South African Union for Progressive Judaism (SAUPJ) | |
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Theology | Progressive Judaism |
National Chair | Monica Solomon |
Associations | World Union for Progressive Judaism |
Region | South Africa |
Headquarters | 38 Oxford Road, Parktown, Johannesburg (Beit Emanuel) |
Congregations | 11 |
Official website | saupj |
The South African Union for Progressive Judaism (SAUPJ) is an affiliate of the World Union for Progressive Judaism and supports 11 progressive congregations.[1][2] Rabbi Moses Cyrus Weiler, a founder of Reform Judaism in the country, led the country's first Reform synagogue, Temple Israel in Hillbrow, Johannesburg.[3] Weiler is credited with growing the movement, to represent 15-17% of South African Jewry and establishing 25 congregations in the country (Shain 2011).[4] A 2020 joint study by the Institute for Jewish Policy Research and the University of Cape Town showed that 12% of Jews identified as Progressive and that in relative terms the progressive strands are increasing after falling to 7% in 1998 and 2005 studies.[5][4] In Johannesburg, the community accounts for 7% of the city's Jewry, rising to 18% in Cape Town and 25% in Durban.[5]
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