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Union for Progressive Judaism Annual Report Union for Progressive Judaism Annual Report 2017-2018 5778-5779 Mission Statement The Union for Progressive Judaism exists to honour our tradition, inform the present and guide the future of our communities in the Australian, Asian and New Zealand region. This mission is fulfilled through: § The establishment, strengthening and promotion of synagogues, schools and youth groups wherever there are Jews in this region searching for meaningful access to and expression of their modern Jewish values and life; § Recruitment, training and placement of Jewish professionals; § Sponsorship of programs and publications for youth, education, leadership development, and all aspect of community building; § The pursuit of social justice and equal rights for all Jews, here and in Israel; § Connecting and working with Progressive Jewish communities and organisations around the world to derive strength from one another. UPJ Executive: Va’ad Committee members Roger Mendelson, President Alison Dwyer Brian Samuel, Vice-President David Knoll Sharon Davis, Honorary Secretary Joel Mendelson Sally Castle, Honorary Treasurer Helen Shardey Franklin Tate Staff Ex Officio Committee members Rabbi Fred Morgan, Movement Rabbi Steve Denenberg (ARZA President) Jocelyn Robuck, Executive Officer Rabbi Kim Ettlinger (Moetzah Chair) Dudu Gotlieb (NSW Community Shaliach) Jess Harrison (Netzer Federal Mazkira) Sharene Hambur (WUPJ Representative) Rabbi David Kunin (Moetzah Vice-Chair 2 CONTENTS Greetings from the World Union for Progressive Judaism Page 5 Greetings from the European Union for Progressive Judaism Page 6 Message from the UPJ President Page 7 Message from the UPJ Executive Officer Page 10 Message from the UPJ Movement Rabbi Page 13 Message from the UPJ Honorary Secretary Page 16 Message from the UPJ Honorary Treasurer Page 17 Moetzah Chairperson’s Report Page 18 Constituents’ Reports Australia New South Wales Central Coast Shalom Progressive Jewish Congregation Page 20 Woollahra Emanuel Synagogue Page 22 Chatswood North Shore Temple Emanuel Page 23 Queensland Brisbane Beit Or v’Shalom Page 24 Gold Coast Temple Shalom Page 26 Sunshine Coast Sunshine Coast Jewish Community Page 27 South Australia Adelaide Beit Shalom Synagogue Page 28 Tasmania Hobart Hobart Hebrew Congregation Page 31 Victoria Armadale Kehillat David Hamelech (Kedem) Page 32 Bentleigh Etz Chayim Progressive Synagogue Page 33 Kew Leo Baeck Centre for Progressive Judaism Page 34 St Kilda Temple Beth Israel Page 36 Bendigo Kehillat S’dot Zahav Goldfields Congregation Page 37 Western Australia Perth Temple David Congregation Page 40 New Zealand Auckland Beth Shalom Page 41 Dunedin Dunedin Jewish Congregation * Wellington Temple Sinai Page 42 3 Asia Beijing Kehillat Beijing Page 44 Hong Kong United Jewish Congregation of Hong Kong Page 45 India Jewish Religious Union, Rodef Shalom * Shanghai Kehilat Shanghai Page 48 Singapore United Hebrew Congregation Page 50 Tokyo Jewish Community of Japan Page 52 Affiliates’ Reports Progressive Congregation of the ACT Jewish Community Page 53 ARZA Page 55 Board of Progressive Jewish Education Page 57 Emanuel School Page 58 Netzer Australia Page 60 The King David School Page 65 UPJ Awards Page 66 2015-2016 Financial Report Page 67 * indicates reports not received 4 MESSAGE FROM THE WUPJ October 2018/Tishrei 5779 Dear Friends and Colleagues, The last year has been a traumatic one for the entire world, but our work becomes even more important in times like these. Our nurturing of emerging Jewish communities of meaning is an ongoing process, the mission of the World Union of Progressive Judaism since its founding in 1926. In January 2018, we attended the Asian Progressive Jewish Summit in Hong Kong and met with the leaders of our Asian congregations. Most exciting was the energy emerging from several start-up communities. Who knows where the Jewish centers of the 21st century will ultimately be? Who could have predicted 100 years ago that Jewish life would now be thriving in Australia and New Zealand? Jews move, and the WUPJ makes sure that Progressive Judaism moves with them. The international Progressive Jewish community owes a special debt of thanks to the UPJ and the supporters of the UIA Progressive Appeal campaign. Australian Jewry is the Jewish world’s second greatest financial supporter of WUPJ and IMPJ projects in Israel and the Russian Speaking countries, contributing far more per household than North America. The commitment and generosity of the UPJ communities is legend. If you are not yet a support of the UIA Progressive Appeal campaign, we urge you to make a commitment in 2019 to join this extraordinary community of supporters. Thank you for being Klal Yisrael role models. We look forward to celebrating with you in Melbourne. With warm wishes, Rabbi Daniel Freelander Carole Sterling President Chair of the Board 633 Third Ave., New York, NY 10017-6778 • Tel.: 212-452-6530 • E-mail: [email protected] אליהו שמאע 6, ירושלים 9410806, ישראל Eliyahu Shama Street, Jerusalem 9410806, Israel 6 Tel: 02-6203447 www.wupj.org E-mail: [email protected] 5 MESSAGE FROM THE EUPJ 19 October 2018 To all our friends at the UPJ We are delighted to send you greetings from all the members of the Management Committee and the Executive Board on behalf of the European Union for Progressive Judaism It is a real privilege for all of us to know that there are members of our Progressive Jewish family in literally all corners of the world and it is with the greatest of interest that we appreciate all the news of the growth and development in your region and, in particular, in Asia. We are very happy that our Chairman Emerita, Miriam Kramer, will be able to join you for your Biennial, so very appropriately themed "Making Progress“. She will be bringing our very best wishes for a successful and inspirational gathering and we look forward to her report with great anticipation. Gordon Smith Sonja Guentner President Chair 6 MESSAGE FROM THE UPJ PRESIDENT ROGER MENDELSON OUR REGION Our region covers a huge slab of the world, from Dunedin in New Zealand, the most southerly Jewish congregation, up through New Zealand, all major Australian cities, through South East Asia and up to Shanghai and across to Mumbai. Our congregations are almost as diverse as our region is large. Apart from the major cities, many are Jewish outposts, which can often feel isolated and unsupported. MY ROLE I have now almost completed my third year as President of UPJ. IMPLEMENTATION OF STRATEGIC REVIEW In 2015, an 18-month, in-depth strategic review was conducted by Susan Kadar, a professional facilitator, which led to recommendations that were ultimately approved by congregational presidents. The resultant Business Plan has been approved by the Executive and was presented to the 2017 AGM. In summary, we moved from a high-cost model, led by a full-time and experienced professional (Steven Denenberg), to a much lower-cost model, requiring greater lay-leader input. My immediate focus was to build our team and during the second 12 months, which has been focused on improving communication with our community and improving services to our affiliates. In my third year, the focus has been on the Machzor project, assisting emerging communities and making contact with more people. MOVEMENT RABBI A major step forward during the first 12 months was the appointment of Rabbi Fred Morgan as Movement Rabbi. Unfortunately due to budgetary restraints, the official period is restricted to two days per week, but his input is significantly greater than that. The appointment is universally accepted by our constituents as being an important step forward and his input has had a major impact, in terms of direction, lifting the profile of our Movement, providing a voice for our Movement, lifting our involvement in interfaith work and providing confidential support to many of our affiliates, especially the smaller ones. An issue we have to face is that two days per week and minimal travel budget are real limiting issues. OUR BUDGET Our operational budget is approximately $300,000 and we are operating within it. Whereas we were previously going through cash-burn, we are now building up financial reserves. Apart from covering our operational budget, we have an allowance for financial support to Netzer and also provision of other grants. WHO WE SUPPORT We have 24 affiliated (or close to affiliated) congregations within our region and there are a further 12 unaffiliated, but associated, kehillot. Affiliation processes are underway with congregations from Indonesia, Bangkok, Sunshine Coast, ACT Progressive Congregation and Shanghai. OUR TEAM I see myself very much as a team leader and am delighted with the collegiality and involvement that has developed from our Executive. We work together in a cohesive, constructive and friendly manner and most of the tasks that were 7 previously undertaken by the executive director have now been passed through to individual members of the Executive. This delegation of roles musts continue if we are to build on the level of services we provide. THE WIDER JEWISH COMMUNITY The UPJ is represented on the major communal bodies in Australia, such as Executive Council of Australian Jewry, the Zionist Federation of Australia (ZFA) and Zionism Victoria. Due to our size, our affiliation fees are amongst the largest for many of those bodies. We are accepted fully into the wider community, we are respected and our voice is listened to and acted upon. It is of note that the incoming ZFA president reached out to us and sought our support. POLITICAL ORIENTATION Our policy is not to make political comments wherever possible; exceptions are in the case of events such as the Same Sex Marriage (SSM) Plebiscite in Australia, where we already had an established position (of support for SSM) and we were vocal in expressing this. EVENTS Our 2018 Biennial will be held in Melbourne in November 2018.
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