Sixty American and British delegates, representing youth sections of the World Union of Progressive Judaism, concluded a five-day convention here today, the first get-together of Reform Jewish youth ever convened in Israel.
The convention was held in this country, according to leaders of the Reform movement, in order to acquaint Israeli youth with the implications of a “non-fundamentalist approach” to Jewish religious belief and practice. A number of Israeli youths attended the sessions, expressing themselves as interested in “ways of satisfying the need to worship within the limits of Jewish tradition, but in modern ways.”
JTA has documented Jewish history in real-time for over a century. Keep our journalism strong by joining us in supporting independent, award-winning reporting.
The Archive of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency includes articles published from 1923 to 2008. Archive stories reflect the journalistic standards and practices of the time they were published.
