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451:. The WUPJ is based in 40 countries with 1,275 affiliated synagogues, of which 1,170 are Reform, Progressive, or Liberal and 105 Reconstructionist. It claims to represent a total of some 1.8 million people, both registered constituents and non-member identifiers. The WUPJ states that it aims to create common ground between its constituents and to promote Progressive Judaism in places where individuals and groups are seeking authentic, yet modern ways of expressing themselves as Jews. It seeks to preserve Jewish integrity wherever Jews live, to encourage 257: 2674: 22: 2663: 1020: 1006: 2684: 705:. At its height, it had some 10,000 members and half the rabbis in the country. The ULJ was a founding member of the World Union in 1926. After the destruction of the Holocaust, Germany's Jews, mostly refugees of foreign descent, largely favoured Orthodoxy. Liberal Judaism managed to gain inroads slowly, and first prayer groups appeared in 1995. The Union of Progressive Jews was founded in 1997. 126: 902:
Institute for the Dutch-speaking communities. The Iberoamerican Institute focuses on Latin America and Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking communities, offering an online programme with weeklong, in-person seminars twice a year. The Reconstructionist Rabbinical College trains leadership for the associated Reconstructionist Movement.
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A first congregation was formed at Jerusalem during 1958. The movement was incorporated in 1971. The Israeli surrounding encouraged a more conservative approach on behalf of the local branch. The prayer in vernacular, for example, was Hebrew anyway, and the populace was relatively more familiar with
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Since the early 2000s, a Latin American affiliate has been evolving. Officially founded at the Leaders Regional Conference of Progressive Communities in Córdoba (Argentina), in December 2009, then WUPJ-Latin America renamed itself the Union for Reform Judaism - Latin America (UJR-AmLat, the acronym
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The Union for Reform Judaism (URJ), formerly the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, was founded in 1873. It is by far the largest member organization of the WUPJ, with a solid constituency of over 750,000 Jewish members (along with further 90,000 unconverted gentile spouses) and over a million
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The main concern of the time in the early 2000s was the vulnerability of the Jewish communities of Argentina, which was going through a serious social, economic and political crisis. The embryo of the organization was conceived in 2002 in São Paulo, by activists from liberal communities of Brazil,
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non-members who identify with it in the U.S., and further 30,000 constituents in Canada. As of 2016, 1.5 million of the 1.9 million members of WUPJ are in the U.S. German immigrants and rabbis brought Reform to America, although a short-lived congregation that espoused a somewhat similar ideal
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congregations. It also provides a year-in-Israel program for students at the Leo Baeck College and Abraham Geiger Institute. The Moscow Institute trains leadership for the Russian-speaking communities, the École Rabbinique de Paris does so for the French-speaking communities, and the Levisson
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The movement is growing in Spain. As of 2016 there are six congregations, while there was only one congregation a decade ago. In 2017 the Reform community there expects to have its first native-born rabbi since the Expulsion in 1492 once he completes his rabbinical training in London.
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by Ada Phillips with the encouragement of Lily Montagu and Israel Mattuck. Australian Jewry is similar to its South African counterpart in that it is mostly nominally Orthodox. Around twenty percent of affiliated Jews in Australia belong to progressive congregations.
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in 1973. In 1990, the Reconstructionists – who espouse a philosophy different from that of the former – joined the WUPJ under an observer status, being the first and only non-Reform member. The WUPJ has regional offices in London, Moscow, and New York City.
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Today there are 16,000 members active in the different sniffim (chapters) that are located in the following places: Australia, Belarus, Brazil, Costa Rica, Germany, Israel (Noar Telem), The Netherlands, North America
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While all eight train rabbis for the worldwide progressive movement, each has a different focus. Leo Baeck College, located in the United Kingdom, focuses on leadership for the
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rabbinic sources. Patrilineal descent is not recognized by the IMPJ, as by many other smaller affiliates, which cannot antagonize the Israeli Orthodox religious establishment.
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The WUPJ was established in London in 1926 as the Union of all Progressive (also Liberal or Reform) movements. It moved its headquarters to New York in 1959, and to
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Bringing together like-minded Jews to derive strength from one another, blending ancient traditions with the changing world of today
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Establishment and support of synagogues and schools wherever there are Jews searching for meaningful access to modern Jewish life
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Rabbis, cantors, and communal leaders for the worldwide progressive movement are trained in one of eight rabbinic institutions:
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The WUPJ opened a regional office in Buenos Aires in 1963 to "strengthen and build Jewish religious life" in South America.
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Sponsorship of international programs for youth, education, leadership development, and all aspects of community building
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Olamit (the decision-making and ideology forum) attracts participants from most of, if not all, the sniffim. Each
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The first new branch established by the WUPJ was in the Netherlands, in 1931, eventually coalescing into the
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between 1824 and 1833. The Union of American Hebrew Congregations, URJ since 2003, was founded in 1873.
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is the worldwide youth movement of the World Union for Progressive Judaism (WUPJ) and is affiliated to
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Publication and distribution of liturgical and educational materials in languages Jews speak
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Latin America’s Jewish communities flourish, despite anti-Semitism and education challenges
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Union of Jewish Congregations of Latin America and the Caribbean supports congregations in
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The Netzer symbol was designed in Melbourne, Australia, by Daniel (Danny) L. Schiff.
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who chose that city as the regional headquarters of the organization.
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As of June 2020, UJR-AmLat has 26 affiliated communities, being one
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Recruitment, training and placement of rabbis, cantors and educators
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The movement was established in 1931 with the encouragement of
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Create a world filled with Cooperation, Love, Truth and Justice
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International Jewish Committee on Interreligious Consultations
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European WUPJ providing regional support to congregations in
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International Commission on Holocaust Era Insurance Claims
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while preserving the Jewish experience, and to strive for
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under Heinemann Vogelstein. In 1908 the laity formed the
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Directory of Reconstructionist Congregations and Havurot
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International Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists
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Reparations Agreement between Israel and West Germany
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South African Union for Progressive Judaism (SAUPJ)
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