Progressive Judaism represents the liberal (Reform) stream of Judaism in Israel. The Israel Movement for Progressive Judaism is part of the world movement which was established approximately 200 years ago in Europe.

Who Are We?    Progressive Judaism in Israel    IMPJ Platform

Community:

In the Israel Movement for Progressive Judaism, there are 24 congregations. These congregations promote complete equality between women and men and hold prayer services on weekends. The congregations are spread throughout the country, from Nahariya in the north to the Kibbutzim Yahel and Lotan in the south. Most congregations are accessible to disabled individuals.

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Aliya & Giyur:

Progressive Judaism believes that Jews can live fulfilling and meaningful lives in any part of the world. Indeed, an underlying objective of the World Union for Progressive Judaism is to enable them to do just that. Equally, though, the Progressive movement has recognized for many decades that the State of Israel not only offers a source of support and pride for Jews all over the world, but also offers a unique environment in which Jews can express their beliefs, values and heritage.

Education:

The Education Department of the Israel Movement for Progressive Judaism aims to acquaint students, teachers, and parents in state schools and preschools with pluralistic Judaism. The department provides a range of training and educational seminars, materials aids, and kits to the staffs of educators.

Activities and Services:

In addition to the Jewish yearly cycle interwoven with holidays and festivals, there is the Jewish life cycle. In our lives as individuals that make up a society and certainly as a society as a whole, there are important landmarks that accompanying a human being from birth until death. Thus, we mark these occasions - weddings, Bar/Bat Mitzvah, Brit Milah, Simchat Bat, and funerals - with ceremony and meaning.

Youth and Students:

The Israel Movement for Progressive Judaism allows children, teens, and young adults a variety of opportunities to be involved in the IMPJ and its congregations. The youth movement of the IMPJ operates in the following chronological order: Noar Telem, for grades 4-12; the Pre-Army Mechina Program “Michmanim” which operates in Jaffa; and the Young Adult Leadership Forum (YALF) for young adults and college students which currently operates in five centers throughout Israel.