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EUPJ Pride Shabbat – 3 July
21.06.2021On 3 July 2021 the European Union for Progressive Judaism organised its first pan-European online Pride Shabbat on Zoom with a specially themed Shacharit service with rabbis, followed by a learning session and discussion with Jewish LGBT+ activists from across Europe. This event…
EUPJ News
Rome Synagogue Helps Local Refugees
21.06.2021By Bill Echikson, EUPJ Brussels Director Members of Rome’s Beth Hillel synagogue donated five new laptops and six refurbished computers to Casa Africa, a local NGO that aids and supports African refugees. Thanks to these generous gifts, refugee students will be able to enrol in…
EUPJ Press Release
Equal Treatment for Jewish Denominations in Europe
08.06.2021Brussels, June 7, 2021: In a joint series of recommendations to the European Commission to combat antisemitism and to foster Jewish life, 10 leading international Jewish organisations united to endorse a demand that all European governments offer equal treatment to all Jewish denominations. The European…
EUPJ Webinar
Let’s Not Save All Synagogues
18.05.2021By Bill Echikson, EUPJ Brussels Director More than 3,000 synagogues dot Europe’s countryside and cities. Many are abandoned. The Jews who used them were murdered or emigrated. Some lie in ruins; others have been transformed into cafés, sports halls, shops, and even a saloon, in one…
EUPJ Webinar
Saving Jewish Languages: Yiddish, Ladino, and Others
07.05.2021By Bill Echikson, EUPJ Brussels Director Wherever Jews have settled, they have adopted local languages and added a Jewish twist – from Yiddish and Ladino to the lesser-known varieties such as Judeo-Tat (Azerbaijan and Dagestan) and Judeo-Malayalam (Southern India). Over the past two centuries, migration…
EUPJ Pride Shabbat – Save the Date
06.05.2021EUPJ is organising its first pan-European Pride Shabbat to celebrate the diversity in our communities across Europe. This year Pride Shabbat will be on 3 July and will be virtual only but we hope for this to be an annual event thereafter in person….
EUPJ News
The Liberal Jewish Community of Hannover in Germany is looking for a Rabbi and a Cantor
29.04.2021The Liberal Jewish Community of Hannover in Germany is looking for a rabbi and a cantor. German language skills essential. Here are the job descriptions with all the details: Rabbi Job Description – English Translation Cantor Job Description – English Translation If you have any questions, please…