The UPJ will hold its AGM at 10.45am on 20 November 2016 at the Rendezvous Hotel in Scarborough, WA. Click "Read More" to view the Notice of Meeting and Agenda and to download nomination forms to join the UPJ Executive Committee or serve as an officer of the Executive Committee, as well as read the proposed resolution on racism.
An interview with Dr Ron Wolfson, UPJ Biennial scholar-in-residence, was published in the Australian Jewish News. Many thanks to expert journalist Peter Kohn.
The UPJ joins in mourning the sad passing of Shimon Peres (1923-2016), picutred at the 2009 WUPJ CONNECTIONS Conference when he was honoured with a World Union International Humanitarian Award. We are grateful to the World Union for Progressive Judaism for providing the following tribute:
Applications are open for the Beutel Leadership Seminar to be held on 16-26 February 2017 in Jerusalem. The UPJ has a limited number of subsidies to offer. Click here to learn more.
Shannyn Gelbart, Jewish Experiential Educator at The King David School, recently attended the Brandeis Camp Institute in California. NOTE: We are excited to announce that Shannyn will be sharing her considerable talents as part of the faculty of the Biennial in Perth.