World Union for Progressive Judaism (WUPJ)
Sorting and preparing vegetables at Mizilot Mazon.
November 13, 2025, 11:27 am
‘Thank you, thank you, thank you’
Let us continue to fight back against the waves of antisemitism that we must not allow to engulf us.
By David Knoll
Waiting to welcome David Cunio (from left): Danny and Sandra Hochberg, their friend Jeanette (ex-Melbourne) and her daughter, Tamar.
October 23, 2025, 12:37 pm
‘Today my cup is overflowing’
'For those present, it was a chance, if only for a moment, to put the pain and loss behind them. To celebrate, to cry, to be grateful, to fill our hearts and souls with elation.'
By Danny Hochberg
Rabbi Allison Conyer meets with Israel's President Isaac Herzog.
May 11, 2023, 12:05 pm
Rabbinic leader meets Herzog
A delegation of Australia's Progressive Jewish leaders met with Israeli President Isaac Herzog in Jerusalem.
By Peter Kohn
Phyllis Dorey.
April 3, 2023, 7:30 am
Aussie in line for world Progressive helm
She co-chaired the WUPJ's international biennial conventions in San Francisco in 2010 and Rio de Janeiro in 2015. In 2004-08, she was president of the Union for Progressive Judaism
By Peter Kohn
A man walks over debris of collapsed buildings in Hatay, Turkey. Photo: Hussein Malla/AP
February 16, 2023, 9:53 am
Emergency appeal launched
The Australian Jewish community has launched an appeal to help those affected by the deadly earthquakes in Turkey and Syria. All funds raised as part of the communal appeal will assist IsraAID's efforts on the ground.
By Mia Gardiner
Rabbi Sergio Bergman (left) in conversation with Vic Alhadeff at Emanuel Synagogue on Monday.
March 11, 2022, 12:00 pm
‘I know you’re with us’
"Hope is how we work today to achieve better times."
By Peter Kohn
Rabbi Sergio Bergman.
February 24, 2022, 9:28 am
‘Terrorist attack changed my life’
The birth of his baby meant WUPJ president Rabbi Sergio Bergman wasn't at the MIA Jewish Centre on July 18, 1994 as a terrorist bomb planted by Iran and Hezbollah ripped through the centre, claiming 85 lives and injuring hundreds.
By Peter Kohn
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