The Jerualem Post reports about our activities during the High Holydays

The Reform Movement in Israel has also been expanding its efforts during the High Holidays period of late. This year there will be 40 progressive minyans up and down the country run by the Reform movement from Rosh Pinah to Sderot and Holon to Nahariya.

After five years in captivity: soldier Gilad Shalit comes back home

The Israel Movement for Progressive Judaism shares in the great happiness of the Shalit family and of the entire Israeli people at the expected release of Gilad Shalit. Over the past five years, Reform communities in Israel have included a prayer for the release of Gilad Shalit in every Shabbat and festival service.

Communities

The IMPJ seeks to strengthen Jewish identity in Israel. Our congregations, from Nahariya in the north to Kibbutz Lotan in the southern desert, seek to bring Israelis closer to Jewish heritage and culture and to the values of pluralism, equality and humanism.

The IMPJs Community Outreach Department is responsible for a wide range of programs and activities in the communal and public spheres:

Social Justice

Social Justice Jewish tradition mandates concern for others, and the IMPJ takes this value seriously.

The IMPJ cooperates with local congregations, the Israel Religious Action Center, the Young Adult Leadership Forum and other bodies in order to plan and implement social justice programs. Activities include distributing basic school equipment to disadvantaged students before the beginning of the school year; distributing traditional food parcels for the needy at Passover; and running a social justice fair at two leading Israeli universities to expose students to organizations active in the field.