The Wellington Progressive Jewish Congregation was formerly known as the Wellington Liberal Jewish Congregation. Aspects of our services may be familiar to congregants accustomed to Reform, Reconstructionist, Liberal and Jewish Humanist services.The Congregation was established in 1959 and 2009 marked the 50 year jubilee.

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• Thinking of Immigrating to Wellington?
  For comprehensive information click here
• See also Community for notes on immigration to New Zealand, a land of moderate climate, peace and opportunity.

Shabbat songs and blessings
Click here for our music page

Rabbi Peter Knobel talk on Mishkan T'filah
Click here to download

PESACH: Blessings/songs from the Haggadah
Click here for the tunes for the Seder

Major Trust
Click here to enter the Major Trust page and download the latest (November 2011) application form.
The page also includes a link to the Chairman's Report 2010.

Who is a Jew?
The Spirit of Things with Rachel Kohn on the ABC radio interviewing Rabbi Uri Regev, president of the WUPJ and separately Rabbi Jacqueline Ninio is a real treat. Here is the link. Choose your media player when asked and off you go!

Read the Temple Bulletin on-line
You can find it at: bulletin.pdf
You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader. If you don't have it, click on Documents and download it free.

Jewish Communities of the World
Find Jewish communities throughout the world at www.haruth.com/JewsoftheWorld.html

The Wellington Holocaust Research and Education Centre
A new site developed to tell of humanity lost, of resilience and survival, and through the stories of the refugees that came to Wellington, teach tolerance, courage and racial harmony. Click here

Downtown Community Ministry (Wellington)
Temple Sinai has established a formal link with DCM which exists to help people find and use their latent strengths, so that they can better control their environment. The organisation is committed to addressing the root causes of poverty and injustice. Click here

Celebrate Israel
This is a free online resource for people planning events and tours in Israel: www.celebrateisrael.com

UPJ Internet Site
Check out the website of the Union for Progressive Judaism at www.upj.org.au

Gal Chadash
Gal Chadash is the e-magazine of the Union of Progressive Judaism, published quarterly.
You can view it here.

World Union for Progressive Judaism
Home page of the Reform movement. From here there are links to the websites of all major branches of Progressive Judaism, in the United States, Israel and the rest of the world. There's a section on "What is Reform Judaism", you can take a self-guided tour of Reform Judaism websites, look up on-line responsa, read "Reform Judaism" magazine on-line, and there's even an "Ask the Rabbi" function.  The synagogue arm of Reform Judaism, the UAHC, also have a comprehensive site, with topics as diverse as organ donation, synagogue management, and social action. A new site is the UPJANZA page. The UPJANZA has congregations all around this region, schools in Sydney and Melbourne and Netzer the Progressive Youth Group.

Israel Religious Action Centre
Concerned with issues of human equality, social justice, religious tolerance on the basis of progressive Judaism and democracy. Issues which can be pursued on this site include: Religion and State; Who is a Jew? The Right to Marry and many others. Click here