk chapter of Netzer Olami, the World
Union's international Zionist youth movement, won
this year's Purimshpiel, an
international competition held in Vitebsk,
Belarus, by the Jewish Agency. The competition -
the 16th in its current iteration - highlights
theatrical and musical adaptations of the Purim
story - a holiday staple for generations of Jewish
communities around the globe. Read more... |
| World
Union has statements read at UNHRC in Geneva |
|
David G. Littman, the World Union's spokesman
to United Nations bodies in Geneva, delivered 10
statements last month at the 13th session of the
UN Human Rights Council, some of them jointly with
other organizations. Read more... |
 Parshat
Shemini
|
|
by Rabbi Nathan Alfred Parashat
Shemini has special relevance for me as it was my
bar mitzvah portion. Although a barmitzvah so soon
after Pesach caused many headaches for my mother,
who was already baking and cooking lunch for the
guests several weeks in advance, I was determined
that this was the portion for me. Well, when the
alternatives were menstrual purity or leprosy
(from the following week's portion Tazria
Metsora), perhaps the story of Nadav and Abihu's
zapping suddenly became very appealing to my
teenage mind! Read more... |
| |
