Guest post - Pro Zion

The next in our series of guest posts comes from UK group Pro-Zion
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Pro Zion is a Progressive Zionist organisation of over 2000 members. We think of ourselves as the Zionist movement for Progressive Jews, both Liberal and Reform, in the UK.
We aim to support progressive judaism in Israel, specifically in their work to gain equal recognition and funding from the government and to create a more pluralist, democratic and tolerant Israel.
We also aim to support Israel and Zionist activity in Progressive communities in the UK. We do this by organising events, sponsoring events and publicising events that the synagogues of our constituents run.

We send out weekly news e-mails with a selection of current articles on Progressive Jewish issues in Israel. To subscribe just send a request to prozion1@aol.com

Pro Zion was founded nearly a quarter of a century ago to give an official voice to progressive Jews in the world Zionist movement. This new organisation was by and large the brainchild of Rabbi Dov Marmur.
From humble beginnings where it had to struggle to gain official acceptance as a constituent of the Zionist Federation it has since provided many longstanding chairmen and senior officers of that organisation as well as obtaining record results in the first ever poll for delegates to the World Zionist Congress.

Through our affiliation and close ties with Arzenu the World Progressive Zionist Organisation we gain a voice in Israel putting our views forward in campaigns such as civil marriage, equal funding for progressive communities and conversion issues.

We have also helped raise money for campaigns, in conjunction with the Israel Movement for Progressive Judaism. In recent years we have been proud to give donations to Israel tour bursaries of LJY Netzer and work on educational projects with the movement.

In the UK we host various speakers from our own, the American or Israeli
progressive communities to give their perspective on events or their work.

Our leadership is primarily young and volunteer led giving our organisation a unique dynamism and passion. We would love to welcome you as a member or an activist whatever your background or age. Our membership form can be downloaded here