As the Chair of the IMPJ, I am honored and delighted that you are having Liberal Judaism Israel Month!
I had just returned from San Francisco, where the World Union of Progressive Judaism held its "Connections 2011" biennial!
It was great meeting reform committed leaders from all over the world as well as from the UK! I was given the opportunity to address the plenum speaking on The reform world and Israel!
For me it was an opportunity to speak in short about my thoughts in the matter, and I simply shared with them my thoughts being basically that as Israel is a Jewish Democratic state, it is through Democratic means that we are to influence the Israeli society and government! The Progressive movement in Israel are the best allies of the progressives around the world as we are the people on the ground fighting daily on the Tikun Olam of the Israeli society. Even those that chose: "not to be involved" or "connected" to Israel, cannot escape a simple truth that for the coming years, every Jew is and will be highly influenced from Israel and the way it is being perceived in the western world. We can and should be all proud of our ability to maintain a democracy in this part of the world and despite circumstances that are very complicated, yes we are not proud of many of the things that happen, but they will not go away, if we are not committed, together, to roll our sleeves and start working….
Happy ADAR
ירון שביט, עו"ד
יו"ר, התנועה הרפורמית - יהדות מתקדמת בישראל.
Yaron Shavit Adv.
Chairman, Israel Movement for Progressive Judaism (IMPJ)
מסורת של התחדשות יהודית
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